Isolating in 60 Square Feet
No one wants to hear details about someone being sick (eww), but you may be interested in how Tracy and I are trying to isolate from each other in the 200-sq-ft... Read more.
Errand Day from the Road
I wrote this post the day before coming down with symptoms of Omicron, so I probably had it then and didn’t know it. Note that I wore an N95 mask each time I went... Read more.
The Whale Tail Arrives at Its Tiny House
This is such a strange house: I’m announcing that level 2.a is finished. That’s not what it’s called in the directions (who knows what is intended), but here... Read more.
The End of the Doldrums in Sight
To me, people say they’re in the duldrums when they’re stuck in a sad state of inactivity. I prefer the more specific nautical reference, which is a... Read more.
Whale Tail Tiny House First Floor
This house is gonna be grand and weird and funky, but it’s hard to visualize that at this early stage. I did finish the kitchen on the first floor, which is full... Read more.
The Is-That-Person-Dangerous Game
Here’s an aspect of living on the road that people don’t talk much about. I’ve written previously about how weird it is to be always the stranger in a strange... Read more.
A Love Letter to Our Tent
Dear QUIK-SET (sic) tent, How fondly I remember the day you entered our lives. We were in the middle of our first summer on the road, in Iowa where you were delivered... Read more.
Whale Tail Tiny House Underway
Well, I started a new one. We just have so much time on our hands here at Imperial Dam LTVA. We’re reluctant to go into Mexico as planned because of the virus,... Read more.
What’s Behind that Unusual Van
After I posted a tour of my neighbor’s van conversion, several of you dear readers (I love using that phrase) said that I’d left you hanging. So, what’s in... Read more.
Calm Days, Dramatic Skies
Yes, we’re still at Imperial Dam LTVA, where not much is happening. It’s so quiet here, in fact, that this morning when the weather was warm and the wind mild,... Read more.
Matt’s Towel Tiny House Finished
Yay! This is the kit I received with missing parts, so I substituted items from my leftover stash. Of course, after I finished it, I was able to negotiate with Amazon... Read more.
A Fascinating Man and His Unusual Van
I met Tyll when I first arrived at the Imperial Dam LTVA. I was wandering around on my bike and heard someone playing jazz on a ukulele, so I stopped... Read more.
A Nomadic Life on Our Couch
Yes, it’s still relatively chilly and very windy here at Imperial Dam LTVA, near Yuma, AZ. We’ve been spending a lot of time in the trailer, which not one of... Read more.
Your Favorite Posts from 2021
As of January 2, 2022, I will have been maintaining this blog for two years. Over that time, we’ve camped at 111 locations, and I’ve written 352 posts in total.... Read more.
Matt’s Towel Tiny House
I think of this tiny house as the one with my friend Matt’s towel draped over the lounge chair by the pool. He mentioned online that the pool area looked comfy,... Read more.
Indecision about Long-Term Camping
Just this morning as I was walking Banjo along the desert road, looking for burros and enjoying the peaceful sunrise, I had decided that this Imperial Dam LTVA is... Read more.
Desert Light on the Solstice
Our desert Christmas tree Scenes from the nightly LTVA parade... Read more.
We Have Your Winter Veggies—All of Them
Yuma is the closest city to Imperial Dam LTVA, so it’s where we drive to for groceries, the laundromat, and one microbrewery with outside seating (our treat after... Read more.
Snags in My Tiny House Obsession
You guys know I began building these tiny houses as something to do in the middle of the night when I can’t sleep, something quiet not to wake Tracy, something... Read more.
Socializing in the Clam
I’ve been reveling in “zero days” since we’ve arrived at Imperial Dam LTVA—that’s what AT thru-hikers call days when they make no progress on the trail... Read more.
Magic Tiny House Finished!
I don’t need to title this with my exuberant, “Finished!” because I haven’t posted about this house during the production process, so there’s no need to... Read more.
Los Algodones: Mexico for Gringos
Today we drove a half hour to a parking lot at the Yuma border crossing, then walked into Mexico for dental appointments. The whole shebang was absurdly easy. We... Read more.
Why Do People Come Here?
I’m still mulling over possible reasons. They should be obvious, but I can’t wrap my head around it. Here’s a quick recap from my previous posts about Imperial... Read more.
Settling into Life on Boot Hill
We’ve been here at Imperial Dam LTVA for longer than 95% of our campsites, I’d estimate, and I guess we’re getting the hang of this place. And I have to admit,... Read more.
Banjo Days at the LTVA
The desert here isn’t Banjo’s kind of place; the only mammals around seem to be the wild burros, and they act like they’re going to charge when they see her,... Read more.
Balance Is a Seesaw
From Bruce Springsteen’s “Growing Up.” on Asbury Park, 1973: I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere, And you know it’s really hard to hold... Read more.
Where Eclectic Nomads Go for Community
I feel like I’m in a Talking Heads song sometimes. I’m a bit confused about exactly where we are, plus how I feel about why we’re here vacillates. Yet, we’ve... Read more.
Tiny House in a Globe
All done! And I’d like to state for the records that I’ll never make one again that’s this small. However, well, see the end of this post. The scale of my... Read more.
Lighting up the Airstream for Winter
Last year at Christmas we were at the lovely Bonita Springs RV Resort near Naples, where the manatees moseyed up the river by our campsite and we enjoyed the community... Read more.
Jumping Cholla at the Campsite
The Cholla Cactus Tracy told me a story about why the Cholla are called the Jumping Cactus: that little ends of the branches fall off and are blown a bit away from... Read more.
