You can’t go to Dark Sky Country and not attend a Star Party at the McDonald Observatory! I mean, technically you can, but could you then say you really experienced Dark Sky Country? The McDonald Observatory is located on some mountain tops near Davis Mountains State Park, Fort Davis
As I was walking this afternoon, I was thinking about our experiences on this trip. We are small town people. We don’t like huge cities and are much happier out in the country away from crowds. If you read our bio you know we like the backroads and not
While we were at Davis Mountains State Park we took the opportunity to travel down to Marfa, do some laundry, get some dinner and of course drive 8 miles out of town to the Marfa Lights observation area to see if the lights made an appearance. By the time we
Continuing our trip around the Desert Southwest we headed over to Guadalupe Mountains National Park, one of only two national parks in Texas. It was beautiful and a hiker's paradise! Check out our Travels section for more details and photos! BraysAway Travels
We're continuing our trek across the American Desert Southwest with a visit to Joshua Tree National Park! See our Travels section for more details! BraysAway Travels
Whew! We have been hitting the sights around Las Vegas and Death Valley! Check out our Travels tab to catch up on our trip to Las Vegas, Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park and the ominous sounding Death Valley. BraysAway Travels
Check out our website's Travels section for details on our latest scenic tours: Sedona and the drive from Jerome to Prescott! Both are extremely beautiful places to visit! Let us know where else we should go in Arizona! BraysAway Travels
We are "Puttin' Some Miles on It" again on our next adventure. Check out our latest stops at Montezuma Castle National Monument and Montezuma Well National Monument in our "Travels" section. Check back to follow along as we continue to explore the Southwest! See you
Sorry it's been a while since we posted but Kim and I have been fighting off the flu. It hit Kim first with a severe headache like a migraine and then sore throat, body aches, chills, and the usual stuffy head. 4 days later, it hit me too.
We finally decided which battery upgrade to make and went with a single Lithium LiFePo. It’s a Lion Energy Safari UT 1300 with 108 AH. Since we can run it down to basically dead without harming the battery we can use almost all those AH whereas our current Lead
The other night while visiting relatives near Mesa, we stumbled on Rosati’s, a Chicago style pizzeria, and decided to have dinner there. They have a full bar and an area with seating for dinner. We tried their pizza and wings and they were great! We had their garlic parmesan
We've been considering buying some eBikes having seen so many people riding them lately and the fact we are planning a trip to Utah's Big 5! We figure trying to hike everywhere isn't going to work for us but maybe we can bike back