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No matter how many times you have visited Mono Lake, it is worth another visit. Located at Lee Vining in the Eastern Sierras’ Owens Valley, the lake sits at the beginning of the road up Tioga Pass and on into…

Your constitutional rights are only as good as the ability and willingness of the citizens to stand up for them during those times when those rights are most under threat. A National Historic Site just north of Lone Pine makes…

This post is the first in a series on travel books. Alain de Botton, a British writer, born in Switzerland and educated to be a philosopher before he turned to writing books for a more general audience, sets out his…

Alabama Hills is like a mini-Arches National Park, placed in the very shadow of Mount Whitney and the Sierra Mountains. Like Valley of Fire, it is a small area, but it offers a wealth of hiking and scenic driving all…

You probably need to carry a traction board on your van but how should you attach it?. They are sold and carried as pairs, though in practice often one will do, and they need to be mounted somewhere on the…

Our first two nights in the Noovo were at Atlatl Rock Campground at Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park. Not only were they our first nights in the Noovo but our first nights in any RV, and thus our first…

Just outside of Barstow, in tiny Yermo, California, is Eddie World. Adorned with a giant ice cream sundae, it seems more in the spirit of something along Route 66 rather than in this somewhat bleak desert. Even more out of…

Some van mods require a ton of research. Some van mods are crazy expensive. And then there are the mod mods: Mods that are modest in their demands upon your time and modest in their demands upon your cash.  I…

The campsites at Valley of Fire, a state park in Nevada, have a reputation for being hard to get, as they are often booked out many weeks in advance. But like the National Parks, cancellations are common, and with a…

Do hot days inside your Noovo Plus LB get you down? Is the air in the lounge area, one of the top-selling features of your van, stagnant and too warm? Are you starting to regret your purchase? If you are…