Shelly here. I love looking at Doug’s pictures and reading his and Melanie’s take on camping and hiking up here! A while back I posted a compilation of his entries so far in Yukon and Alaska, and here’s a catch-up in chronological order. The links below are to his posts on his blog, which I […]
Author: Doug and Melanie
Doug and Melanie are avid explorers and hikers. They travel with their Kimberly Kamper, and their home base is Ohio. (For more posts by these authors, click on their names, above.)
Doug’s Take on Where We’ve Been
Y’all know we’ve had the pleasure of meeting up with Doug and Melanie along this trip to and in Alaska. We’ve hung out with them at several stops, and we’ve heard their stories from when they’ve traveled to more remote places thanks to their all-terrain trailer and hitch. Doug’s written several blog posts about this leg […]
Doug and Melanie Get Stuck in AZ
Imagine having a breakdown when you’re off-grid. You get your truck towed to a repair place but they don’t know when it’ll be fixed. So you’re back at your campsite for who knows how long. With no one in sight. No electric hook-ups, no running water, unreliable cell service. And you’re surrounded by rats—obnoxious rats. […]
Doug and Melanie at Ajo, AZ
From Shelly: Tracy and I camped near Ajo last year, but Doug’s written a more thorough description here plus taken gorgeous photos. Just fyi: my posts are about finding our boondocking site here and the beauty of Ajo here. We recently boondocked near Ajo, Arizona, just north of the Organ Pipe National Monument, in the […]
Doug & Melanie at Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
Melanie and I spent almost two weeks in Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Arizona. The funny thing is we saw less wildlife in the refuge than we have seen anywhere. The main species the preserve is trying to protect are bighorn sheep and pronghorn antelope. It was hunting season for the sheep so they […]
Doug and Melanie at Sears Point, AZ
Hey everyone! Last year we published pictures of a site in Arizona called Painted Rocks where we saw hundreds of petroglyphs. Sears Point is a little-known location about 150 miles west of Painted Rocks where there are about 2,000 panels of rock art containing around 10,000 petroglyphs. They are located on two miles of basalt […]
Doug and Melanie Tour the Southwest
From Shelly: Here are Doug and Melanie’s notes and incredible photos from their recent trip through Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. This is a fun and beautiful summary! Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas The sand hills are not huge here, but they are interesting. Melanie left her mark that I am sure will last forever […]
Doug and Melanie in New Mexico
Hi all. We spent two short weeks at Big Bend National Park on the Mexican border. It is a beautiful, rugged part of the country where even dried mud can be art. The scenery is stunning. It varies from river scenes along the Rio Grande, to desert landscapes to mountains and magnificent night skies. But […]
Nudist Camping: What Is That?
Hello Everyone, This is Doug and Melanie, the former Airstreamers. We are on the road again. Last year, we discovered a small hot spring resort in New Mexico (and I use the term, “resort,” very loosely). We enjoyed it so much we returned this year and stayed two weeks. The place is Faywood Hot Springs. […]
A Tale of Two Trailers
Hello all, Doug and Melanie here. In a previous post, we mentioned we were selling our Airstream and buying an off-road trailer. (As Shelly said, we love getting into wild places to hike and explore and enjoy nature, and an off-road trailer will let us do that more.) Well, the transition is complete: the Airstream is […]
