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  • Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride

    I spent a wonderful 2+ weeks in Texas staying in friends’ driveways. It was great to have minimum travel and maximum time with my people! Today is travel day and travel days are generally “work” days – hitch up, get the Airstream ready for travel, wash dishes, get water, dump tanks, all the fun of…

  • Border States

    I lived a good part of my life in Florida – a border state. I lived through various immigration influxes from Nicaragua, Cuba, and Columbia. I was in south Florida during the Elian Gonzalez event. I lived there when the rules for Cuban immigrants were changed to touch the soil and you can stay. I…

  • West Texas Mini-Gem

    Speaking of weather…I spent two days in West Texas – Van Horn, TX to be exact, while waiting for a break in the rain in the central and eastern portions of the state so I could get to Austin. I don’t see the need to “push through” when there are flood and flash flood warnings…

  • Living Outdoors

    I basically live outdoors. Not literally – because I have a metal container with insulation and windows and a door. But the weather has a much greater impact on me now than when I lived in a bricks and sticks (that’s RV’er language for a fixed house, lol). The Zion National Park area is like…