We slept with AC off and windows open last night, a refreshing change in more ways than one. We're living this American Life outdoors, for the most part, and the outdoors lately has been downright oppressive...
Embracing the space
Tag: Beaver Coach
Ideal
We're boondocking tonight, a one-and-done at a Harvest Hosts participant in west-central Missouri. We're on battery power right now, bolstered periodically by the generator and augmented by propane...
Old omen, new beginning
When I stepped outside with my coffee this morning, an omen greeted me -- a good-sized katydid was perched on the back of my camp chair...
Another day in this American Life
When the dogs and I walked out the door early this morning, the air wasn't exactly refreshing. It never really cooled off much last night, and humidity arrived well ahead of the dawn...
Chore thing
The ideal orientation of a motorhome on a campsite, I've heard, is with the windshield facing east. Ernie's pointed ENE here, which is pretty close...
Pulling it all together
The weather forecast for the end of our stay in northern Arkansas is far from appealing -- in the 90s every day...
Again again
We didn't do anything adventurous today. We didn't do anything new. What we did today was, in a word...
One year
Today's header image doesn't depict Ernie or Mercy, and it wasn't snapped anywhere close to northern Arkansas...
In the air, out of air
There's a daily cycle of life in a campground. Shortly after sunrise many guests pack up, roll out and head for their next stop. The park staff swoops in...
Not yet. Not today.
We've been here so long that the grass on our campsite needs mowing. It wasn't our aim to live up to an aphorism...
