With Love, from Gainesville
It’s especially difficult to blog while on the Friends and Family tour. There’s this intimacy you feel, after you’ve made all the arrangements and finally... Read more.
Four Years of GDTR
Today’s our four-year nomadiversary! Since the day we drove away from the house and never went back, we’ve stayed at more than 200 places and I’ve written... Read more.
Wish You Were There: Road to Forgiveness
It’s been at least a year since I wrote in this personal series on grief, and I’m not really back at it here, more like wrapping it up. When we landed in Brownsville... Read more.
The Land that Time Forgot
That’s the unofficial motto of the closest town to us right now, Micanopy, Florida. It’s the oldest town in non-coastal Florida that’s been continually... Read more.
Crappy Travel Day into Fabulous Tour Start
We’ve had worse travel days, but not many. I’m talking about the day we drove from Tuscaloosa, AL to near Pensacola, FL, just a couple of days ago. We didn’t... Read more.
Home of the Elongated Diphthong
I’m rebel-born and rebel-bred, and when I die I’ll be a rebel dead. —cheerleading chant from where I grew up in central Virginia You’re lucky no one’s... Read more.
Primo Camping Spots from 4 Years on the Road
I’m really digging this retrospective series here. I’ve put all the four-year posts I’ve compiled, so far, on this page, if you’re into them, too. This theme... Read more.
Emergency Trifecta in the Can
There’s no new emergency, no worries there. I’m thinking about our three simultaneous emergencies that hit in early December: trailer floor replacement, knee... Read more.
What Does Comfort Mean?
We’ve been spending a week in a house, a real house, with a life-size kitchen and hot running water and actual bedrooms with doors that close and a hair dryer... Read more.
Extra RVing Points for Us
We are one night away from having completed this mega-crazy task of 1) getting the Airstream to Ohio in the winter, 2) emptying most of our stuff into a storage... Read more.
Four Years of Landscapes
In the theme of my photo compilation posts, on drinking our way across the continent and four years of critters, here are a few of my favorite photos (mostly landscapes)... Read more.
How This Leg Is Different
Man, I did not mean to make such a bad joke. I was thinking about this first leg of driving to get to the Airstream factory in Ohio, but seeing as how my actual... Read more.
Saying Goodbye to Brownsville
As we prep to leave, I’m realizing that I feel reluctant to say goodbye. It’s true that our whole stay has been dominated by medical appointments, many due to... Read more.
Banjo Has More Than Enough Character
As we prep to leave Brownsville, I realize Banjo’s been largely absent here, so you might be wondering how she’s fared during this super-busy winter stay. Rolling... Read more.
Planning for 2024 on the Road
In a little over a week, we’ll be back on the road! As usual after a long period in one place, I am ready for it, even after having had my doubts after the Alaska... Read more.
Five Days with My Maxi Me
My son Finn hasn’t been mini-er than me since he was about ten, and now he stands more than a foot over me. Not relevant, really, because in some ways he really... Read more.
The Nomad Fitness Struggle
I’m sitting here writing a blog entry on the sofa instead of doing a workout, which speaks to a universal problem with fitness, right? Laziness. I think that’s... Read more.
The Surprise of Right Angles
I’m typing this in Finn’s vacation condo on South Padre Island. If you need to catch up here: My son Finn rented a couple of condos back to back for his big... Read more.
It’s Always Happy Hour Somewhere
Tracy and I used to celebrate the first bit of time off work at whatever bar within walking distance had a special going on that day. Once we hit the road, Happy... Read more.
Quickie Health Update
I just now realized that my weekly email goes out in five minutes, and my previous health update is long and rambling and circuitous. Maybe not a great idea to write... Read more.
Nomad Trickery-Surgery
We’re home from a successful knee surgery, and I’m doing well! I’m grateful that so much I worried about is finally behind me. A friend suggested... Read more.
The Long Road to Surgery
That photo up top is not meant to be deceptive, but the truth is I can’t get in the hot tub anymore. The heat increases my knee’s swelling (duh) and makes me... Read more.
Contentment Feels Like Bliss
In the middle of a bunch of craziness, I had one of those unusual moments of awareness. It was in the morning, and I was sitting beside my son on the sofa in the... Read more.
Drinking Our Way Across the Country
For four years, we’ve travelled the U.S. and Canada, doing our best to learn a bit about local culture where we can. We’re not much for organized venues like... Read more.
Bad Tent News and Good Knee News
I have bad news for everyone who’s ever hung out with us since we’ve been on the road: we lost the tent. Not like we can’t find it, but it’s kaput. Winds... Read more.
Where Would You Live?
Imagine you could live anywhere in the U.S. Let’s say a magic wand waved over you, and now you’re untethered: not your job, not your kids’ schools, nothing... Read more.
The Knee Goes to Houston
After a long three weeks of fighting the usual healthcare rigamarole (plus a little malicious negligence that added a fourth), I have a plan for the knee. It’s... Read more.
Won’t You Meet My Neighbors
Wanna come along with me as I drive my borrowed golf cart around this RV resort and wave at the neighbors? Right here on my “street” you can see what a different... Read more.
Knee News and 4 Years of Critters
Well, the knee news is bad. Full ACL tear. We have a lot to figure out, suddenly. Retrospective To give myself something to blog about that is not Knee News (and... Read more.
Knitting and Waiting
There is so much up in the air in my world that I can barely stay focused. At the same time, I’m bored off my rocker sitting around waiting for stuff to unfold.... Read more.
