Time period: May 18 – June 11, 2009 Miles Driven: 677 After arriving in St. Louis for Mother’s Day and learning that Chris’ grandmother’s surgery would be scheduled in early June, we opted to take the opportunity to divert down to Hohenwald, TN to visit the folks at the Oliver Travel Trailer factory for some […]
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Oliver’s Twist: Story of an RV Manufacturer Adapting
When we were doing the research selecting our home on wheels, one of the things that most impressed us with the Oliver Travel Trailer company was how fabulous the people working there are. The Oliver family has a long history of invention and entrepreneurship, and their family-owned Oliver Technologies company has for years had a […]
The Road Ahead: Summer 2009
The remainder of our summer plans are starting to take form, in part thanks to one of Cherie’s clients booking a training class in DC in mid-July. Our general plans are looking something like this: now – June 30 : Northern Indiana, including a trip up to South Haven, MI for Lakes of Fire Regional […]
Flag Day 2009 Veteran’s Concert
One of our reasons for returning to St. Louis in mid-June was to attend a Flag Day concert that Chris’ father had been organizing in conjunction with the Elk’s Flag Day Ceremony. He’s been working months on bringing in the Bob Kuban band to perform and having transportation for disabled veterans from the local VA […]
Tales from Technomadia – Now Featured in HearPlanet
One of the consulting projects we worked on this past year was orchestrating the launch of the mobile travel application HearPlanet. HearPlanet’s goal is to turn your cell phone (currently just iPhone’s, but other phones will eventually be supported) into a location-aware audio tour guide to entire the world. It’s a fabulous concept, and it […]
Video Edition: Rock Climbing in Austin, Texas
I grew up in South Austin, not too far from the Barton Creek Greenbelt. In fact, we could hike to it from our house. It was a wonderful place to grow up and be out in nature, but yet part of a progressive urban city. My brother still lives in Austin, so it’s a frequent […]
Video Edition: Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Cherie had visited Carlsbad Caverns in the mid-80s with her family on a road trip, and Chris had never been. We considered it a must stop on this journey across the country. It was even more impressive than Cherie had remembered. Direct link for the video [geo_mashup_map]
Tech Upgrades: GPS Quest
For most of this past year we have used our iPhones as our primary navigation tool.
But Google Maps is absolutely useless when you don’t have a good cell phone signal, and even when you do the user interface makes such basic tasks as “recalculate my route” a clumsy multi-tap affair.
We’ve been craving something better – something a bit more optimized for in-vehicle navigation…
It’s Not an Extended Vacation
A common misconception about our technomadic lifestyle is that we’re on an extended vacation. I think this comes from just how engrained the concept of travel is with being in vacation mode. Vacation: a respite or a time of respite from something We’re not taking a respite from anything, nevermind something. Instead, we’re designing a lifestyle […]
Video Edition: White Sands National Monument
On our way into Carlsbad Caverns, we opted to route through White Sands National Monument in southeast New Mexico, expecting it to be a quick stop. We thought at first.. how interesting can sand dunes be? Afterall, I lived on the coast of Florida for 13 years – I’ve seen my share of sand. We […]
