Jeff and I worked in advertising for many years. Then he decided to make an honest living as a comic, juggler, magician and clown. Jeff is...

I woke at 5:12. Not sort of awake. I was you’re-totally-done-for-the-night awake. What to do? Fidget in bed and stare at the darkness? I was...

A few years ago I learned about overnight camping in lots 11 and 12 on the jetty in Oceanside. It gets crowded on weekends when the weather ...

A beach in Laguna Beach with a parking lot? I’m so there. No doubt the locals resent outsiders having easy beach access, but they have pl...

I used to live about two miles from Crystal Cove State Beach, but I never went to it. I preferred Corona del Mar Beach, a few blocks from ...

I came into a little extra money this month, so I splurged on a beach-front site at Doheny State Beach. My wee van has lots of room in a s...

The couple next to me at the beach—Ray and Lori from Vancouver BC—have this hand-built trailer. It’s about the size of a small truck c...

Indeed, the beach can clarify many things in my muddled head. It’s one reason I need to visit the ocean a few times a year. And today’s we...

On my way from Quartzsite to the Pacific (again) I decided to camp at the BLM area just outside the south entrance to Joshua Tree National...

It had been a couple of hours since I’d done anything stupid, so I decided to cross the border at Los Algodones to replenish my meds. Never ...

When I have the windows closed and the stereo off I sometimes hear a soft staticy, scritchy, hissing sound that comes and goes. Is it a crit...

Off American Girl Mine Road, Ogilby CA. Again.

As the Rolling Steel Tent ages, I’m ever more diligent about watching the gauges. (It’s a good thing the van has actual gauges instead of ju...

Forty degrees seems so much warmer (or less cold) than thirty-nine degrees. “Oh, it’ll be in the 40s, not the 30s. That’s way better.” ...