Happy Anniversary – A Month in Numbers

On October 27th, it has been a month since I started life as Astro Chick and called the Astro my home. I won’t reflect on all of my adventures since they’ve been laid out day-to-day. Instead, this is all about data! The Money Total cost for the month = $1,615.55 ($1,231.69 if you don’t include…

Sunday 27th November – Hello Chicken!

When I made for the bathroom this morning, busting for the toilet, I was stopped by a pair of campers in the back of a truck, enjoying the free camping as much as me. We chatted as long as I could hold on, then I excused myself and came back to talk at a more…

Saturday 26th November – Patriotism

I actually had sore legs when I woke up! I’m coming to understand just how much riding to and from work kept me in shape. Maybe when it gets warmer I’ll have to start going for morning and afternoon runs. Haha, that’ll never happen. I’d had a good sleep and was on for a rest…

Friday 25th November – Ride of the Setting Sun

The snowless atmosphere of camp gave me a false impression of warmth. It was as cold as ever this morning (sorry if I sound like a broken record, but it really is quite cold, -6oC in the van this time). It was nice to have a heated bathroom to retreat to at least. A woman…

Thursday 24th November – Happy Thanksgiving!

No frost on my blanket this morning thankfully. With the new “warmth” (it was 1oC) I decided to give my hair a wash. It’s easy to neglect the oily mess when I’m wearing a beanie constantly, but I felt like a freshen up. I heated some water and was startled to find how much hair…

Wednesday 23rd November – Goodbye Tetons

I think that was my coldest night. Not only did I have frost on the windows, the top of my doona was frozen where I’d been breathing on it. Eek! The temperature gauge read -10oC inside the van. Needless to say, everything was frozen. To my surprise, it was a clear day outside, even clearer…

Tuesday 22nd November – Me and the Grand Tetons

Up with the sun, I was happy to find that my camp was lovely. I had a nice view of snow-capped mountains and could hear that I was nearby a river, though I was up too high to see it. I got going pretty quickly because I wanted to make the most of today since…

Monday 21st November – Problems with the Law

I finished watching the race when I woke up this morning. It was a long one so I was busting for the bathroom by the time it ended, and I was starving. Hot oats for breakfast, then it was time to put the van back to single mode. It probably took a bit longer to…

Sunday 20th November – The Power of Social Media

Predictably, the multiple alarms that V had set went off from 5:30am till about 8:30am. I explained later that instead of false optimism, she would have been better off having an extra 2 hours of uninterrupted sleep, instead of three hours of the interrupted kind. I got up with the sun, the mountains creating a…

Saturday 19th November – Adventure with Company

Despite V’s multiple alarms, we had a late start to the morning. I caught up on my blogs while she had a sleep in. We eventually got going around 10am. We both felt terrible with food hangovers from the night/morning before. Neither of us wanted breakfast, we settled for a banana each. V marvelled at…