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58th Stop - Mesa / Tempe, AZ

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Blog Post #69 - Written May 11, 2026 Stay: October 6-15, 2025 We woke up early(ish) and packed up for a longer drive.  We found our second scorpion while raising the stabilizers on the trailer. But then we were on our way to Tempe, AZ to visit Gary's parents on their mission.  The kids were beyond excited to visit their grandparents. We took over their house with a bunch of stuff from the trailer, since the trailer was going to the shop for some repairs and maintenance.  Luckily, Kim and Sheri had a couple of spare rooms for us. We loved joining Grandma and Grandpa on their morning walks.  Grandpa loved showing off all the pretty flowering cacti.  Their neighborhood had a park with a basketball court, soccer field in a sinkhole, and a fun little playground that the kids often found friends to play with at.   After our walks, Kim and Sheri would go off to the mission office and we'd do school and play in the morning, then go off on our adventures. ...
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57th Stop - Joshua Tree, CA

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Blog Post #68 - Written April 30, 2026 Stay: October 2-5, 2025 Since we skipped the Huntington Beach area, we missed not only my parents, but also my brother Nate.  Nate wanted to meet us along our path, so we agreed to meet up in Joshua Tree.  We got to Joshua Tree a few days early and checked out the area. We stayed at the Chiriaco Summit Campground, a small, free boondocking (no utilities) campground behind an air force museum, on the south side of the National Park. The surrounding area is pretty vacant, so there wasn't a ton of light pollution, which we always enjoy.  It made the sunsets very beautiful. And also the stargazing  :) Joshua tree is absolutely fascinating.  The land is full of different landscapes, cactus fields, boulders, slot canyons, rocky hills, open flower fields, and a desert oasis. Gary first found a small canyon not too far from our campground.  We parked off the side of the road (narrowly avoiding sinking our 2WD truck in the sand...
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