Category: Daily Life

D Day

April 4, 2017

I know I’ve said a lot of things about Disney over the years.  A lot.  Sometimes I run my mouth.  I know it.  When I started to travel outside the U.S. I realized how important it is to experience the unsanitized version of a culture.  For a long time, Disney seemed to me like the…

The Never-ending Day

April 1, 2017

The plan leaving JTNP was straight forward.  Hit Indio, CA, dump at a free station, head south on Rt 86 along the Sultan Sea, turn inland at Rt 78, go west to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.  That’s ground zero for the bloom.  After a nice picnic, continue on to visit family just north of San…

JTNP Again

March 30, 2017

We burned rubber out of Quartzsite.  Kidding.  Just kidding.  The tires are too good right now to do something so mean to them. I wasn’t blow away by Joshua Tree the last time, so I hadn’t planned to spend time there again.  However, there’s easy boondocking in the area and it’s a national park… one…

Regrouping

March 30, 2017

I haven’t written anything in well over 2 weeks.  It’s not that I haven’t thought about the blog… it’s that I was swamped and fell asleep every night exhausted.  I can’t overstate how many stories I have rattling around in my head.  But here’s the good news… I have 1-2 along, completely to myself.  This…

Miles on Tires

March 10, 2017

Me to Scott, “What do you think about the tires?  I haven’t checked the pressure lately.”  Scott, “Should be fine.  Don’t worry about it.”  Me to Mom, “What do you think about the tires?  Scott checks the pressure and I don’t know….”  Mom, “They look fine but we should be able to find a truck…