Well, the water was a mishap; the wind was a near disaster. Flying Kayaks We were driving away from a big storm in Oklahoma and Kansas, into an area with less risk of hail and tornadoes in Missouri. There was still wind though, for sure: we’d had 45-mph gusts in the sketchy town park we’d […]
Categories
Highs, Lows, and Weird in ATX
There is so much about Austin, Texas, that maybe once was weird but now is American cliche. Young people with long, groomed beards and handlebar mustaches. Statement eyeglass frames, cowboy boots with 70s-style jumpsuits. Putting your toddler in a t-shirt with a portrait of Ruth Badger Ginsberg on it. As I say anytime I start […]
Banjo Doesn’t Care Where We Go (We’ve Planned Anyway)
Banjo is always excited to hop into the truck and go, but she’s pretty blasé about the route. There’s no hanging her head out the window with ears blowing in the wind or tongue spattering spit down the truck sides; Banjo sleeps the whole trip. Same deal with our destination: she’ll sniff around the new […]
Inauspicious Start to a Promising Winter
We had one hell of an interlude between camping on the beach near Galveston and landing at our winter spot in Brownsville. Going South The plan had been to beach camp all the way down the Gulf, but we had a follow-up doctor’s appointment in Houston, so we booked at a state park near there […]
What a “Bad” Travel Day Looks Like
We’re in a wonderful location right now, so no worries, but we’ve had a few rough travel days lately. And when I’ve mentioned that to friends, they’ve asked what that means. Here goes. Google Maps: You Get What You Pay For Tracy maps out our route each time we tow the trailer, using several sources. […]
Meet-up at the Mothership
We’re in the tiny town in Ohio where the one and only Airstream factory is located; truly, all Airstreams—for dealers across the country, for individuals and companies wanting custom trailers, for Europe, Australia, Japan—all Airstreams are made here at the Mothership. This is our third annual pilgrimage, partly because it happens to be on our […]
Harvest Host Unexpected Success
We’re on our way to central Michigan to see Finn, and it’s been a long haul, the longest travel day we’ve ever had. So, on the way, we stayed a night in a brewery parking lot. Naturally. You know we used to use that Harvest Hosts service quite often, like the wool farm, our first […]
The Only Brewery We Really Care About
We’re back in Elkader, Iowa, for the third time since we’ve been on the road and for the billionth time before that. Why? Tracy’s best friend since forever lives here with his wife, Deb, pictured below, at her taproom and brewery. During our visits here, we’ve seen the transformation of Deb’s historic newsprint building: from […]
Puzzle and Pieces in Madison
“Puzzle” and “Pieces” are names of beers at the Funk Factory Geuzeria, a very micro brewery where we spent our final evening in Madison, Wisconsin. The brewery name means they specialize in sour beers—my favorite, when made well—and this place makes them well. We met nearly all our Madison peeps there to say goodbye, but […]
Regrouping, from the Heart of the North Saddle Club
I hate to say where we are: it’s a secret, wonderful, not-even-online camping spot, and I don’t want anyone to know about it. I will tell you, though, of course. But, first, I want to catch up since I last posted a week ago. Lovely North Shore, Minnesota Last chapter, Dear Readers (I crack myself […]
