When Housekeeping Is the Barrier-Breaker
There’s a beautifully written book entitled, Housekeeping, in which author Marilynne Robinson’s radical hero, a vagrant, estranged aunt, moves into... Read more.
El Morro and El Malpais
These are national monuments in western New Mexico: off the beaten path, managed by the National Park Service. There are 138 national monuments in the United States... Read more.
Western New Mexico via BLM Land
We’re in the El Malpais National Conservation Area, a little north of the National Monument. Tracy’s walked on some of the lava flows that made people long ago... Read more.
Camping and Hiking along the Gila River
We’ve spent a week boondocking in a horse corral between the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument visitor’s center and the trailhead to the cliff dwellings... Read more.
“Cliff” Being the Operative Word in Gila Cliff Dwellings
I’ve never had a problem with heights, so all I was thinking about as we climbed the 180-foot ascent to see this archaeological find was my knee when it was time... Read more.
Life Deep in the Desert
Between national parks, we stopped to visit friends Doug and Melanie as they prep their new homebase (an rv, of course) deep in the northern Chihuahua Desert. We... Read more.
Moving Sunlight and Changing Focus at White Sands National Park
How do I tell you about White Sands National Park in New Mexico? We spent only a day there (a short record for us), but my impressions are hard to pin down. Words... Read more.
Exhausted and Exhilarated
We’re out of the doldrums into the current, and I’m wanting to put all my photos and impressions here in a hurry before I gather more. Gah, remember when I posted... Read more.
The Hitch Is Now the Toilet
I can’t believe that makes sense right now. Bear with me. Tracy’s been working like crazy on the hitch: he shipped a big part back to Michigan, they serviced... Read more.
Lifestyles of the Rebellious and Unattached
I think about this a lot. What traits do we full-timers share? I think I’ve finally nailed it: we share a lack of strong ties. Call it non-attachment, if you’d... Read more.
Singer-Songwriter Smackdown While in Limbo
We have semi-progress with the hitch, which is better than pseudo-progress and definitely better than a hitch in the hitch. The hitch company in Michigan is servicing... Read more.
Exactly Five Years on the Road!
I’m working hard here to figure out how to say something about myself in the midst of the crisis our country and our world is in. I’ve written two complete posts... Read more.
A Koan for Writing
(Here’s a post unrelated to travel. The end is where I caption the above photo, which is the point of this post.) You know how one small thing someone says can... Read more.
Hitch Quasi-Update and How Wild It Is that RVers Live in Different Ways
I’m always the wise-ass with my son when I give him my version of science-related advice: no matter how frustrating it feels to hit dead-ends in research, you... Read more.
Sitting Here in Limbo
A classic from Jimmy Cliff: Sitting here in limbo Waiting for the tide to flow Sitting here in limbo Knowing that I have to go I can't say what life will show me... Read more.
My Tea Set Regrets
This is a superfluous post. If you’re here for an update on our breakdown status, we made it safely back to the RV park our friends are in by using the interim... Read more.
The Hitch in Our Plans Is Our Hitch
An hour into our first big day of travels this year—first destination Big Bend National Park, woohoo here we go!—we heard clunking behind us and pulled over... Read more.
Pulling Off an Airstream Surprise
I kept quiet about our immediate plans after Houston because the big plan was making a 🎊surprise visit 🎉 and we pulled it off! We had to have every... Read more.
On the Road Again, But in a Hotel
Oh man, I had what I thought was a funny title for this post—and that’s what it got published with—but now I’m thinking it’s a lot less funny and a lot... Read more.
A Friday Night Rodeo, Moving Crystals in My Head, Tricky Houston Plans
I try to keep to one topic per post, but we’ve been crazy busy lately. I even forgot to send out my Friday morning email to readers, for the first time in five... Read more.
Our 2025 Travel Plans (Kinda)
For the first time in five years, I’m going to share our travel plans for spring/summer/fall only broadly here. No detailed map with circles and arrows, no list... Read more.
Encounters with Neighbors
Eons ago, Blogging Mentor Mark asked if I’d write a post about the odd people I’ve met on the road. Good idea, right? I started in on it all excited, thinking,... Read more.
Prepping for the Road
It feels surreal to be spending energy on anything seemingly pointless compared to the news these days, but here I am, blogging. I will do my darnedest to make this... Read more.
Blue Fabric Tiny House
Yes, I know. I’m always I’m saying, “No more tiny houses! I’m done with them!” and then I turn around and post about yet another one. I finished the last... Read more.
You Might Be a Full-timing Airstreamer If …
What a joy it’s been to get to know other full-timing Airstreamers whom we met at the International rally in October. Rachael and Leon run a Facebook group for... Read more.
Dreaming of My Kind of Boondocking
I’ve been thinking more wistfully than ever about a certain kind of boondocking. First, let me parse out the different uses of that word. (Fun, stuff, yes?) Most... Read more.
The Feel of India in the RGV
On a weekend morning when the wind isn’t up, Tracy hits the local university to bird. No one’s around because there’s no on-student housing, but don’t let... Read more.
How to Take a Campground Shower in 10 Easy Steps
(Read Now to Receive 2 Bonus Prep Steps and 3 Special Opportunities!) Whether you find yourself in a long-neglected, government-run bathroom facility with more spider... Read more.
For Us Winter Texans
I was reading about the first act at an outdoor music venue we go to sometimes down here in Brownsville, and the post said the artist would be on from 6-8 pm, “for... Read more.
On Grief, Nonattachment, and Beauty
This entry is part of my personal series, called Wish You Were There, that’s unrelated to travel. Actually, here’s even more of a caveat-type intro. I enjoy... Read more.
