Just driving today, nothing else. Thankfully despite the misty rain of the morning, it wasn’t too cold so I could make breakfast outside. I was on the road around 9am and I stayed on it until 6pm, I think I covered around 500 miles, filling up with petrol twice in one day! This is something…

I woke up to dreary drizzle. I used the public bathroom at the state park, surprised to discover there was no door, it wasn’t missing, but never intended to be there. Weird. Back in the van for breakfast of oats, I consulted my map. With such foul weather, I started thinking I wasn’t going to…

I actually had to take my doona off last night it was so warm inside the van. It did cool down overnight, but it is the warmest night I’ve had in recent memory. I used the Walmart’s bathroom then actually did some shopping before breakfast. I needed more undies so I don’t have to do…

My first night back was pleasant, though I woke up a few times because I was overheating. At sunrise, it was even warm enough to go outside for a pee and take a few photos without getting dressed. I felt very lucky to be reaping the rewards of heading south so early. All my usual…

I slept solid for ten hours and would have kept on, but I was woken up by Marianna’s garage door opening, the sun rising in the distance. I savoured the last normal shower I would have for the foreseeable future and over a breakfast of some cooked eggs, looked at my atlas to decide the…