On the White Line

We kick off our winter show season tomorrow at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, tomorrow. Ever since we arrived at Artist Check-In the buzz has been about last weekend’s show in Palm Springs. On what started as a quiet day, 90mph winds swept in and decimated the show. That’s the same storm that [...]

I’ve always been interested in Quartzsite, Arizona. I’ve driven by the dusty town over a half-dozen times, and each time it piqued my curiosity, but I never took the time to stop. The first time I passed, I was intrigued by the hundreds of RVs dry camping (no hook-ups) in random spots in the desert. [...]

Yesterday started with little hope of any structure. Baby Ida’s air filters and house battery required attention, and since we were passing through Tucson, the time was right for separate trips to the Dodge dealer and the Interstate Battery shop. Either stop had the potential to turn into an all-day ordeal. This time, we got [...]

Baby Ita powered through that nasty dust storm in Texas, and now we’re giving her some tender loving care in Tucson. Two new air intake filters to make sure she can breathe easy.

While passing through Las Cruces, New Mexico, we always make a stop at the old town square in Mesilla, New Mexico and pop into Andeles for a great meal. It’s our little tradition.

We certainly didn’t expect to see the World’s Largest Pistachio, but there it was just outside Tularosa, New Mexico. The enormous nut was erected in honor of Thomas Michael McGinn, the guy who started McGinn’s Pistachio Tree Ranch. I must admit, the giant structure made us stop.

After yesterday’s wind storm, we thought we’d be staying at the Walmart in Hereford, Texas, but after two hours, the skies cleared and the winds died down. We pushed onwards to Roswell, New Mexico. Gotta give this town credit for having a sense of humor about their association with a possible alien incident.

We have surrendered to extremely high winds in Texas. They were blowing steadily all the way from Weatherford, Misouri, to Amarillo, but once we drove beyond that, Baby Ida took an all out beating. We decided to stop early, but we weren’t able to avoid several enormous dust clouds. We’re used to whiteouts with snow, [...]

It’s fitting we saw these windmills while passing through Oklahoma… severe winds have been slamming us across the state… some reaching speeds of 40mph – not fun driving. It made for a rather noisy night in the Walmart parking lot in Weatherford, OK. The drive to Armarillo, TX, promises more wind, so it’ll be another [...]

We made it to Oklahoma City and temperatures in the 40s. Time to fill the water tank and start feeling like we’re really living onboard Baby Ita.