We’re out of the doldrums into the current, and I’m wanting to put all my photos and impressions here in a hurry before I gather more. Gah, remember when I posted every single day from Death Valley? I’ll try not to do that to you now. West Texas Tracy fixed the hitch, he replaced the […]
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The Hitch Is Now the Toilet
I can’t believe that makes sense right now. Bear with me. Tracy’s been working like crazy on the hitch: he shipped a big part back to Michigan, they serviced it and shipped it back to us, then they shipped new parts to us. He’s been machine-sanding old parts, painting them, assessing them. Finally, he spent […]
Sitting Here in Limbo
A classic from Jimmy Cliff: Sitting here in limbo Waiting for the tide to flow Sitting here in limbo Knowing that I have to go I can’t say what life will show me But I know what I’ve seen I can’t say where life will lead me But I know where I’ve been (Three quick […]
The Hitch in Our Plans Is Our Hitch
An hour into our first big day of travels this year—first destination Big Bend National Park, woohoo here we go!—we heard clunking behind us and pulled over casually, just to make sure it was normal clunking. It was not normal clunking. This is what we saw as we stood there on the shoulder with cars […]
On the Road Again, But in a Hotel
Oh man, I had what I thought was a funny title for this post—and that’s what it got published with—but now I’m thinking it’s a lot less funny and a lot more weird. It’s hard to joke about plumbing, either in the trailer or in the person, and I was aiming at both! Whatever, it’s […]
A Friday Night Rodeo, Moving Crystals in My Head, Tricky Houston Plans
I try to keep to one topic per post, but we’ve been crazy busy lately. I even forgot to send out my Friday morning email to readers, for the first time in five years! Okay, it’s automated, which means five years ain’t much to brag about—but also, how could I have not sent it out? […]
Our 2025 Travel Plans (Kinda)
For the first time in five years, I’m going to share our travel plans for spring/summer/fall only broadly here. No detailed map with circles and arrows, no list with dates. Here’s: 1) why not, 2) our plan in broad strokes, 3) my new blog structure for presenting our travels. Seems like a jumble, but stick […]
Prepping for the Road
It feels surreal to be spending energy on anything seemingly pointless compared to the news these days, but here I am, blogging. I will do my darnedest to make this interesting, even when I can’t feign cheerfulness. We have a week and a half left before we hit the road, and the pressure is on […]
Pre-Christmas in Brownsville, with Mangos and Beer
We spent the Saturday before Christmas in downtown Brownsville for a full immersion in all things that are weird here. It was fabulous. The Christmas Village in the park by the zoo was deserted in the broad daylight, just the way we like it. The food trucks were closed up, and the lights were all […]
Our Impossible 11-hour Travel Day
After I wrote that Alice’s Restaurant post, a lot happened. We didn’t get fined for staying on the beach an extra day, but the opposite happened: we kinda wished the cops had stopped by our trailer, and we wished that twice. Thanksgiving Night 7 pm: Tracy was watching football and I happened to look out […]
