#vanlife stories
What a beautiful day. It was a bonus beautiful day. Sunny, low 20s in temperature. The forecast had called for cloudy and some rain. Boom, none of that until much later in the day. Yay! Beach! What about the walk? Oh yes, no rush to get up and moving as no moving is required today….
Good News, Louisiana and Texas follow daylight savings time. No graduate level math required to figure out forecast arrival time. The day started cold. It was one degree outside. But the campground electricity and our Truma Combi furnace kept us a balmy 18 degrees inside over night. Thanks diesel generators at the campground! Off for…
Did I ever mention those cute couple games we play? In one, we try and guess the rating Captain Q will give a boat he is presenting. In another, we try and guess the tip the crew will receive on the Below Deck series. One of us wins these games far more often than the…
And the lights of LA parishes, shine like diamonds in the night. Not exactly what Lyle Lovett said. This LA does not have counties. Garmin, why do you hate me just a little? Today we swapped state parks. Before we get into how that went, let’s talk about what I failed to provide proof of…
Oh where to begin. Right, Cracker Barrel. Many journeys begin at Cracker Barrel. My morning walk was through the residential areas near our “campsite”. Some interesting homes. We had a short day of driving today (yay!) to the state park with a visit to NOLA on the way. Wait. This contraption drove into Cracker Barrel…
It rained a lot last night. No leaks in the van so it was just nice, soothing torrential rain noise. Our campground was quiet. In the morning I did my walk through some trails in the campground. Only got semi-lost once. Good opportunity to get the new trail runners a bit muddy. Getting ready to…
Alabama, why did you do this? I was ill-prepared for a time change. Our Garmin 890 GPS was obviously broken. 2.5 hours of travel and an arrival time in 1.5 hours. That doesn’t make any sense. Fortunately Waze had the “correct” arrival time. Until we hit the Alabama border. Dang, it’s like a whole different…
Another long drive today. Weather was glorious this morning, mostly. My walk took me around the busy streets near Cracker Barrel in Winchester. We hit the road around 0850 and stopped at Costco for gas. Thanks, Costco. The weather was warm but windy. We drove in irons all day. The van isn’t great into a…
Who said we don’t need plans? We sought the weather window after the freezing rain ended but early enough to make good distance before sunset. Of course allowing for border crossing and various stops. Target: 0800 Departure. Forecast said that would be fine. Should be above zero and the rain down to a sprinkle. Easy,…
It’s been a while. Seems we have / are going through a pandemic. Let’s take a moment to get caught up before we introduce the latest adventure. Time to be painfully real. In September, 2020 we lost Dendog. 50% of milddogs and 100% my brother. It wasn’t COVID, but that didn’t help. Fuck you, cancer!…
