Tag: Bob Difley
Do you leave your porch light on?
By Bob Difley
I admit to being grumpy when RVers diminish my camping experience, like playing the TV too loud, building a smoky campfire and...
Cross the Idaho Panhandle on the Silver Valley’s Mullan Road
By Bob Difley
The Schee-chu-umsh people lived beside an idyllic azure-blue lake surrounded by towering pines in what is now the Idaho Panhandle. Each year...
Fall is the best time for RVers to tour the Oregon Coast
By Bob Difley
The arrival of fall is welcomed by many RVers for road touring and sightseeing on the Oregon Coast. Kids are back in...
Over 400 miles of shoreline define tiny Rhode Island’s motto, “The Ocean State”
By Bob Difley
When you think of states that identify with the ocean, Florida and California come to mind. But the state that lays claim...
Visit the Florida Panhandle coastline for a less-crowded snowbird destination
By Bob Difley
On Florida’s Forgotten Coast - the Gulf of Mexico along the Florida Panhandle - the Apalachicola River empties into the Gulf through...
Spirits, poltergeists, and things that go bump in the night
By Bob Difley
It’s a proven fact. We humans like to be frightened by movies, books (try reading a Stephen King novel without glancing behind...
Migrants came to San Simeon – and they stayed – now numbering 17,000
By Bob Difley
November is an anniversary date to note. It is the anniversary of the arrival in 1990 of the first elephant seals to...
Camp on the tree-shaded river bank of Oregon’s Metolius Recreation Area
By Bob Difley
The central Oregon town of Sisters, often called the “Gateway to the Cascades,” is named for the snow-capped Three Sisters peaks of...
The Old West lives on in Modoc County, CA’s, remote ranchlands
By Bob Difley
If you are a Californian, you are likely sometimes surprised by the number of RVers that say, “I won’t travel in California...
Explore the West’s explosive history on the Volcanic Legacy National Scenic Byway
By Bob Difley
Before Global Warming was the media’s favorite weather topic, even before the last Ice Age, when the earth was a youngster about...
Three distinct ecosystems define Washington’s vast Olympic National Park
By Bob Difley
The imposing Olympic Mountain Range rises from the Pacific’s continental shelf like a great wall, whose presence affects the entire Olympic Peninsula,...
Meander California’s Sonoma County coastline for spectacular ocean views
By Bob Difley
Clinging like an asphalt snake to precipitous cliffs that drop hundreds of feet into the rocky surf, Northern California’s Route 1 is...