I have daydreamed about walking long distances for a very long time. I have been especially interested in exploring the rail-trails in the Western U.S., walking through Great Britan, and taking a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Dream is about all I have done. I walk all the time, but I have…
Tango is 11.5 years old! When we walk and explore, he seems like a much younger dog because he is spry and active. When you look closer, he is showing his age. I see a bit of cloudiness in his eyes and gray around his muzzle. I have been told that Aussies can live a very…
Earlier this year, I wrote about the global shipping machine. Approximately 90% of goods, globally, travel by ship. The amount of fuel those giant vessels use and the pollution they emit is unfathomable. Even worse, these ships are filled with crappy plastic junk that none of us really need. Plastic flower pots, cheap polyester clothing, and…
I don’t know if this is a positive thing or not: as I grow older I see through people’s pretensions when I first meet them. Life experience seems to give us X-ray vision into a person’s motivations and behaviors. When we were younger, I think we projected all kinds of traits onto someone new and…
I have thought about planting a small container garden a few times since RVing fulltime. This year, I decided to go for it. The growing season here is 240 days, which means you can start early and go late, which is quite a motivation. When I say small, I really do mean small. After a…
I had decided a month ago to move to an RV park across from the marina. The park itself is not as nice as where I have been staying, but the location is awesome. I have a kayak that I store in the van, and, when the days warm up to the 50s, I will…
Today I moved the van over to my RV space. Usually, it sits in the overflow parking because the car sits in my space. However, I needed to empty out the van and check for any water leakage. The van hs never really leaked but it had two feet of snow on top last week…
One of the guys at the RV park finally cleared off the driveway, by hand! He used a metal rod to chip through the snow and then shoveled it off. It was a ton of work, and every time I see him I thank him profusely. I was able to get out! Other people in…
I thought briefly about leaving Sequim before the snow hit. I stayed because I figured we would get just the 6 inches of snow that the weatherman forecast. That would not be so bad! Of course, in the end it was 2 feet, so I should have driven down to the desert while I had the…
I am not going to lie. Being stuck inside for a week is tough! The problem is that this area is not used to snow and does not have plows to clear away the 2 feet of snow that fell from the sky as we all watched in amazement. We might get a few inches…