We're Liz & Clint DuBois, and this is where we keep the stories from our travels — national parks and monuments, quiet desert campsites, birding hot spots, long driving days, and the friends we meet along the way.
Pull up a chair by the campfire and have a look around. New posts land here first; the full archive goes back to our very first RV road trip.
Recent Posts
Anza Borrego - Round II
Feb 18, 2026
(This blog never was posted from last year, 2025 trip) Three years ago, on our first RV road trip, we found Anza Borrego Desert State Park and decided that we really wanted to come back and experience it again. We weren't disappointed and enjoyed five nights…
Ramsey Canyon Birding
Feb 17, 2026
We planned the next part of our trip early on because Liz knew she wanted to spend a few days doing some real birding. Ramsey Canyon, in far south Arizona in the Huachuca Mountains near Mexico, is known as being a birding "hot spot." This area is unique…
Saguaro National Park & Chiricahua National Monument
Feb 17, 2026
Another week of work and another week with two great stops on our itinerary. We arrived in Saguaro National Park outside of Tucson about 2 hours before sunset so had to set up quick and get a move on. We hit the visitor center to get our Park stamps and maps…
Lost Dutchman State Park and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Feb 10, 2026
After departing Sedona, AZ we headed south towards the Phoenix area where we encountered vast desert vistas very different from the mountainous red rock landscapes of Sedona. We camped at Lost Dutchman State Park which is in the Sonoran Desert at the base of…
Sedona: A Wonderland of Red
Feb 1, 2026
This was our first trip to Sedona, Arizona. We had seen photos and heard it was a beautiful place, but the Red Rocks area was more breathtaking than we imagined and now we can't wait to go back.
Returning to Grand Canyon National Park and Wupatki National Monument
Jan 27, 2026
We left Death Valley and continued our drive south towards the Grand Canyon. We didn't arrive until about 10:30 p.m. at our dispersed campsite just a couple of miles outside of the park. It was a new moon, so it was as dark as it can be and about 20 degrees!…