Category Archives: Travel: Search for Sunshine!

Day 1, Tuesday, February 16, home to Tulare via CA99: 152 miles I had been very frustrated. This was my third attempt to find some warmth in Texas. It seemed that I hadn’t enough sense to give up. Last year’s … Continue reading →

It’s Time for Texas! Day 1, Saturday, January 16, home to Tulare via CA99: 151 miles The isolation that my dear Wifey and I had inflicted upon ourselves due to the pandemic continued through the holidays and into January. The … Continue reading →

January, 2020 : Preparation… It had been cold in the Central Valley in January – cold for wimps like me and I had struggled to stay warm, even indoors. It was definitely time to begin my 2020 Search for Sunshine … Continue reading →

At Last! Bumming Around Again… Day 1, 2019-1-24, Thursday, home to Tulare, CA via CA99: 155 miles I was sooo overdue to enjoy that road-bum lifestyle! After all, it had been four months since my Iowa Loop adventure when I had … Continue reading →

Bumming Around Texas in the Sunshine! 2018 – Jan 22 thru Feb 3 Day 1, Home to Tulare, CA via SR99: 157 miles The cold, grey, winter days in the San Joaquin Valley were getting to me and it was … Continue reading →

This is Page 2; see page 1 here: Page 1 Sunday, January 31, Day 11, Corpus Christi, TX to Waco, TX via US77: 307 miles It was time to get out of Corpus Christi and back on the open road! It … Continue reading →

Thursday, Day 1, January 21, Home to Bakersfield via SR99: 198 miles Having aborted my first Sunshine trip earlier in the month near Phoenix due to cool weather forecasts, I would head south for another try. This trip, instead of visiting … Continue reading →

January 4, 2016, Day 1, Home to Bakersfield Flying J via SR99: 202 miles The day finally arrived for my annual search for sunshine, usually a drive deep into Texas. I would drive the US Highways and some state routes, … Continue reading →

Search For Sunshine 2014 January 13-February 2, 2014 This is a photo of a Happy Camper driving through the Southwest and deep into Texas, looking for warmth in January – other travelers likely thought they saw Tom Selleck driving a … Continue reading →

A Desert Run to Quartzsite AZ & Oceanside, CA January 21 – 27, 2013 Day 1, Monday Jan 21: Home to Bakersfield Walmart (Rosedale) via SR99: 215 miles The plan was to drive to Barstow on the first day, but at … Continue reading →

Lookin’ for Sunshine! January 3 – 15, 2007 This old story was posted on two prior websites, one of which closed and in the migration to another the photos were lost. I remember much of this adventure and to keep it … Continue reading →

Heading for the Sunshine! (Photos of this trip were lost during an earlier site migration.) January 5 – 22, 2006 Day 1, Thursday, Home to Bakersfield, CA via SR99: 206 miles. While there are no photos for this adventure, I was aboard … Continue reading →