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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

How do you start a life change? Is it like a race? After prep or training, stretching, lined up, waiting for the gun. Pop. You are off. Similarly, how do you finish? Is it crashing through the tape, collapsing, exhausted, dry heaving, hearing manly comments, “Bro. He left it all on the field, man!”? Or […]

Photos taken in 1977 in Wise Fools Blues Bar, Chicago – © W. Brett McKenzie I began this trip without a theme other than it was a voyage to my future life. I knew leaving the Northeast would mean traveling well-trodden paths. South and west was new, undiscovered country. That meant west of the Alleghenies […]

Memory and acting on memory can lead to unexpected and surprising discoveries. My previous visit to the battlefield, close to forty years ago, was purely functional. It was a stop on the way to Pittsburgh, a ride we found too far to manage in a single bite from Rhode Island. I had no particular interest […]

I’ve got to show roads some love. Without roads, I could not embark on this adventure. So here’s to the roads—my close, close companions. My voyaging began in New England. I know those roads well, having lived there longer than anywhere else in the world. North and south, they run long; east and west, they’re […]

I worry about Wilson. Is he happy? Am I treating him well? Is this a good life for him? He did not ask for this life. This contains a presumption that he has asked for a certain life – a little anthroprocentric. A good friend tells me to stop worrying – “He is more resilient […]

Apologies if you have been trying to follow my adventure. I was off the grid in the Shenandoah Mountains. When I descended to post from a cafe, I had lost all my updates. Will need to try to recreate. Hang in there, I will be back. I can blame my distraction on an attached deer […]

We all need rain. These days it often comes too much, too quickly, and in areas that may not need it. I left Rhode Island in rain – blustery storms that increased as I approached the southwestern border. Rain has characterized major transitions in my life since a child. My mother took me and my […]