For this final post about the Airstream-only campground we’ve been visiting for the last ten days in Tennessee, I was going to structure my notes around the core characteristics of friendships according to psychologists (that I’d hastily googled). That’s because we’d hung out with our hosts Sherri and Mooch several times since we first met […]
Categories
Laid-back Life at TCPC
A friend asked, ”Why an exclusive Airstream park?” The best way for me to explain (so far, after only three days here at Tennessee Cumberland Plateau Campground), is to try to describe the conversations I hear as people walk together along the loop road, as they sit on each other’s porches at night, as they […]
Is It an RV Park or a Neighborhood?
On our way between two major stops—Finn in Michigan and appointments in Texas—we’re visiting our Airstreaming friends, Sherri and Mooch, whom we met two winters ago in the Florida Keys and feel a special connection with. I’ve posted this photo before when we ran into them unexpectedly at different Florida campground; it shows how much […]
Manitou Appe
At our last campsite at Hecla, I met Svea (she’s on the right; Lauren the park interpreter is on the left), who helped lead my guided tour through the woods of Hecla Island. While Lauren told me about the mammals native to Hecla, Svea mentioned a few spiritual beliefs of her indigenous people, the Anishinabe, […]
Two Glaciers before Noon
I want to tell you all about our only day at the IceField Center in Jasper National Park, but due to Reasons, I have about 15 minutes to write this sucker, so I’ll have to give highlights only. What’s special about this exact location (the IceField Center along the IceFields Parkway) is that it’s a […]
Heart-palpitating Monterey Bay Aquarium
I’d anticipated this day for years; I was thrilled by this day; I took tons of photos this day; but my post of this day is the lamest I’ve ever written! Here are my excuses: I’m writing it offline so don’t have access to facts other than what’s in my sieve-like brain; I even stupidly […]
Lola’s La Jolla
This is Lola. Lola is a good friend. When we were first camping near her part-time home of San Diego, the only spot we could find was in Laguna Mountains, where she drove up to camp in a tent beside the trailer in the cold to visit us. Lola loves La Jolla. Now that we’re […]
An Eye-Opening Night in an Old Ghost Town
Ruby, Arizona, used to be a mining town, built after the first strike to its ore in the 1870s. Along with a shaft mine—that produced gold, silver, and then lead and zinc—came the company town, including a handful of houses, two barracks, a nine-bed hospital, a cement jail, a school for up to 150 children, a […]
We Have Your Winter Veggies—All of Them
Yuma is the closest city to Imperial Dam LTVA, so it’s where we drive to for groceries, the laundromat, and one microbrewery with outside seating (our treat after errands). It’s so important to folks here at the LTVA that we all go on Yuma time instead of California time (where we actually live). Maybe you […]
Los Algodones: Mexico for Gringos
Today we drove a half hour to a parking lot at the Yuma border crossing, then walked into Mexico for dental appointments. The whole shebang was absurdly easy. We walked right in without anyone even looking at our faces, much less asking for ID. We’d heard that it would be easy and weren’t worried, but, […]
