Yellow stone

If you've seen picture-postcard images of Yellowstone National Park, you know how it got its name -- or you think you know...

I’m sitting still. Everything else is moving.

It didn't take long for Nature to validate our layover decision...

A deep breath

We got new neighbors on both sides of us yesterday afternoon. The couple below us, to our curb side, arrived...

At long last

There's a rhythm to a journey, at least when it's going well. That's especially true of traveling with a companion...

Deep in ‘America’s Breadbasket’

Deb and I have avoided planning days longer than 300 miles, especially after that blitz run we made from Arkansas to Texas in June...

We have a plan

Mercy continues to impress. We've run this ten-year-old Jeep through a variety of everyday tests, on paved roads and unpaved tracks, and we feel not a whiff of regret...

Taking over

When we drove Mercy home from the truck-accessories shop yesterday, we did so without paying our bill in full...

Closer

Some days turn out to be productive but not particularly interesting, and this was such a day...

Talkin’ country

A friend of mine posted one of those have-you-ever lists to social media last night. I'm feelin' lazy and not too terribly inspired today, so I'm stealin' it...

Taking notice

Deb and I took a "down day" -- and we realize that might sound puzzling if you think that every day is a "down day" for us. It's not...