Solo Travel and Living on the Road in a Skoolie
By now, if you aren’t following because I am a full time traveller, living on the road with my dog, Penny, you might be surprised about the sheer amount of vanlife content on this blog. I can say a couple things with almost total confidence: this life isn’t easy and van life will not be…
The last few days I have been on the move. After nearly three weeks around Silver City, I set out for Hatch, NM, and what I remembered as the best green chile burger I’ve ever had in my life. That was six years ago and a coronavirus sounded like something you’d pick up from accidentally…
In college I liked a girl who looked like Alanis Morrisette. The one with the braids from the Ironic video. Back then, I began my trend of being tongue-tied when I liked someone, painfully shy, and completely disarmed whenever I was near someone I was interested in. She was an absolute doll. Funny thing though…
So you want to be a writer? I’ve been writing for a while. I got published in college three times, my Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years. These were all short stories and my Junior year, I was awarded Best in Fiction for the campus literary magazine. It would take years to learn that I actually…
Usually when my life is running like a fine Swiss watch, these sorts of things will happen. I will walk into the right place at the right time and something will just fit. This happens a lot on the road. A missed turn could take you to a beautiful scenic overlook, or a place with excellent green chile. Talking with a stranger can get you a new friend or even a connection to a great mechanic. You never can tell.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen young mechanics bankrolling the Mac or SnapOn Tools guy whenever they came around. Yet these were the same guys who used to sneer at anybody with a cabinet full of Craftsman tools. When you get down to nuts and bolts (pun intended) very little separates these…
Last year, I was just starting out on the road, traveling the western US in a converted schoolbus with my dog, Penny. At this time last year, we were following the changing colors of Autumn across the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. A year later, I find myself waking up in one of our first camps….
A little over a year ago, I started vanlife. I had the opportunity to get a converted schoolbus and make an attempt to live cheaper while at the same time getting to see America first hand. It was scary as hell, but I made a choice. While I was young enough, I decided to do…