In the middle of a bunch of craziness, I had one of those unusual moments of awareness. It was in the morning, and I was sitting beside my son on the sofa in the trailer. We were both worn out after having gotten in from the airport at 3 a.m. We were both wearing the […]
Drinking Our Way Across the Country
For four years, we’ve travelled the U.S. and Canada, doing our best to learn a bit about local culture where we can. We’re not much for organized venues like visitor centers or museums, but we do love to ride our bikes in neighborhoods (this gives you a great feel for locals) and to check out […]
Bad Tent News and Good Knee News
I have bad news for everyone who’s ever hung out with us since we’ve been on the road: we lost the tent. Not like we can’t find it, but it’s kaput. Winds really did gust at 53 mph here, and they broke a strut that then tore a hole, and yadda yadda irreparable damage was […]
Where Would You Live?
Imagine you could live anywhere in the U.S. Let’s say a magic wand waved over you, and now you’re untethered: not your job, not your kids’ schools, nothing is holding you to wherever you are right now. Where would you choose to live? Full-timers like us are asked that question all the time (Mark My […]
The Knee Goes to Houston
After a long three weeks of fighting the usual healthcare rigamarole (plus a little malicious negligence that added a fourth), I have a plan for the knee. It’s a lot messier than this weirdness I just put together, but here it is in a nutshell. It demonstrates decently how life on the road can be […]
Won’t You Meet My Neighbors
Wanna come along with me as I drive my borrowed golf cart around this RV resort and wave at the neighbors? Right here on my “street” you can see what a different place this is now that the late-comers have pulled in. As soon as Christmas was done, RVs from all over the U.S. and […]
Knee News and 4 Years of Critters
Well, the knee news is bad. Full ACL tear. We have a lot to figure out, suddenly. Retrospective To give myself something to blog about that is not Knee News (and I do really want to keep blogging), I’m putting together a retrospective series for this blog. My first post was January 1, 2020, so […]
Knitting and Waiting
There is so much up in the air in my world that I can barely stay focused. At the same time, I’m bored off my rocker sitting around waiting for stuff to unfold. What the heck? Seriously, there’s the knee, plus all the other medical stuff we have scheduled before we hit the road again […]
Generosity Shines Warmly on Christmas Eve
This Christmas was looking to be fairly miserable for me, and then a couple of gestures by strangers turned it to merry and bright. Seriously! This is what happened. So, I’ve been sitting inside the trailer for the past two weeks feeling like a combo of Tiny Tim and Ebenezer Scrooge. Why? You know, but I gotta […]
Barbie’s Garden Tiny House
I mean it this time: this is my very final Tiny House. I’ve now made every kind of kit on the market and am truly feeling Tiny Housed Out. Plus, this one makes for a satisfying grand finale, with its multiple side views and features I’ve not seen in any other Tiny House. It’s got […]
