How I Planned Our First Cross Country Trip & Our Itinerary
We purchased our RV, a 2025 Brinkley Z3515, in December 2024 from a dealership in Southern California. We moved into it officially on Christmas Eve, setting it up on Mountain Goat’s parents’ property in Mendocino County. We’d hoped to hit the road shortly thereafter, but were delayed due to medical treatments that needed to be done in Sonoma County.
Grand Teton, Part TWO
Having researched a tiny possible window to photograph the Milky Way at Grand Teton National Park the night before, I woke to the alarm I’d set for 4AM, stumbled my way to depress the button on my electric kettle, then scooped fresh ground coffee into my French press and donned my warm base and top layers while I waited for the water to boil. Once the kettle turned off, I poured the hot water over the ground beans, breathing life into my brain with the aroma of fresh coffee promising much-anticipated alertness…
Grand Teton, Part ONE
I sit listening to the furious wind and rain pounding the sides of my office in our fifth wheel as I look out the window to see the sandstone peaks of Badlands National Park. Unsure exactly where this post will go, but I will title it once it has taken its direction.
Mountain Goat and I are finally on our first real trip with our new fifth wheel, which we moved into on Christmas Eve 2024…