When traffic comes to a halt in Yellowstone National Park, it's usually because of wildlife by the road. Or on it. Deer, antelope, bears...

I started a sticker collection a few months ago. I had to do something  decorative with the bulkhead. Someday it will be like digging away...

Sunrise on the Tetons Jenny Lake

I can see this fire in Yellowstone from my boondocking spot by the Tetons. The setting sun makes it look pretty.

When I lived in northern Utah, the drive to Grand Teton and Yellowstone were considered no big deal. My college roommate and I cruised up ...

I was hot and sweaty while walking around the pits at Bonneville Salt Flats. I felt fine otherwise. I had cold water in the Rolling Steel Te...

I lived in Salt Lake City for two years, then elsewhere in Utah for another four, but I had never driven out onto the Bonneville Salt Flat...

Twenty-two miles south of Moab, on my way much farther north

A motorcycle would be an impractical extravagance, but a cellular directional antenna isn't. Not with how web-dependent I am. And the ...

Sometimes my minimalist ethos gets challenged. Sometimes I want to own cool stuff again. Like when Forrest showed up today with a really nic...

The big advantage of the nomadic life is that we can go where we like best. What's best varies from person to person. For me, best i...

Doors, walls, rain

I like having the Rolling Steel Tent's doors and windows open. Mmmm, fresh air. But rain puts a (nyuk-nyuk) damper on that, and the va...

About eleven months of the year I depend exclusively on solar power for electricity to charge my laptop, phone, hot spot and camera. The sys...

Forrest is housesitting at a very nice place northwest of town. We went there to hang out on the patio, pet the dogs, have snacks and watc...