As of January 2, 2022, I will have been maintaining this blog for two years. Over that time, we’ve camped at 111 locations, and I’ve written 352 posts in total. Dude. Here we go with the most clicked-on posts from Going Down the Road from 2021. (Note that these are not all my favorites, but […]
Month: December 2021
Matt’s Towel Tiny House
I think of this tiny house as the one with my friend Matt’s towel draped over the lounge chair by the pool. He mentioned online that the pool area looked comfy, so I figured if he were to imagine himself there, I might as well give him a towel. I’m sure he wouldn’t want to […]
Indecision about Long-Term Camping
Just this morning as I was walking Banjo along the desert road, looking for burros and enjoying the peaceful sunrise, I had decided that this Imperial Dam LTVA is a smart place for us to stay put for a while. An hour later, inside the trailer when Tracy says he may have found us a […]
“If We Haven’t Seen It, We Want To” (Guest Post)
Hello everyone, We are Doug and Melanie, two retirees (ages 69 and 62, respectively) who left Cleveland, OH in July to spend one year traveling in our Airstream. We are best friends who love travel, adventure and nature. We were very lucky to meet Shelly and Tracy while boondocking in Anza Borrego and then to […]
Desert Light on the Solstice
Our desert Christmas tree Scenes from the nightly LTVA parade
We Have Your Winter Veggies—All of Them
Yuma is the closest city to Imperial Dam LTVA, so it’s where we drive to for groceries, the laundromat, and one microbrewery with outside seating (our treat after errands). It’s so important to folks here at the LTVA that we all go on Yuma time instead of California time (where we actually live). Maybe you […]
Snags in My Tiny House Obsession
You guys know I began building these tiny houses as something to do in the middle of the night when I can’t sleep, something quiet not to wake Tracy, something that focuses and stills my mind and body, and something that’s not eating! Sometimes, this hobby fulfills those needs. Sometimes, I get to thinking about […]
Socializing in the Clam
I’ve been reveling in “zero days” since we’ve arrived at Imperial Dam LTVA—that’s what AT thru-hikers call days when they make no progress on the trail at all. Zero Days My zero days mean I haven’t gone hiking, kayaking, errand-running, anything-ing that’s productive. So, how do I spend my time? We put up the tent […]
Magic Tiny House Finished!
I don’t need to title this with my exuberant, “Finished!” because I haven’t posted about this house during the production process, so there’s no need to differentiate this post. Still, I am feeling exuberant so the title is deserved. Unlike most of my others that I could create room by room (and post about in […]
Los Algodones: Mexico for Gringos
Today we drove a half hour to a parking lot at the Yuma border crossing, then walked into Mexico for dental appointments. The whole shebang was absurdly easy. We walked right in without anyone even looking at our faces, much less asking for ID. We’d heard that it would be easy and weren’t worried, but, […]