A rail line was built to bring machinery and materials to the Hoover Dam construction site. The tracks are gone but the rail bed and five tu...

Friday I drove from Mimbres to Yuma, across the width of Arizona (plus the New Mexico part). Saturday I crossed the border to Los Algodones ...

Back on April 25th I wrote: The past couple of weeks I’ve been jonesing to go hiking in southern Utah. Mmmmm, red rocks… ruins… slot canyons...

Ready to scrub It’s that time again. Maybe even past that time. I had the bed out of the Rolling Steel Tent in September of 2019 . I did onl...

Matt of Winder Towing I’ve been watching even more videos from Matt’s Off Road Recovery. In one of them he explains how even though many exp...

If April showers bring May flowers, what do April snows bring?

The past couple of weeks I’ve been jonesing to go hiking in southern Utah. Mmmmm, red rocks… ruins… slot canyons… I’ve been watching the vid...

I haven’t had anything of interest to report on the past week. No adventures, but also no dramas.  I hang around in case Lou needs help with...

I’ve been getting a little antsy at Lou’s place, so I took a field trip to Texas. Barely. Anthony TX is smack on the state line, between El ...

 I usually climb out of bed when the sun climbs over the horizon. Or, at least, that’s what I usually tell myself I’m going to do. Well, no,...

It happens many times. Someone announces their plans to drive away from normal life and live in a vehicle—on purpose—and their families thro...

Lou rapped on the Rolling Steel Tent’s partially opened door. “I need help carrying a tub of dirt.” “Okay.” Earlier he had acquired some str...

It’s common while I’m in the van for Lou to sit outside in my chair. Sometimes he’ll just sit in it to take in the sun and scenery. And he l...