On Hearing the Palm Fronds Rustle
I ride my bike to the RV park’s fitness room each morning, and then I park it against the trunk of a palm tree. To get it situated just right so it won’t blow... Read more.
Still Catching Our Collective Breath
I haven’t been my usual chatterbox self here on the blog because there hasn’t been much to report. Except! For big news! (Oh how easily I forget.) My knee is... Read more.
Friends at the Heart of 2024
You might remember that, for our 2024 travel, we’d planned on this: We ended up doing this: We zigzagged up and down as we changed plans on the fly, mostly while... Read more.
Rest, Hydrate, Recoup, Repeat
We’ve never needed a long stay as bad as when we dragged ourselves into our winter spot, in the dark, last Friday night. This is our third winter in Brownsville,... Read more.
Our Impossible 11-hour Travel Day
After I wrote that Alice’s Restaurant post, a lot happened. We didn’t get fined for staying on the beach an extra day, but the opposite happened: we kinda... Read more.
Wherein We Act Out Alice’s Restaurant Massacree
You know the story: Arlo and friends clean up after a Thanksgiving feast at Alice’s church-turned-house and end up getting arrested for throwing their trash off... Read more.
On the Beach, the Crowded, Chilly, Still-It’s-a-Beach Beach
We finally made it to camp right on the beach! Man, have we spoiled ourselves with previous years doing this, though, because this beach location kinda sucks. Okay,... Read more.
Crowded Beach Spots vs. Empty Campground
I’m lying on my folding sofa with my iPad on my lap, looking out over water, and there’s a bit of wind, so the water’s choppy and hitting the bulkhead in a... Read more.
Get Your Banjo Wall Calendar Here
Due to popular demand (I can’t believe I’m saying that), I’ve created a Banjo-themed wall calendar for you Banjo fans (or general GDTR readers) to purchase.... Read more.
Neither Fire Ants nor Boy Scouts Stays These Campers from Enjoying the Beach
Another week at another beach state park on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Not just another ho hum, though. Galveston Ferry To start the week off, we drove south from... Read more.
Where Salt Marsh Meets the Sea
We’re spending the rest of November traveling down the Texas coast, camping at one beach spot for a few days, then moving on. A sampling, a taste of each one.... Read more.
On the Border of Isengard
We’re at Sea Rim State Park, which is an astoundingly beautiful coastal area, along the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail and near the McFaddin National Wildlife... Read more.
Blogging in Dark Times, Redux
I don’t know how to write here after that election. I tried, but I just deleted it all. So, I’m reposting something I wrote two years ago, because you know how... Read more.
In Anticipation of the Day After
It’s election night as a type, and I’m thinking about anything else, frankly. I just realized, for example, that on Friday, my weekly email goes out, and the... Read more.
GDTR Press Clippings
I’m partly joking here in that I don’t have real “ink,” as a friend calls it. (He is cited in the news, professionally and often.) If his is ink, mine is... Read more.
Birthdays on the Road: You Win Some, You Lose Some
Tomorrow is my birthday (the weird 56, not old yet!). I’ll be spending it at doctors’ appointments near Houston, because it’s that time of year again for us.... Read more.
My Least-favorite Part of Full-timing
Today’s our final day at Lake Ray Roberts, north of Dallas/Ft Worth. We’ve spent a whopping ten days here, same site as every year, so we can visit Karen on... Read more.
Moments of Silly > All Else
I had written an eloquent post (really, I did!) about helping my friend Karen move into her house, and how it got me thinking about the stresses of moving, and how... Read more.
Your Daily Banjo Vol 2
I’ve been posting a photo of Banjo on my Facebook page nearly every day since we hit the road, which turns out to be an easy way to let friends know where we are.... Read more.
Big Boy, Pelicans, Airstreamers We Can’t Shake
We 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... Read more.
What Rallies Are Really About
It 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... Read more.
Airstream Rally: Early Halloween, Seminars, Clubs, Libations, Oh My
Random 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 Day 1 Photo Recap
I’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... Read more.
Airstream Rally Initial Impressions (In Short: “Dude!”)
I’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... Read more.
Ready to Rally, in Our Own Way
In 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... Read more.
The Unexpected Allure of the Midwest
I 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 I might... Read more.
Doing All the -ings on the Turkey River
Yep, 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.
Deer Butts, Meet-ups, Hard up in Madison
Talk 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.
How Do You Go to the ER at 3am When the Campground Gate Is Locked?
We 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... Read more.
In Finn’s Town
I’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; he’s... Read more.
