Fun Pics as We Leave the AirBnB Vacay
Goodbye, weird RV resort! Goodbye, tons of Christmas decorations! (Although the next place we go to, I saw an ad for a Christmas golf cart parade ….) Goodbye... Read more.
Okay, We’ve Had Enough
Not of living on the road! We’ve had enough of this living-in-a-house business. We’ve been in this AirBnB for three days. The washer was replaced, so I did all... Read more.
I’m Glad My Fate Includes Keeping My Eyeballs
Yes, we’re taking a break from the trailer, by accident in a trailer in an RV park! But this place is more like the ”tiny house” park model I was obsessed... Read more.
I Feel Like Oedipus
Just the “I can’t escape my fate” part, not the “marry my mother, kill my father, then poke out my eyes” part. We’re in Naples to get solar panels and... Read more.
An Everglades Thanksgiving
Technically we’re at the very north edge of the Everglades, at Big Cypress National Preserve. Our campground is just a paved loop around a pond, with alligator... Read more.
Beautiful Myakka River State Park
We scheduled only one full day at this state park outside of Sarasota, Florida, which turns out to be way too little time to watch all the water birds, to hike and... Read more.
All That and We Coulda Just Unplugged and Plugged in Again?!?
This whole first year of travel plans has been loosely based around appointments: in Ohio at the Airstream factory for minor warrantee work, in Texas for doctors,... Read more.
A Beer Garden Worth Bending the Rules For
I know we seem like an odd pair of ducks during this pandemic, traveling while so many of our smart friends are still at home, still following safe protocol despite... Read more.
What’s a HipCamp?
When we started out, we bought memberships to several camping discount groups. Passport America gives us 50% off at certain campgrounds, but, it turns out, with... Read more.
Jackpot with the Birdwatching
Sweetwater Wetlands Park Tracy’s very wonderful sister took us to an unusual water filtration area that’s also a bird preserve. It’s a 125-acre man-made wetland... Read more.
The Beauty and Strangeness of the Deep South
We’re only an hour outside of the college town of Gainesville, Florida, but it feels like we’re on the moon. This is the Deep South, baby. We’ve moved away... Read more.
Fun on Wheels
That’s what a local called us as he strolled through the campground this morning. He said he always wanted to do something like this, but he’s not “brave”... Read more.
Traveling during a Coronavirus Spike
We routinely check the New York Times virus statistics for each spot we plan to move to (although the best indicator seems to be ICU beds). Still, per-capital cases... Read more.
Tracy and Shelly Go to a Boiled Peanuts Stand
Except, we haven’t gotten there yet! You guys know the classic stoner movie where Karl Penn and John Cho (Sulu!) get amazingly high and decide they want “something... Read more.
Waiting It Out at Coe Landing
After Tate’s Hell, we moved only an hour or so north to a Florida county campground near Tallahassee on the Ochlocknee River: the same water that feeds into Womack... Read more.
Cool Things in Carrabelle
This is the tiny beach town on the edge of Tate’s Hell State Forest, and we played sight-seers on our final day there. World’s Smallest Police Station When Carrabelle... Read more.
Election Distraction
I was going to call this post “A Cold Day in Hell” because it has been cold here! (Plus that’s funny, thanks Tracy.) But with the election happening this week... Read more.
This Old World Keeps Spinning Round
That line’s from the Neil Young song, Comes a Time, that I’m trying to learn on the ukulele. The chorus goes: This old world keeps spinnin’ ’round.... Read more.
Tate’s Hell
It’s is actually a large state forest, 200,000 acres—although much of what we’ve seen is pine plantations, which doesn’t feel very forest-like to me because... Read more.
The Best Design Yet for a Wooded Campground
Oh, but we’re here for only one night! I’ve written before about the 2-2-2 rule of thumb for camping: that you’re making your life much easier if you stay... Read more.
Banjo’s Day at the Beach
Yep, here on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi Banjo encountered the beach for the first time (as far as we know). First she ran around like a maniac. So did Tracy.... Read more.
How Long Would It Take You to Get to the Beach?
Say you quit your job and could go anywhere you wanted. How long would it take you to get to the beach? Two days? That’s the way Tracy and I feel, normally. But... Read more.
Beer on the Bayou
Or: The only place in this country where your brewery taproom bartender responds cheerfully, “How do you say in English? Live in that parking lot there!”... Read more.
Where to Next?
Now that we’ve accomplished all we’ve been needing to get done in Texas since we first started out—HURRAH!—what’s next? Well, we have about a month before... Read more.
Texas, the Big Caricature
A friend told me that Texans are caricatures of themselves, and they don’t even know it. We keep saying that over and over here. It’s brilliant. What does this... Read more.
How Would You Rather Die—and Tamales!
We’ve had just two adventures outside the campground here in Livingston, and they both make decent stories. First, the Tamales You guys know that original Star... Read more.
In Defense of Weirdos Like Us
While I walk Banjo in the early mornings (and then walk myself in the afternoons), I’ve been thinking more about the people here in this strangest of campgrounds... Read more.
Seven Months: What I’ve Learned about Living in a Small Space
Yep, we’ve been in the Airstream for seven months now. We’ve been stuck in one campground for two of those, and for the rest we’ve traveled up and... Read more.
Oh Lord, I’m Stuck in Lodi, Again.
I’m stuck in Livingston, not Lodi (that’s from a CCR song, if it didn’t ring a bell for you). This morning we had to re-up our camping site for seven more... Read more.
We’re on the “Group W” Bench
We’ve just reserved a campsite for Thanksgiving, which calls to mind all the times I’ve driven to the family dinner with Alice’s Restaurant playing on the... Read more.
