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...
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 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...
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...
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...