34,653 Miles • The Van is Cold
At the beginning of October, I drove up into the mountains to look at the bright yellow fall leaves and…
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31,876 Miles • Indiana
Driving into Indiana, I was greeted with this beautiful sight shortly before sunset. Here’s something I learned on the drive…
27,701 Miles • Reflections on Overworking, from Kansas to Ohio
At a roadside picnic area in Kansas, this tragedy of line markings begged the question, what happened here? Was the…
18,135 Miles • Stargazing Revelation in Gallatin Forest
For Labor Day weekend, I drove up into the Gallatin National Forest just northwest of Bozeman, MT, and camped at…
17,855 Miles • Shakespeare in the Parks Presents: Othello
Wandering around southwestern Montana for a couple more weeks, still feeling without direction and a bit depressed slash reflective about…
14,677 Miles • One Year in the Van: The Practical Side
Okay, I’m caving to imaginary social pressure in writing this. Imaginary, because no one has actually made any comments,…
14,175 Miles • The Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie
My ratio of nights parked at a Walmart or similar to nights camped in a nature setting is pretty horrific…
14,174 Miles • I Survived Tuttle Lake—What Did You Do Last Night?
Friday, June 1st, about 3pm: Leave Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve and head north on the 177, a gorgeous stretch of…
13,532 Miles • Lake Ouachita and the Shower Dilemma
After my visit to Hot Springs, I drove up into the mountains of central Arkansas in search of some decompression…
11,851 Miles • Cow Friends and Minor Floods
About 60 miles south east of Albuquerque, there is a small spit of the Cibola National Forest that is BLM…