There’s the sense that you can hit the road and leave it all behind. It’s free, free, freedom — no appointments, no payments, no obligations. Get bored. Move on. Another sunset. Another dawn. Maybe just a day in traffic, but tomorrow there are sweeping curves down a mountain pass and long to the horizon fields […]
Month: December 2025
Off the Road/Out of Office
I need to apologize to those who had been following me closely. I stepped off the road and have not updated the blog in sometime. Rhythms change when I am settled in camp for more than a few days. I will be getting back to posting after Christmas. Lots to catch up on.
Tranquility
A year ago today my wife died. Early, I woke. I am in Key West, with Wilson, 100 feet from the ocean at a site in a camping area where I am the only one. We walked down to the beach in the soft, warm air, little humidity and a clear, clear sky. Turning to […]
Stumbling and back tracking…
I had not wanted to be overtly political in these posts. I worried if I started, there would be no stopping and all posts would be colored by outrage. I also did not want to offend friends whose politics may differ from mine — I like to think that I have both Democratic and Republican friends, […]
RV World
In the RV World, I am a newbie, or whatever precedes a newbie. Zygote? (I have always wanted to use that word since learning it in 9th grade biology — have I used it correctly? – who cares — even outside Scrabble it is a great word). In short, I am really new to this […]
Gator Land – First Visit…
I am in Florida. I wish I could put aside my biases, prejudices, and false superiority. I might, however, have read too much Dave Barry or paid too much attention to Florida weird on the standup circuit. I feel itchy, uncomfortable under my skin. I have had three experiences in Florida, each unique, and those […]
National Sites – Museums – Cultural Venues
On this ride I have surprised myself by my interest in national sites, museums, and cultural venues. My brother would be happy to wander the wilds on Isle Royale; I would stay in Minneapolis at the Walker to marvel at how tiny Merce Cunningham was if those dance costumes were really his. Gettysburg, whose experience […]
Selma, AL
Maybe even more important for a Civil Rights experience than the Lorraine Motel, TN, or Jackson, MS, or possibly Greensboro, NC, is Selma, AL. Presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Biden have walked the Edmund Pettus Bridge to celebrate the Civil Rights Act of 1965 and honor the marchers, including the late Representative John Lewis. I […]
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