Allie Author

Hi, I’m Allie—solo traveler, hiker, and midlife reinventor. I'm sharing my real story of reinventing my life in my 50s after a breakup with a toxic man, with a touch of hiking adventures mixed in.

RVers Running From Crappy Weather in Western 5 States

In my almost 2 years of full time RVing I have never had to chase good weather for 2 weeks like I did April and May of...

Love Always Finds a Way In : An RV Nomad Healing Story

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Arizona He’s Back in My Life I knew heading into Lake Havasu I may run into my ex John. I especially didn’t plan to see...

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Backpacking in Lake Havasu Part 2

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 My friend, Hunter, and I backpacked from Lake Havasu BLM to Lake Havasu itself to a cove named Pilot Rock yesterday. It was a great...

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Backpacking in Lake Havasu Part 1

Monday, March 28, 2022 Hunter arrived yesterday evening to where I was parked my RV in Lake Havasu. We had planned an overnight backpacking trip to Pilot Cove,...

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Backpacking RV Nomad Style

Sunday, March 27, 2022 Hunter and I had been hanging out for a few days on and off near Tucson, Arizona and we were trying to put a backpacking trip together....

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Errands Day in Tucson : REI, Whataburger and Laundry

March 24, 2022 – Tucson, AZ Awesome F*cking Errands Day in Town w/ Hunter and Artemis Dog It took a few days and a few tries but Hunter and I finally met...

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Helpless in the Prescott Forest : Almost Losing My Home

April 19-20, 2022 Prescott, Arizona I never thought this would happen to me yet knew it was a possiblity living the full-time RV lifestyle in the outdoors....

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Boondock Camping and Hiking in Prescott Arizona

April 2022 Prescott, Arizona Leaving Sedona, Arizona we cruised the Minnie Winnie southwest about 70 miles to Prescott, Arizona. Did you know Prescott, Arizona...

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Finding the Almost Perfect Boondocking

March 22, 2022 Tuesday Pipeline Road Dispersed Camping, Arizona In my last post I was sitting at Cracker Barrel in Marana, Arizona totally expecting to meet up...

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I Pooped Out Running Errands in My RV

March 20, 2022 Marana, AZ Moving Day, But Not Really Normally moving day for me and my RV, aka Minnie Rambles, is getting to another boondocking location out...

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