Life has a habit of circling us back into our past, taking us back to places from which, perhaps, we haven’t yet found what we were meant to discover. Two years ago in April I first visited Abiquiu in northern New Mexico, introduced to it by a now former friend...
Drive, He Said
It finally dawned on me today (during driving of course) just how many miles and hours I’ve spent simply driving and enjoying the country. And varied country it’s been: from the wooded Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the grassy plains of the Dakotas, from the stark landscape of the badlands...
Good Shit
Park workers spent a lot of time at the entrance gate to Teddy Roosevelt National Park warning me about the rattlesnakes. Statistics of encounter probabilities suggest they should definitely mention the other, more probable park hazard: buffalo shit. Ah yes, but it’s royal shit since buffalos were brought back from...
There’s Hot and Then There’s This
“Go west young man,” Horace Greeley once said. I think ol’ Horace forgot to add this caveat: except in the summer, and the modern interpretation: especially in 2021. My July-August travel plans had me heading west through the northern states, but the record heat is changing my path. Can’t avoid...
Wandering Obie – Interactive Map
This map shows where Obie and I have wandered too. Click on SHOW MAP (not the “why” link) to see the map.
Lemonade
It’s been a funky start to my long-awaited toward-the-west-coast trip. Supposed to roll out on June 16, but as shared before, had 12v refrigerator problems and the maker of the one I used wasn’t as quick to respond and ship a new unit as I needed. Thus I’m STILL in...