It’s Hard to Photograph a Prairie
Especially when a certain someone is wearing a ginormous hat to ward off mosquitos and insists on getting in the middle of the photo. It’s also hard because... Read more.
Iowa Mead? Yes Please.
This place. I don’t want to spend any more time on my laptop writing this entry than I have to because it takes away from my time gazing at the green land... Read more.
Lincoln’s New Salem
As we make our way to Iowa and Wisconsin, we’re sticking to our plan to stay at campgrounds for the weekends so we know we have a sure-fire camping site for Friday... Read more.
What It’s Really Like on the Road
Right now we’re in Illinois staying at the campground beside the state historical park called Lincoln’s New Salem. I’ll post about this place once we figure... Read more.
Our First Harvest Host Stay
Aka No Alpaca but Other Cutie-pie Animals Last night was our first—and fabulous—experience using our membership with Harvest Hosts. The way this works is we... Read more.
Where Are We?
Until I can figure out how to get a real-time webmap on my homepage, I’ll update the tiny map to the right, under the recent posts (or if you’re on your... Read more.
Airstreamers’ Mecca
There’s only one factory in the world that makes the iconic Airstream, and we visited it early in our travels because our Firefly needed tweaking—a handful... Read more.
To See America, You See Americans
I thought I was done thinking about Shawnee here in southern Ohio, but I’ve got one last entry about the weekend in this campground. Things Tracy and I... Read more.
AM Hikes, PM Lounge
This place, Ohio’s Shawnee State Park, is really growing on me. On the advice of a couple of friends (hi, Melissa M!), I’m reading Blue Highways by a fellow... Read more.
Living Between Two Worlds
I feel like I’m in a Star Trek episode where the transporter has malfunctioned (in the future no one says, “broken”), and I’m stuck between two planets. ... Read more.
Calm and Quiet
I’m still here at Savage River State Forest, sitting in a camp chair overlooking the rushing creek at the back of our site. I’m watching a water thrush hop from... Read more.
Five Days in the Hollow
We’re in Savage River State Forest, which isn’t really a hollow (“holler” for you non-Southerners). It’s a deeply wooded, steep valley that feels like... Read more.
Goodbye Quarantine Campground
Well, that’s not a fully accurate headline, since we’ll be even more isolated where we’re going, but I will always think of this first campground... Read more.
Campground or Crazy Spring Break?
Long-anticipated Memorial Day weekend—and only the second weekend that Virginia has opened campgrounds to vacationers—began here on Thursday, as RVs pulled up... Read more.
Grateful for Friends and Family during the Lockdown
We leave this campground in less than a week and have lots to take care of before then, but before we leave I want to thank local friends and family who’ve... Read more.
Fluid Travel Plans
We haven’t moved yet and already we’ve changed travel plans several times. I hear from folks on the road that you have to find your own comfortable balance... Read more.
Trip down the Super Highway
A big thank you to my cousins Lisa and Robin for inviting us out to a family farm nearby for a much-needed day in the woods. I know, we’re already in the woods—but... Read more.
The Dumpsters Moved! (And Even More Exciting Campground Headlines.)
Yes, we’ve been here for 55 days. 55 days. So when rented construction vehicles start moving large loads of gravel right in front of our trailer, it’s... Read more.
While We Wait
The country is opening state by state, which—terrible for the health of the people—in our little world is a mixed bag. Opening Consequences Lifting of restrictions... Read more.
Recent Photos
Finally, we had a couple of sunny, warm days, and living in the Airstream felt like I had imagined. Front Porch Kayaking Morning Walk Tracy’s New Camera Lens... Read more.
We’re Busting Out of This Joint
We have plans to get on the road! They’re not immediate, and when we do go we’ll maintain social distancing (heck, no social at all if we can manage... Read more.
Our Glory Days of Privacy Are Gone
Our friends took this picture (thanks Bob and Ben, I think) during last night’s Friday Night FaceTime Happy Hour. We were so busy watching new people pull... Read more.
Kayaking the Great Ruth Ann
Finally, we went kayaking. Frankly it was a bit of a disappointment! A Little Backstory You guys know that Tracy is a serious kayaker. He used to take a solo trip... Read more.
Newlyweds Quarantine in a Trailer
That’s a hilarious headline. Or it would be if the real story weren’t during a dire pandemic. Or—less important, but specific to us—when we had planned... Read more.
Dumpster Update
People’s relationship to trash still baffles us here. All of Tracy’s and my trash—and I mean all (there is no recycling that we can find)—still adds... Read more.
Wildlife Update
Big news in the pastime of Wildlife Spottting for us, although not as we would have expected it. We were driving home from an exciting trip having picked up groceries... Read more.
How This Blog Works (and Doesn’t)
I created this blog back when I began telling people about us leaving eminently; so many friends asked me to let them know where I would be, and writing here seems... Read more.
Consumerism on the Road
This is an uninteresting but complex topic, made more so by the pandemic. I’ll explain but I won’t promise you’ll enjoy the read. Gearing Up for... Read more.
One-month Anniversary
As of today it’s been one month exactly since: I retired from the magazine. We left our house in Maryland. We started our dream of living in the Airstream.... Read more.
Meanwhile, Back at the Campground
Spring is finally starting here in the woods, and the campground crew (Mr. and Mrs. Campground and Family) are still working hard as if hoards of people will pull... Read more.
