Jacked Up
I went through my second test run on changing my own tire, using only those items I’d have with me on the side of the road. It took me a long time, but I did it! I think it was almost as difficult for...
View ArticleI leave for the Arctic on Friday!
After all of these months of planning, I can hardly believe the time is here. With the exception of not being able to find my hiking boots, I think I actually may be ready. If you’ve been holding back...
View ArticleAm I really doing this?
Thank you for all the well wishes and words of advice! I did go ahead and order a satellite phone, which should arrive this afternoon. I also have the Verizon wifi with the booster, so hopefully that...
View ArticleDay one
Today I hit the road! A 400 mile drive today, but a familiar one. I’ll take a few days of rest for visiting with friends and family, then make a more leisurely drive toward Rocky Mountain National...
View ArticleLate Start on Friday
What I woke up to: And a distressing discovery: I couldn’t find any wet or soft spots where the books were stored. My hope was that it was rain from an open window, but I’ll be on the search during the...
View ArticleDirty Laundry
I left Denton yesterday morning. I always have a lot of separation anxiety when I leave a place. Once I am on the road for about ten minutes, I’m fine. Thrilled, actually. Yesterday’s drive was...
View ArticleLost in the Rockies
“You can’t go up there. There’s snow,” a neighboring camper advises me. “What do you mean? The roads are bad?” “Oh no, the roads are fine. There is snow on the trail.” Confused by what is so perilous...
View ArticleMeltdown
I’m breaking my promise not to publish another “All by Myself” meltdown. But, sticking to the themes of It’s my blog and I’ll cry if I want to, as well as my desire to create a faithful record of the...
View ArticleThe Arctic Circle!
What a drive today. That was tough. I had no idea what six and a half hours of washboard, potholed, slick, muddy road driving was like. And, now, I do. I get to do that three more times and I think I’m...
View ArticleAlaska
“Did the entire building just shake back and forth?” The woman on the other end of the phone line speaks to me with emphatic calmness, “Yes, we just had a little earthquake, but everything is fine.”...
View ArticleNomadic Simplicity, deconstructed
What do I love about it? material simplicity – the psychological freedom this provides cannot be exaggerated breaking out of the consumer culture escaping the suburbia trap a sense of endless adventure...
View ArticleLivingInMyCarThatBreaksAllTheTime.com
This post is an overview of the maintenance issues I’ve had since I started my trip. It is probably only of interest to those of you who are worried/curious about this aspect of RVing (or just are...
View ArticleFire Shooting Out of Outlets = I don’t need that coffee.
Yesterday I was just sitting around, heard a light pop, then smelled slight burning. I went to my galley and noticed one of my bulbs was out, so assumed that was what I heard and smelled. This morning,...
View ArticleWhat frightens me the most
Having been a solo woman traveler already, I realize that my fears for this second attempt are actually quite different that the first time around. The first time I was getting on the road, I feared...
View ArticleWill You Explain Twitter and Facebook to Me?
I feel like the world has left me behind. I have no idea how or why I would use each of these things, but I am starting to realize that a lot of people I am interested in only have content accessible...
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