Marine veteran, retired IT professional, lifelong problem solver, and co-creator of Rolling Nichols. These days, Phil and Lisa travel in Harriet, sharing worthwhile stops, history, and stories from the road.
Arizona
We stayed at Country Roads RV Village in Yuma in January 2024, and it was the first truly massive RV community Lisa and I had ever stayed in. With roughly 1,300 privately owned lots spread across about 140 acres, it felt less like an RV park and more like
Arizona
We spent a couple of days at the Tucson KOA Resort after meeting up with Fred and Gina, before the four of us continued west toward Yuma. It was a good place to slow down for a bit, spend some time together, and break up the drive. The campground is
Arizona
The RV Park at the Pima County Fairgrounds has become one of our practical Tucson stops. It isn’t trying to be a landscaped RV resort, but that isn’t really what we need when we’re passing through. The sites are open, there’s plenty of room for Harriet
We stayed at Rio Grande Valley Ranch RV Resort in Canutillo in February 2024, just northwest of El Paso. It was still a fairly new RV park at the time, and one of the things that made it different was that it really was part of a working ranch. Cattle,
New Mexico
Fred recommended La Posta de Mesilla to us, so we stopped there on our first trip west in Harriet. It turned out to be exactly the kind of place that works for Rolling Nichols — good food, a memorable setting, and enough history around it to make the stop about more
Where We Eat
We’ve eaten at the Gristmill in Gruene more than once, and it’s become one of those places we’re always happy to return to. On this visit in February 2025, we were there with Gail and Jeannie. The setting is a big part of what keeps drawing us
Where We Eat
Grotto in downtown Eureka Springs was one of those places we probably would have remembered even if the food had only been good. The restaurant is built into a historic stone building with a natural spring running through it, and part of the space has the feel of a cave
Oklahoma
WinStar has become another regular stop for us when we’re traveling north or south. It sits right along I-35 in Thackerville, close to the Texas line, so it works naturally with a lot of the routes we travel. Unlike some of our overnight stops, we don’t always
Kansas
Air Capital RV Park in Wichita has become one of those dependable stops that fits the way we travel. When we’re heading south on US-81, it is often where we stop for the first night, and we’ve also used it on the way back north. Most of
Worth the Stop
Our first trip to Black’s Barbecue in Lockhart was in February 2025 with Gail and Jeannie. We had been to plenty of barbecue places before, but this one felt different from the minute we walked in — long tables, trays piled high, and meat that looked like it had been
Arizona
We made our first trip to Quartzsite in January 2024 with Fred and Gina, and it didn’t take long for Lisa and me to understand why so many RVers talk about being there in January. The Quartzsite Sports, Vacation & RV Show is only part of what happens — the
Nebraska
Fishberry Campground is one of those places we’ve been happy to return to. It sits about five miles north of Valentine on US-83, far enough out of town to feel quiet and open but still close enough that getting into Valentine is easy. The campground has 22 pull-