So, I am planning to buy a travel trailer. I was going to wait until July 2014, which is my 60th birthday. However, the van is feeling cramped and cold. I want to make hot coffee without shivering outside. I would like something more than a port-a-potty. For a long time I loved to rough…
Well, I got cabin fever right around lunch time and decided to bundle up and take a walk around the area. I live 1.5 blocks from downtown, and if there is anything to see, that would be the hot spot. I bundled up in many layers. Last but not least I put on my gaiters,…
New Mexico has it’s UFOs and Green Aliens; however, the real danger is up here, with the Zombies that freely roam our vast, unpopulated state. Perhaps you are one of those people who zoom by on the way to Yellowstone or Sturgis, thinking that our landscape is barren. No, no, no. Behind those sagebrush lurk zombies and…
We had two snow storms last week. So far this week, it’s been snowing 48 hours! Major roads, including I-25, which connects our town to Cheyenne and Casper, have been closed for nearly that long.We cannot go anywhere: no 70-mile drive to a Home Depot, Walmart, Michaels, or Red Lobster. We are a tough bunch…
A few years ago I planned an early spring van-camping trip to the Tetons. As part of my preparation I ordered a large canister of bear pepper spray. The male grizzlies were due to come out of hibernation around the same time I was planning to leave. Bear spray, therefore, seemed a reasonable precaution. I…
The first part of the week was not great. We had two snow storms and I don’t like to walk or bike on snow/ice. I did a bit of indoor exercise but nothing much. I did not get even close to 10,000 steps/day on the pedometer. However, the week ended on a great note! A friend…
Do you ever say to yourself: I Am Supposed to Eat Healthy But I Don’t Want to Cook Today (IASEHDWCT)? I do the IASEHDWCT routine quite often in the winter. Like today: it is windy and cold. I am in slug mode. The garden is bare (it is not even planted so no surprise there). Nothing in…
I am writing about this camping trip in advance because I hope for some input. I will be traveling in my van from Wheatland, WY to Akron, OH to pack up my mom/stepdad and help them move to a one-level apartment. I will camp and wander for about 6 days on my way out. The…
No matter how good a mood I am in when I walk in, I leave the grocery store grumpy. It is not the prices and quality of the produce that irritates this quasi-vegetarian polyvore. The insecticide-saturated potatoes and wilted, nutrition-free lettuce are passive and helpless, poor things. The piles of overripe bananas generate compassion in me. It’s…
I am single, and I live alone with my fierce dog, Tango. See how well he protects my side on the sofa? We are together most of the time since I work in my home office or the church office next door. At night, Tango curls around my feet like a little cat, until the…