Finally, the time has come to begin making plans for our big RV trip of the summer. This summer, we will be spending 2 weeks in Alaska with an RV. Not our own RV, but a rented 31 footer with 2 slide outs. We decided after much deliberating, really over the past two years, that taking our own RV and doing the Alaskan highway just isn’t possible right now. As much as it is a dream of ours, being gone for a least a month is challenging. After nixing the drive to and from Alaska,

In the winter of 2013, Pat and I were visiting my hometown of Phoenix for Christmas, and really began to look forward to the upcoming summer and warm weather. Phoenix winters really tend to get that little itch for summer in us, and soon our minds were full-throttle on summer. We spent much of our vacation outside enjoying 75 degree weather: hiking, looking at Harleys, frequenting as many Mexican food outdoor patios as possible, and daydreaming of warmer weather in Colorado a