Cat Camp It was Friday before Memorial Day weekend. I shut my laptop at 1pm, got the last few bits and pieces into Berta and we said goodbye to McDonald Drive. We’d planned to be there only for the month of February but Cleo’s torn CCL meant we’d stayed a while longer. The Phoenix Summer…
Bawston
Time for my new teeth. I’d been over to Boston in mid-January to have a nasty tooth removed from my front end and now I was due for my follow-up and some new fakes to keep my smile complete. Day One, Business My red-eye experience was much better second-time round. I put it down to…
Colorado’s El Niño
What a wonderful Christmas with the family. Emmi’s ballet performance was outstanding, I got to ride my bike in a t-shirt on Christmas Day and our boxing day celebration was just as entertaining as it’s always been. That was on a Tuesday and by Thursday I was restless. I had nearly three weeks before my…
Home for Christmas
I was on a bit of a time limit now. Seven days to drive 24 hours back to Phoenix. If I did four hours a day, I’d make it. It wasn’t just Christmas I had to be home for, it was my eldest niece’s annual ballet performance in the Nutcracker. Having know her nearly six…
Friends of the North West
In Washington Already After leaving my Thanksgiving family, I did some errands around Bend (Amazon package pick-up and refuel) before heading north. I studied my Astro-map a while to make sure I took roads I hadn’t been on before. Since I was keen for some lower elevation (and warmer temperatures), I avoided Mt. Hood. It’s…
Aussie Thanksgiving
Late Arrivals I finished Vegas qualifying then got talking to Jayne on the phone when Ross, Jen, JoJoe and Levi walked through the door. Cleo went defensive, already determined to prevent intruders from entering this new place we were in, but she soon calmed down when she saw Jen. The boys were in bed pretty…
Back to the West
While I’d committed to a month of camphosting in Moab, I only made it to three weeks because I had a better offer. When my friend Jen messaged me in late October inviting me to Bend, Oregon, to spend Thanksgiving with them, I said I couldn’t go because of my commitment. When I woke up…
Moab Camphosts
Day One I was meant to leave on the Monday. It was October 16, 2023. Nearly seven years to the day since I last ventured out in a van solo, I was at it again. The week before, I found out I’d be having more tooth surgery so had to wait around until Monday to…
The Singapore Grand Prix
To Asia! I had a long, much needed chat with Kev at the airport. He was coming down from the wedding and still having issues with dickheads at work, but I was glad to hear his solution to drown out the needless words directed at him. Whenever I’m on the phone with someone at the…