Chasing the blue dot to find adventure…
With a three day weekend, we decided to do a small upgrade project: upgrading the TV mounts. What it looked like before The in between What it looks like now The strap hanging down from behind the TV allows us to unlock it from the mounted and locked position when the RV is not in … Continue reading Texas: Upgrading the RV over the holiday
We knew it was coming, but it still came as a shock. Cleo crossed over to the rainbow bridge on Wednesday, 2/16/2022 - joining both Murphy and Willow. It's excruciating to lose a family member, whether it is animal or human. Cleo was definitely a part of our family. We picked up Cleo from the … Continue reading Texas: Another RV family member passes
It was exciting to see that there was an event with hot air balloons in Amarillo. We are going to miss this year's Balloon Fiesta, so we checked out the Up in the Air for Family Care event. Starlight Ranch The event was held at the Starlight Ranch, part of the Big Texan empire. In … Continue reading Texas: Hot air balloons at the Starlight Ranch
While our maintenance at the service dealer included our slideouts and air conditioning, we did not have them do our preventive maintenance. Our RV has a Freightliner custom chassis, so we scheduled service at the nearest Freightliner facility, on the east side of Amarillo. Our experience went well, except for the fact that the person … Continue reading Texas: Preventive maintenance on the RV
When we set out on our full-time journey in April 2019, there were four of us in the RV: two humans and two cats. Willow, our ginger tabby, was 17. Cleo, our Bombay mix, was 14.5. When we came back to the Phoenix area in November 2019, our veterinarian told us that Willow was in … Continue reading Texas: Losing a member of our RV family
While we visited Caprock Canyons State Park earlier this year, it was really too hot to get any good photos of the bison. About the bison The state park is home to the Texas State Bison Herd. When the bison were initially donated to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and moved to Caprock … Continue reading Texas: Bison at Caprock Canyons State Park
While I've posted about the courthouse and the flowers in the Sulphur Springs town square, I did not mention the Hopkins County Veterans Memorial, which anchors one corner of the square. The Hopkins County Veterans Memorial was erected to honor the men and women who served our country. All veterans who have lived in or … Continue reading Texas: Hopkins County Veterans Memorial (2020)
The last two nights in Amarillo have provided some pretty spectacular sunsets. Saharan Dust Storm The Saharan dust storm swept through the panhandle area of Texas on Friday, June 26. In the time it took us to walk out of the RV park and across the road, the light changed. We went back to our … Continue reading Texas: Sunsets in Amarillo (2020)
We purchased a license for Blackmagic Design's Fusion VFX to use for our video production business, Sonora Blue LLC. We got a little silly, took some of the video from our visit to Quartzsite, built a few compilations to test it, and here it is. We did not spend a lot of time on the … Continue reading Arizona: A fun and silly video
