https://calderescapes.com The Calder's Global Travels Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:59:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://calderescapes.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-ce-site-icon-32x32.png https://calderescapes.com 32 32 https://calderescapes.com/posts/spring-at-home/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:09:28 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=83561 April 17th, 2026 We got home safe and sound with all our bags from our “escape” to Taiwan & the Philippines around 11am. Despite our flights not being red eyes per se, we really did not get a “night time” (but rather gained almost an entire day) so Fran decided to go to bed and […]]]> 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/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/from-reno-through-arizona/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 22:58:58 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=79627 September 3rd, 2025 GAS: (as low as $2.79) in AZ Wednesday after our morning routine, we got ready to leave (this takes longer than it did in Matilda, what with having to hook up the truck! but it’s a small price to pay for a bigger living space) and we were out of the campground […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/moving-on-to-arizona/ Wed, 06 Oct 2021 21:46:48 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=39284   October 6th, 2021 After our hike in Gallup up the Hogback, we made our way westward into Arizona, the 8th state since we left Canada a month ago.  We made our way to Chinle, AZ – the home of Canyon de Chelly (pronounced d’shay).  This is a national monument and entry is free.  Management […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/end-of-an-era-2011-to-2021/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:43:53 +0000 https://calderescapes.com/?p=36684   March 1st, 2021 March came in with a sunny but cold morning; around 9C / 48F.  Guess it’s preparing us for cooler climes further north. As our mail was supposed to arrive from SD last Thursday, then last Saturday but was delayed again, we hung around the RV Park until 2 hoping it would […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/2nd-month-in-yuma-az-test/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:33:48 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=36445   February 1st, 2021 February began with a cloudy day – looked like rain but none was forecast.  Doug recently began a course online:  Masters Course in Geomorphic Processes.  He’s quite enjoying it – takes up about four hours of his week. Groundhog Day began cloudy and we went out for a “weekly” outing.  Today […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/january-21-in-yuma-az/ Sat, 02 Jan 2021 02:54:45 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=36215   (note:  the mapping above would not connect D and E correctly so pretend there’s a line between them! 🙂 ) January 1st, 2021 (aka 2020 won) New Year’s Day was quiet; Fran skyped with her mom (which is getting harder and harder; she won’t admit she’s losing her hearing so talking on a video […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/heading-for-a-warmer-winter-az/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:50:03 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=36119   December 11th, 2020 So after attaching our new South Dakota license plates, we began our drive south towards the state line.  First stop was a weigh station as we wanted to know how much the trailer weighs loaded and if we had enough weight on the hitch. The weigh station was just outside Boulder […]]]>