This happened yesterday in Florida. "To see people from different races and genders come into action to help TOTAL strangers is absolutely amazing to see!! People who didn't even know each other went HAND IN HAND IN A LINE, into the water to try and reach them. Pause and just IMAGINE that." (Jessica Simmons, a … Continue reading CHAINED
The two most common questions we get from strangers are, "How do you pronounce the name of your state?" And, "What is that rig you're driving?" Okay, the first one's easy. To our knowledge, the letter 'i' never makes the 'uh' sound, in the English language. Therefore, it's a settled issue: It's pronounced MissourEE! We … Continue reading VAN-ITY
This is the song that prompted this whole thing. There are full band recordings out there of this song, but they are unavailable to me at the moment. So, I sat down in Sarah Hart's living room in Portland, Oregon and recorded this version of the song. I hope you like it. I hope your … Continue reading “Something Gigantic”
We have been lots of places and have met a lot of extraordinary people, since our last blog post. California was incredible, albeit hotter this summer than normal. Here are a few observations from our time in the Golden State. California is incredibly beautiful. The complex geography is impressive; but, the microclimates are shocking. In … Continue reading E PLURIBUS, YOU AND ME
Total miles traveled: 3,606.4 Average mpg (which has actually been around 18 lately, but the heatwave in LA had us running the motor frequently for air conditioning…sorry, Earth): 16 Hours spent traveling in the van: 84.5 States we’ve been in: 7 National parks we have visited: 2 Nights we’ve spent parked on the street: 2 … Continue reading THE GIGANTIC INDEX – DAY 22
"The bad stuff should not get all your time." Dave left the Midwest to chase a dream in Los Angeles. He's a radio personality and voiceover performer. We don't completely agree with each other about politics or religion; but we agree that it's important to care about each other...and keep talking. We caught this little … Continue reading DAVE IN LOS ANGELES
We made it to the LA area yesterday. It was a long, hot drive through the desert. It’s hard to live in the van when it’s over 90 degrees outside (109 in Vegas); so it has felt good to get near the beach and milder temps...and we head north soon. Tried to connect yesterday with … Continue reading THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
Yesterday we had a beautiful drive from Santa Fe to Flagstaff. The high desert is gorgeous, even though it threatened to blow us off the road at times. We listened to lots of pop hits from the ‘70s. Not least among them was Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana.” We sang “music and passion were always the fashion … Continue reading MEA CULPACABANA
After Kansas, we headed on to Colorado, to thinner air and bigger adventures. We spent a couple of days camping at Twin Lakes with our friends, the Wienses. At close to 10,000 ft. elevation, the nights dipped into the mid-30s, leaving our tent-camping friends a little chilled in the mornings; but the thermostatically-controlled propane heat … Continue reading HIGH CLIMBS AND MISDEMEANORS
Travelogue by the numbers....
