Boondocking location information is so easily found online thanks to the Internet now-a-days, which means many more people are camping on public land then when I started my travels in 2010. Add in the hordes that make the trek out into a beautiful scene just to impress their Instagram or...
Two years ago, when camped on a beach, I was approached by a nicely dressed Mexican cowboy (aka, Vaquero). Complete with a large hat and equally sized buckle (and a gold tooth) he went on in his native language to explain to this non Spanish speaking gringo that he has...
For some time now I have been an “Airstreamer”. At least as far as anyone knows that I meet driving down the highway. I have grown accustomed to the standard greeting when you see another truck towing an Airstream on the road; flash the high beams as you pass each...
With the joys of living in a meadow comes the wildlife that lived here first. Any time we spend more than just a day or two in any part of our national forests, a family of stowaways inevitably attempts to join our fun-parade. Although we are actually invading their homes,...
It is right around the corner that I return to Big Blue (now in desert tan) who has been waiting oh so patiently for me in California. Kerri and I left Big Blue last December as we started our 2017 travels all the way to the South, South East, then...
I’m a sucker for a pretty face, so when I stumbled onto a shabby, old, and rusted axe in a flea market in Colorado I immediately picked it up and brought it home. My previous axe was broken and lost in Baja some time ago, and the risks involved with...
In my previous life I would have never considered going 10 days between showers. Especially considering I live with a beautiful woman beside me all day – literally within 20 feet at all times. Luckily, she is on the same schedule as I am. While I admit that 10 days...
OK, so “vanniversary” may not be the most appropriate term anymore but I am sticking with it anyway. It was on this date in 2011 that I started living full time in the van. I started what would become my 2012 year of travels by heading South, out of Colorado,...
