I’m visiting LaVonne, Linda May, Gary, Wendy and Jeremy, and assorted dogs, at the compound in Tres Piedras, NM. The downside of this visit ...

Another multi-hour dash across the desert, from Flagstaff to Albuquerque. However, it was about 25 degrees cooler than the Mojave, thanks to...

Twelve states in twelve months. Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, Sout...

Is seven years long enough for the conventional folks to accept I’m serious about this wandering around in a van thing? No, I’m not searchin...

I was at Mammoth Lakes, California, wanting to get to Taos, New Mexico. Sooner rather than later. But several obstacles were in the way (bec...

I hadn’t planned on doing a video. I was just going to take photos. But I thought, oh what the hell, I’ll give it a try. It’s short on subst...

Early morning at Lake George.  My destination was at the base of that tall peak, Crystal Crag. This morning’s hike from Lake George to Barre...

About 600 years ago (which is like this morning in geologic time), rising magma encountered groundwater in the Sierra Nevadas, resulting in ...

Living in a vehicle changes you. And it changes your habits. For example, from the age I was expected to help with chores, until I became a ...

At first I was just going to leave camp and hang out for the day somewhere with a nice view and fewer trees blocking the sun. I found such a...

I’m developing a routine. It works like this: Go for a sunrise hike, when there are few people. Afterward I drive to another trailhead—that’...

After poking around Mary and Mamie lakes in the mountains above Mammoth, I moved the Rolling Steel Tent to a more solar-friendly parking spo...