Category: interesting

Daily Life: How We Are Making Money

November 13, 2016

While this year is officially a 1 year sabbatical, Scott and I would love nothing more to make it a more permanent arrangement.  To that end, we’re trying to develop multiple steams of income to support ourselves.  The idea isn’t to hit the proverbial “homer” with any one source…. there’s safety in diversity.  I thought…

The North

November 6, 2016

After our one of our most expensive nights to date ($45/night + $2.50/night for each child {really RV place?  You kinda suck… they’re 1 and 3}) just outside Humbolt Redwood State Forest, we stopped at Auto Stop #8 on the Avenue of the Giants.  The Drury-Chaney trail, best known as 2.4 miles of  an “almost…

Mighty Redwoods

November 4, 2016

It was all funny until it wasn’t.  I’m hardly an expert but these matters but it was fairly obvious these folks weren’t high on life.  Scott specifically asked me to shelf the D.A.R.E speech for the foreseeable future.  When I protested he reminded me about the 15 year old kids I stopped to lecture on…

Jaxon Keys

November 3, 2016

Nate and Grammie Denise roll into San Fran on the 11th of Nov.  We are… officially… ahead of schedule!  Ah yes… I remember you, old friend.  “Ahead of Schedule”…. I’ve missed you.  You make my type A, always-wear-a-watch, show up 2 minutes early toes curl.  While I believe with all my heart that Auntie Ang and…

Donner Pass

November 3, 2016

Literally as we fired up the Chief to drive away from Reno I checked the website and the chains restriction was lifted on Donner Pass.  Until I saw that, we had been planning to head to Lake Tahoe, overnight and then cross into Yosemite.  It did dawn on me that we would still have to cross…