We love long road trips and take at least two a year in our camper van. We're on our fourth: a 1986 VW Westy, still Doug's daily driver; a Pleasure Way Excel, too big and we kept it only a year; a Pleasure Way Traverse Ford poptop, bought used and took us 60,000 miles in four years until it needed a new engine; and now a Promaster 1500 with 136" wheelbase. We've already put over 60,000 miles on it in 4.5 years, including the pandemic when we were mostly homebound. We've been around the US, especially love the Southwest and Pacific Northwest, and have made three trips to Alaska. We've been to much of Canada, and are drawn to the Yukon. We travel with just a vague itinerary, follow our noses, and avoid highways.
Arctic Circle, Yukon, Canada - 2022
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Marilyn & Doug
April 23-25, 2025
How were the ancient inhabitants of these lands able to travel between sacred places like Ship Rock and Chaco Canyon over 1,200 years ago?
Some posts languish unfinished. This is one such from Thanksgiving 2021.
All agreed: It was absolutely the best Thanksgiving ever!The Southwest was calling—time to get on the road again!