This is a follow-on post to Six Years in An Alto: Part 1 Wow, six years! I’m kind of surprised by that, to be honest. When I started out full-timing, I didn’t think about how long I might do it. But then again, I’m the kind of person who *never* had a five-year plan. A decade ago, I moved from California to Seattle, not thinking I’d leave there after four years to move into a 17-foot travel trailer. Now that I’m starting my seventh year living with that choice, I wanted to look at how I’m doing with the whole…
Alto Year #6 Map
One of my safety/security tools is a Spot Trace device. It enables GPS tracking of the Alto, stopped or moving, and sends an email to selected people every day with the location. Which means I can generate maps of any timeframe in the last 3 years (which is all the data they store). Here’s what Year 6 looked like: It’s pretty fun to see the big loop I made to explore the Great Lakes and then drop down to the Utah National Parks/Colorado Plateau before ending up in the desert southwest. If you want to see individual stops in more detail,…
Six Years in an Alto: Part 1
Happy 6th birthday, Breeze! Woohoo!
Eastern Plains of New Mexico
I’d driven all over New Mexico, except for the eastern plains, sometimes called the high plains. If they didn’t post state line signs, you’d think you were in west Texas already. But you’re not…
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, NM
I’ve been criss-crossing the Rio Grande this winter, from Santa Fe to Truth or Consequences and Las Cruces. So when I got to Taos, how could I resist the short drive to see the Rio Grande Gorge? Short answer: I couldn’t!



