While driving to Albuquerque from Roswell, the desert landscape left me awestruck. Prairie grass and sage cover the red dirt of the desert. Dotting the land are thousands of Pinyon Pines. Today is the first time I saw mountains on the trip. Entering New Mexico from Texas, first stopping in Roswell, and now in Albuquerque, my route…
Author: Rob Spera
Deep in the Heart of Texas
After enduring a fifteen hour tornado watch in Lafayette, the storm clouds cleared on Monday morning and I escaped unscathed. Others were not so fortunate. A tornado killed two people in a trailer just east of Lafayette. I didn’t sleep much on Sunday night. I feel now the tour has begun. I spent the first week all…
Riders on the Storm
A better title would be, “Not Riding in the Storm.” A conveyor belt of severe storms continues to roll across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and northwest Florida. The storms started last week. Every three days, another storm roars across the southeast. The thunderstorms have high winds, numerous lighting strikes, large hail, and are spawning tornadoes. Hunkered…
Go West, Young Man, Go West
Leaving to head out west in the RV for several months is making me feel both excited and apprehensive. I really don’t know where I am going or how long I will be gone. My general plan is to head out of Florida towards the Grand Canyon. The route out of Florida along the panhandle…
The Natchez Trace National Parkway – Synchronicity
The Natchez Trace National Parkway is the most pleasant and peaceful road I’ve driven. There are no billboards, no trucks, very little traffic, and the speed limit is only 50 mph. The Trace is a 440 mile forest lined road running between Natchez Mississippi and Nashville Tennessee. I’m now just north of Tupelo Mississippi, the birthplace…