- Moments of Silly > All Elseby Shelly
- Your Daily Banjo Vol 2by ShellyI’ve been posting a photo of Banjo nearly each day on my Facebook feed since we hit the road, which turns out to be an easy way to let friends… Read more: Your Daily Banjo Vol 2
- Big Boy, Pelicans, Airstreamers We Can’t Shakeby ShellyWe designed the week after the big Airstream rally as decompression time by a Corps of Engineers lake in Oklahoma. We’ve gotten some down time in, but it’s been a… Read more: Big Boy, Pelicans, Airstreamers We Can’t Shake
- What Rallies Are Really Aboutby ShellyIt took me ten days at the International Airstream Rally (then a long travel day) until finally, as I was walking Banjo this morning here along the reservoir at our… Read more: What Rallies Are Really About
- Airstream Rally: Early Halloween, Seminars, Clubs, Libations, Oh Myby ShellyRandom observations from Day 2 and 3 of the rally: There are 1,300 Airstreams here, and let’s say 1/3 have one dog and 1/3 have two dogs. That’s 1,300 dogs,… Read more: Airstream Rally: Early Halloween, Seminars, Clubs, Libations, Oh My
- Airstream Rally Day 1 Photo Recapby ShellyI’m going to try to stay on top of this reporting business by doing less writing and doing more photo dumping. Let’s see how this goes. (Frankly, it’s hard for… Read more: Airstream Rally Day 1 Photo Recap
- Airstream Rally Initial Impressions (In Short: “Dude!”)by ShellyI’m taking the morning off from helping my friend Sherri at the Member Services booth at the International Airstream Rally here in Sedalia, Missouri. Sherri does not take the morning… Read more: Airstream Rally Initial Impressions (In Short: “Dude!”)
- Ready to Rally, in Our Own Wayby ShellyIn just two days, we show up (knock on wood) at the International Airstream Rally in Sedalia, Missouri. We’ve never been to an Airstream anything, so we figured we’d go… Read more: Ready to Rally, in Our Own Way
- The Unexpected Allure of the Midwestby ShellyI knew nothing about the Midwest before I met Tracy, and it’s not like I know much now. Really, as we travel around the country and I think about where… Read more: The Unexpected Allure of the Midwest
- Doing All the -ings on the Turkey Riverby ShellyYep, that’s me, the tiny pink dot in the middle of that wide, shallow river. I’m paddling my heart out there, but I’m also doing the other -ings these days… Read more: Doing All the -ings on the Turkey River
- Deer Butts, Meet-ups, Hard up in Madisonby ShellyTalk about pressure. I just walked away from lunch with my blogging mentor, Mark (Mark My Words), who A) told me he’d be blogging about our meet-up in the next… Read more: Deer Butts, Meet-ups, Hard up in Madison
- How Do You Go to the ER at 3am When the Campground Gate Is Locked?by ShellyWe did not have to figure that one out, thankfully, but the topic was pertinent. The morning we left East Lansing, we stopped to get the updated Covid vaccine, hopefully… Read more: How Do You Go to the ER at 3am When the Campground Gate Is Locked?
- In Finn’s Townby ShellyI’m in East Lansing, Michigan, on our annual fall trip to hang out with Finn during whatever free time he has. Which is tricky, because he has no free time;… Read more: In Finn’s Town
- Choosing a Campsite When You Anticipate Neighborsby ShellyWe’re at a small county campground in SW Michigan that’s unusual: instead of being part of a popular county park with a playground or whatnot, it’s on land leased from… Read more: Choosing a Campsite When You Anticipate Neighbors
- Messing Around Our Mothership Appointmentby ShellyWe successfully navigated our 5th (or was it our 6th?) service appointment at the Airstream service center, right beside the Airstream factory in Ohio. Five might not seem like a… Read more: Messing Around Our Mothership Appointment
- Indiana Dunes National Parkby ShellyAs usual, Tracy picked out this stop on his own during his many quiet planning afternoons, and when I looked it up on the map, basically as we pulled in,… Read more: Indiana Dunes National Park
- I Can Breathe in a Small Townby ShellyWe’re only a few miles from John Mellencamp’s hometown in southern Indiana, and man does this area feel small-townish. This is a view from Skyline Drive through the Jackson-Washington State… Read more: I Can Breathe in a Small Town
- Rocket Barges and Giant Cypress at a River Confluenceby ShellyI meant this to be a short photo essay from our one-night stay at Fort Defiance State Park in Cairo (pronounced like Kayro Syrup), Illinois. I got carried away. Such an… Read more: Rocket Barges and Giant Cypress at a River Confluence
- City Camping at Little Rockby ShellyWe are right on the Arkansas River in Little Rock, at a city campground that’s a lot like that one in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It’s basically just… Read more: City Camping at Little Rock
- Little Rock Nine and the Clinton Centerby ShellyOh my goodness is Little Rock, Arkansas, not what I expected. Not that that sets the bar high, seeing as how the main thing I was looking forward to was… Read more: Little Rock Nine and the Clinton Center