Last night was Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride compared to the plain vanilla day of travel though the heartland. Not long after crossing the Missouri River into Iowa, I see a “Camping” sign. I exit from I-80 and drive around a hilly, curvy road to the prettiest little county park. It looks like a city park,…
Ten Sleep is a small town up in north-central Wyoming. The town was a Native American rest stop that was 10 days travel or “10 sleeps” from Fort Laramie (near where I live). Here is my report from One Sleep on my travels. Shortly after leaving the Rest Stop yesterday, I enter Central Time Zone.…
I check my emails as per usual every morning, and I find that my scatophile friends are pleased with yesterdays’ Packing the Van Part Two post. The gourmands are disgusted with the mashed potato revelation. A blogger cannot hope for more than such intense emotional responses from readers. After those fun moments, my first day…
Clothes Packing clothes is a challenge. I always take too many anyway, and for this trip I need camping clothes, city clothes, and 5K training clothes. Since I am kind of picky about not wearing clothes more than one time before washing, I need to take quite a few items. Hey, that is why I…
Sunday afternoon or Monday morning I leave on my road trip to Ohio, so it is time to start packing. As you will see I am not one of those who throws a few clothes into a bag and heads out. I am the empress of “stuff”. That was not true when I backpacked and…
I am writing about this camping trip in advance because I hope for some input. I will be traveling in my van from Wheatland, WY to Akron, OH to pack up my mom/stepdad and help them move to a one-level apartment. I will camp and wander for about 6 days on my way out. The…
Round Trip Mileage 190 Route Wheatland, WY, south on I 25 to Cheyenne, WY West on Happy Jack Road (southern end of Cheyenne) Follow Happy Jack Road to turn-off the Crystal Res OR Stay on Happy Jack Road until you reach turn off and Main Entrance to Curt Gowdy State…
During the warm months I wander around (when not working and gardening) in my Econoline Van with my faithful dog Tango. Tango, the best dog ever I vowed in 2003 to stop sleeping on the ground after 30 years of camping in tents. I first had a little Chevy Pickup with a topper, then graduated…