https://calderescapes.com The Calder's Global Travels Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:56:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://calderescapes.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-ce-site-icon-32x32.png https://calderescapes.com 32 32 https://calderescapes.com/posts/and-2026-begins/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:24:53 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=81224 January 8th to March 19th , 2026 It’s been quite a while since our last update, and we have plenty to share! January started with a bit of a “cold bite” here in Vegas—nighttime temps were hovering near freezing—but as soon as the sun hit, we were back into the double digits Celsius. We did […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/life-in-henderson-leading-to-christmas/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:32:38 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=80838 The photo above is of a lawn in Joshua’s neighbourhood – only in Canada would someone add a Canada Goose to their lawn decorations!  January 7th, 2026 Happy New Year! Yes, it’s been a little while since we’ve blogged. After a week of cooler weather here in Henderson in mid-November with a few days of […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/and-we-move-in/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:14:21 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=80619 October 18th, 2025 It was Saturday morning and after exercise and a cuppa, we began the drive north to Reno. We lost the sunshine about an hour north of Vegas and it never really fully returned that day. We had decided making it all the way to Reno in one day (724 km / 450 […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/were-looking-for-a-new-home-base-henderson-nv/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:52:42 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=80599 October 13th, 2025 So here in Vegas, we spent Monday through Thursday mornings this week viewing apartments in the city of Henderson (south east of the Vegas airport), checking out amenities, investigating the neighbourhood around properties. We are looking for 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, hot tub/pool, gym, parking for the trailer, a decent size balcony […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/off-to-nevada/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:01:26 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=80586 October 9th, 2025 GAS: in Arizona ranged from $3.15 up; in UT $3.25 and NV $3.53 We left our camp spot passing Mexican Hat: (which we could actually see from our campsite in the distance last night) and crossed the state line back into Arizona (we left Arizona last September 12th) passing by Monument Valley. […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/southeastern-utah-more-rocks/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 23:22:18 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=80153 October 6th, 2025 We said “so long” to Moab and began the drive pretty much due south. On our way we passed Wilson Arch: Today we wanted to do a bit more off roading – not as intense but didn’t want to take the trailer. We headed to the Needles Overlook Road, dropped the trailer […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/fun-in-moab-ut-25/ https://calderescapes.com/posts/fun-in-moab-ut-25/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:46:44 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=80065 September 30th, 2025 GAS: in UT ranged from $3.15 to $3.55 We crossed into Utah the landscape changes: We turned off the I70 and went south on the UT191 towards Moab. We had planned to camp down Willow Springs Road where we’d stayed many times before but it seems that entire area has been turned […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/fun-in-moab-ut-25/feed/ 1 https://calderescapes.com/posts/colorado-25/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 23:41:41 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=80061 September 27th, 2025 GAS: in CO ranged from $2.89 $3.49 We left the rest area south of Cheyenne, WY, early today – 6:30 am in order to make it to Rocky Mountain National Park before 9. There is a timed entry system in place from 9 to 2 everyday and although we got online right […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/on-to-sd-through-co-ne-and-back-to-co-through-wy/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:06:52 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=79921 September 16th, 2025 GAS: in CO ranged from $2.59 to $3.35 Crossing into Colorado the time does not change as we are going north not east. The sun was still shining and the skies were pretty clear. We began to see the Rocky Mountains: We found a BLM free camping area about 60 km / […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/pie-and-hiking-in-new-mexico/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 21:36:48 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=79641 September 12th, 2025 GAS: in NM $3.19 ish When we crossed the border into New Mexico today, the time jumped forward an hour onto Mountain Time. The first town of any size was Quemado:  then we turned off towards our friends’ place in Pie Town: We arrived in Pie Town at our friends’ place in […]]]>