This year for Thanksgiving, I headed down to Ehrenburg, Arizona, where the Thanksgiving Turkey Masterminds, otherwise known as Bob and Steve, coordinated, cooked, and cooked some more, for forty people. The day was perfect in every way possible: bright and
A Week in the High Desert East of the Sierra Mountains
Being off-grid and out of a signal area means I have not written a blog post in a bunch of weeks. I’ve taken bazillions of photos, though, and for those of my readers who are also friends on Facebook, you
Broken Down on the Oregon Coast
Short and sweet: My Mitsubishi Montero tow vehicle with 250,000 miles on it broke down in Cloverdale, Oregon. Angels showed up, and tried to fix it. More work than they could do, so had it towed 85 miles to Hillsboro
Breaking through the Writing Slump
It’s been several weeks since I’ve written anything – I find myself retrospective and quiet when I’m not traveling. It’s not that my brain quits working or anything. In fact, just the opposite. But the “working” is an internal one,
RVillage – Another Way to Connect With Others While Out There on the Road
I really enjoy meeting new people. To me, strangers are just friends I haven’t met yet. These days, a few of the ways I connect with new friends on the road include introductions made by current friends; coffee/lunch/dinner/etc. with a
The Awesome, the Not-So-Hot, and the Downright Freaky – What a Week on the Road Can Look Like
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – or what I’d rather call the Awesome, the Not-So-Hot, and the Downright Freaky. It’s what this past week on the road looked like for me. Let’s start with that last bit, the
Birthday Week Reflections
Four years ago this week, my birthday week celebrations were of a completely different nature than they are this year. My house had foreclosed and I was moving my remaining belongings out, placing them in a small storage unit. Earlier