If you’ve been reading the comments here, you might have noticed conversations I’ve had with someone named Li. Back during Covid social distancing, she and I debated about regulations and personal choices in the U.S. and Sweden (hint: we did not agree). On reading about different types of RVs and slides, she suggested a slide that […]
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How Un-hardcore We Are
Now that we’re deep into the Friends and Family Tour ‘24, we find ourselves answering questions about life on the road and feeling pretty proud of ourselves. All the planning Tracy does, all the physical work we both do to set up camp and tear it down, how wild it is that we live with so […]
Doug’s Pics Continued
Shelly here. I love looking at Doug’s pictures and reading his and Melanie’s take on camping and hiking up here! A while back I posted a compilation of his entries so far in Yukon and Alaska, and here’s a catch-up in chronological order. The links below are to his posts on his blog, which I […]
Doug’s Take on Where We’ve Been
Y’all know we’ve had the pleasure of meeting up with Doug and Melanie along this trip to and in Alaska. We’ve hung out with them at several stops, and we’ve heard their stories from when they’ve traveled to more remote places thanks to their all-terrain trailer and hitch. Doug’s written several blog posts about this leg […]
You Would Have Been 29 Today
This entry is part of a deeply personal series, called Wish You Were There, that’s unrelated to travel. Today’s photo essay was created by Shana.
Going Indoors, B Side
The Inside Out By Marcus Every good story or album has a solid B side, or at least a shaky one, right? Well, here’s my side of the record. The Study If you read the A side, then you know why we’re here in Old Town San Diego, and you know there’s isn’t much I […]
Going Indoors
By Shana Oh, the challenges we face in this life are grand. The plans we make, and the things that seem to continuously get in the way of those plans. It’s been two years now since Marcus and I started up the coast of California, and we’ve yet to make it out of SoCal. We […]
Living Intently
The last time Shana and Marcus wrote for us was back in July, when they were outfitting their van, Black Betty, to live in full-time. Since then they’ve experimented with other living situations, and now they’re back in Black Betty, plus a huge, kick-ass tent, traveling the southern coast of California. An undercurrent to all […]
Doug and Melanie Get Stuck in AZ
Imagine having a breakdown when you’re off-grid. You get your truck towed to a repair place but they don’t know when it’ll be fixed. So you’re back at your campsite for who knows how long. With no one in sight. No electric hook-ups, no running water, unreliable cell service. And you’re surrounded by rats—obnoxious rats. […]
Doug and Melanie at Ajo, AZ
From Shelly: Tracy and I camped near Ajo last year, but Doug’s written a more thorough description here plus taken gorgeous photos. Just fyi: my posts are about finding our boondocking site here and the beauty of Ajo here. We recently boondocked near Ajo, Arizona, just north of the Organ Pipe National Monument, in the […]