Category: This Just Happened

Alcatraz and Trolley Rides

April 21, 2017

A lot of folks have told Scott and Mom that they’re good sports about the blog. Anyone with a thin skin might not have an easy time around me. I would like to point out, however, that, more often than not, I’m the butt of my joking.  I would have told this story anyway, but mom…

Hollywood and Vine

April 9, 2017

After all the excitement of the last week or so…. I was more than ready to get to San Francisco and Scott. I wanted to be done driving, done trouble shooting, done navigating, done with canyons.  Done.  I found my wall.  It lives at a month of travel in the RV without Scott while things…

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…

Pato Blanco in AZ

March 9, 2017

Well, it finally happened: self-inflicted, embarrassing disaster. I’ve been diligent about going through my checklist before starting up and driving off.  I mean, really really good about it.  But we were just moving spots this morning and I was in a hurry and making sure the kids were seated…. and I drove off still attached to…

Incognito

December 2, 2016

Something happened today.  My feelings are mixed – on the one hand it was really sweet, kind and well intentioned.  On the other hand, it was bizarre and I’m having trouble wrapping my mind around it.  It’s gonna take a little bit of a backstory. While we were living in Turkey and Colombia, we got…