Adventures in full time RV living

On March 1st 2019, the Scott family left the working world and our stationary home in Colorado. We’re now enjoying a mini-retirement, traveling the United States and Canada full time in our Coachmen Leprechaun 21QB Class C RV. We plan to continue the adventure until we run out of money or patience. Along the way we’ll be using this blog to document our adventures, review gear, provide tech tips, and hopefully some entertainment.

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Recent Blog Posts

Chasing the Sun Deeper Down South – South Carolina and Georgia

November 28, 2019/

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Temporary Tarheels – Notes From Our RV Travels in North Carolina

October 27, 2019/

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Scotts Down South – Kentucky and Tennessee by way of Indiana and Ohio

October 13, 2019/

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📍New Mexico

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Fun time touring PistachioLand with our friends @travelinginapartmentb 😁 The tour of the property is a couple of bucks, not too long and you get a tasty cookie at the end! 🍪 The store has many flavors of nuts to sample, wine from grapes grown on site and tons of cool souvenirs! A fun stop just north of Alamogordo, NM. 😎
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Oliver Lee Memorial State Park near Alamogordo, NM is named after a rancher who established a homestead here in the 1800s. Disney later used the ranch as a set for the movie Scandalous John in the 1970s🎥
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The park staff does multiple one hour tours of the ranch house each week. A great time if you like history!

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There are two hikes at Oliver Lee Memorial State Park near Alamogordo, NM. The Dog Canyon trail is long, steep and strenuous, but affords some spectacular views. We didn't make it very far on Dog Canyon as it was a bit steep and exposed for the kiddos, but we enjoyed the exercise and scenery. 🥾
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The short and easy Riparian Nature Trail was more kid-friendly, and the boys enjoyed playing in the water. The water wasn't as cold as I expected, and there was algae and even snails in the water. 🐌
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It's so great to be able to hike right from our campground! 😊 Can you spot it in Pic 3?

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If it's going to rain all day, at least we have these beautiful views of the Sacramento mountains out our window. 😍

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We love staying at state parks, and this one near Alamogordo, NM is no exception. It's popular for good reason---look at these views from our campsite! 😍 .
We were able to pick from one of about five open first come first serve sites late this morning. About half the sites have electricity and water, while the rest are dry camping. The hookup sites are hard to come by. ⚡
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We've met more families on the road in the last 2 days in Alamogordo than all of last year combined. 💕 Guess it helps that everyone is down south for the winter. 😊

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Alamogordo, NM has a small zoo in the center of town. It's inexpensive to visit and has a nice playground for the kiddos. You can walk right under a lounging mountain lion and view the beautiful endangered Mexican Gray Wolf. We especially enjoyed watching the young, rambunctious Capuchins and curious Lemurs as well as feeding the ducks. 🦆

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Today we made our 3rd trip to White Sands in the past year. It's one of our favorite places we've been on this journey, and today was perfect weather. 👌
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A few weeks ago I listed some tips for White Sands, here are some more tips for your visit:
➡️Check if your RV park has sleds to borrow. The Alamogordo KOA does. 👍
➡️ The Dunes Life Nature Trail is your best chance to see wildlife as it sits at the edge of the dunes and has more vegetation. The trail is one mile and pretty easy, however we didn't see any animals. 🌳
➡️The visitor center does have some RV parking, however some passenger cars also park in those spaces if it's busy. If you are in a car, consider parking in the lot right behind the visitor center (no RVs allowed in this lot). 🚙
➡️ After the pavement ends, the sand is pretty well packed, but can be rough with potholes. We do see motorhomes driving the whole loop all the time, so just take it slow. 🚌
➡️ Our favorite place to set up shop is the Yucca Picnic Area on the west side of the loop. There is an outhouse, picnic shelters and taller dunes for sledding just west of the parking lot. If you walk even further west, you can find some dunes without tracks for the best photography (just be sure to keep track of where you are to not get lost).📷
➡️ Dogs are allowed in the park and on the dunes but please pick up after your furry friend. We encountered a lot of 💩 around today. 😝
➡️ And this is a repeat from last time, but be sure to bring lots of water, sunscreen, sunglasses and snacks/lunch, and have a blast! 😎
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