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...

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...

This is only a test

Tomorrow will be the day that Deb's cousin comes over to help me sort the Ernie-to-Mercy electrical connection. The brief plug-in test I conducted the other day...

A good strong pull

I believe I've wanted a winch since 1978. I can be specific about that because 1978 was when I bought my first four-wheel-drive vehicle...

Ernie breaks into the sun

As I plugged the coiled blue electrical cable into Ernie and Mercy early this morning, meaning to test the towing connection, it already was obvious that today would be a scorcher...

Taking over

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

Good times, like minds

First thing this morning, as expected, a lifted pickup truck pulled up to our campsite. A young man hopped out, introduced himself as the owner of the local battery-and-tire shop...

Sneaking a peek

After dinner last night we accepted an invitation from our hosts to venture past the edge of the campground and beyond the trees to see the...

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...