Solo Travel and Living on the Road in a Skoolie
One of the things I like to do when I travel is eat new things. Food is an expression of the local character and culture of an area. Take the Southwest for example where green chile is King, Queen, President, Prime Minister, and all the rest. A ubiquitous food that transcends garnish or topping, green…
You feel the train long before you see it. The preceding hot gush of air, that wall of sound that fills the tube station. A cloud of dust and paper wrappers and other debris billows up as the brakes of the train scream, the telltale clack-clack and rumble of iron wheels on electrified track. Then…
One of the reasons I decided to start writing this travel blog was because as a single parent, I wanted to get out to experience new things and to make new memories. Not only with my kids, but also creating new memories for myself as well. As a Colorado native, with my primary stomping grounds…
After fighting WordPress for a week, the new site is up! Hopefully I can start publishing more travel blog related posts directly to facebook for anyone interested. There is going to be affiliate marketing too, so hopefully I can start using any commissions I get to fund more of my adventures. It’s now beer-thirty, so…
Yesterday, the kiddo and I mudded the heck out of the seams and the screw holes. Today, we sanded them smooth. It isn’t professional quality by any means but we did it together and had a good time in the process. To finish off procrastinating for the night, I also washed the dog. it has…
Today I am trying something new for the site. I have switched to a different domain host in hopes that I can get some more eyes (and clicks) on this site. I will also be dropping plenty of links to places to see, new gear and all sorts of other goodies. Expect hearing about more…
We set out on a Friday morning with clear blue skies and dry roads, heading North to Wyoming just a half hour out of town. On the drive, bald eagles perched on dormant cottonwoods on the side of the road. The weather got chillier as we headed into Wyoming, stopping off in Rawlins for fuel and breakfast. In the Walmart parking lot, we witnessed a raven eating a tomato that had fallen out of somebody’s bag.
I am making renovations as I go and hope to share some of the progress I have made here. This house has been in my family for over 80 years. Six generations of my family have lived here. The building itself started out as a dance hall in 1913 and later evolved into a bowling alley, then a storefront for my family’s trucking business in the 1940s. It’s a weird old building, featuring a dock for freight, and some other quirky details.