Full Time Swag
It had been 3 weeks and 2 days since last we saw The Beast. We left it at a body shop in Phoenix to have the back end repaired (recall the Florence, OR magically moving stump incident) while we returned home to St. Louis for Christmas and New Years. Would the Beast remember us? Would... Continue Reading →
Driving a 40-ft. rig across the country has given me a unique perspective, perhaps not unlike the one over-the-road truckers know all too well. Perched high above the world, I'm able to view the colossally stupid up close and personal through my enormous, aquarium-like windshield. It's like watching stupid fish in a stupid fish tank.... Continue Reading →
You could just feel it. As soon as we crossed over the border from Oregon into California...the people were nuts man. Oregon had that laid-back vibe. Drivers were pretty courteous. Didn't seem like they were in any real hurry. I liked that. Not here. No way. The change was just that sudden too. One minute... Continue Reading →
We did it! We have survived 6 months of fulltime RV life! It seems to have gone by so fast, but looking back, the beginning seems so long ago. Life on the road is much different than I anticipated. I actually worried about getting bored. I pictured myself in a hammock reading and napping. HA!... Continue Reading →
For real. Like 15 days in a row, rain. Didn't stop us from hiking and exploring a lot of what Oregon had to offer, but c'mon man. Everything was wet, all the time, and living in an RV just amplifies that. It's like living inside a sponge. We weren't wet per se; we were moist.... Continue Reading →
Two weeks to go. No RV. Our house is virtually empty now. Sound echoes around the rooms and off bare walls. The living room resembles a college dorm, or maybe a foreclosure...two bean bags, no tables or lamps, papasan chair perpetually turned on it's side, two video gaming seats positioned in front of the TV...... Continue Reading →
I really don't. And that bothers me. I don't like "not knowing," but that's all I seem to know right now. Every answer out of my mouth seems to be "I don't know." Maybe at 40 I've hit a mental wall, or exceeded my hard drive capacity. I wish I wouldn't have devoted so much... Continue Reading →
