Category: Ramblings

Not that it is a bad thing… I’ve been parked in Deming, NM all day. It was a big work-day with a promotion going on that needed a lot of my attention. By early evening things had settled enough for me to start thinking of where I am going next…...

In Feb 2011 when I was here I had a brake failure on my way out the White Sands Ntnl Monument. While it was a fairly simple fix, and not all that expensive either, it did dampen my confidence in the van so I cut my trip short. Since a...

I drove into El Paso yesterday afternoon only to hang out in a Walmart parking lot for the night and restocked my supplies in the morning. I drove two blocks to a laundry that I spotted coming in to do a load of laundry while I “cleaned house” and setup...

I woke this morning to slightly colder temps but still well above freezing. Still, my older sleeping bag is all I need (rated to 20 degrees) but I have my zero-degree mummy bag if things start to get real cold. I must say, since returning to sleeping in the van...

I drove to within a few miles of the Caverns only to turn around and rive nearly all the way back to Carlsbad. I found a dirt road just outside the city limits to hang out for the day and night. Once again, my requirement to be within a Verizon...

For the most part, I spent the day driving. After my morning workload, I left the truck stop which I stayed at last night and drove only an hour before stopping for lunch near Fort Sumner, NM. Bosque Redondo Lake showed up on my GPS not far out of town...

In December of 2011 I have left behind the comforts of a life that was no longer allowing my happiness. While my immediate family continue living in Colorado, I have chosen a more primitive route in life; to travel in my van and explore my country. I do this without...

Already, the shifting winds are changing what little plans I had. This morning I woke to the realization that if I did not run as far south as possible, I would wake tomorrow to 20 gallons of ice in my tanks. The simple fact is that anything North of Albuquerque,...

Just a few days away from driving off into the sunset again. I picked up some more solar panels for a total of 120 watts of incoming power to keep my batteries topped off. This became a necessity after a new laptop was purchased and it came with a 140w...