In the next week, we will end our workamping gig at Amazon.com‘s distribution center in Kansas and head on to St. Louis to spend the holidays with family. We’re also anxious to be reunited with our kitty, Kiki – we left her there with Chris’ parents when we visited for Thanksgiving, instead of putting her […]
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Our Visit to Slab City & East Jesus
We had such as awesome time visiting and exploring Slab City – the remains of the abandoned Marine barracks of Camp Dunlap just outside Niland, California along the Salton Sea in the desert of southeast California. And I had big intentions of writing prolifically about it to share with you. However, I didn’t anticipate just […]
Nomads to Keep an Eye On
We love keeping in touch with other nomadic minded folks and hearing of their adventures to a location independent lifestyle. Here’s an update of some of the nomads launching on new adventures right now that you might also be interested in following : Picture Route 66 – Photographer Sandi Wheaton was laid off from her […]
Considerations for Selecting a Home on Wheels
So you’ve decided to become a nomad, and that taking your house with you is your ideal form of travel. Great! But now comes a potentially overwhelming decision – what kind of recreational vehicle will you choose to make into your full time home on wheels? We’re often asked this question, and there is no […]
Road Ahead: Fall 2009
Now that Burning Man is back in storage in Sacramento, we start to look forward. Thus far, we have only planned through the next couple of weeks. now – this weekend: At some point, we’ll meander to San Francisco for a quarterly All Night Dance Celebration with our Rhythm Society Community Sept 21 -30: We’l […]
Full Time Travel Guide to Community – Excuse #7
Us humans are social creatures, and we tend form and value communities of like minded people. Whether it be via hobbies, spirituality, family, friends, special interests, sports, school, work, volunteerism, or what not – when you live in a stationary place, you tend to form connections with people around you that become important to you, […]
Living on NST – Nomadic Standard Time
Asking us about our upcoming travel plans is akin to asking for a weather forecast. We may have a fairly accurate idea of what the next few hours may hold, and that there is a chance of some snow in the winter. But the details in between are hard to pin down, particularly more than […]
Travelogue: Philadelphia, DC, Appalachians & St Louis
Time Period: June 30 — July 29 Miles Driven: 1904 We had no plans for how to spend the summer. We had toyed with the idea of finding a nice campground in the Smokey Mountains and parking for several weeks to catch up on some work projects. We had toyed with ducking into Canada and […]
Travelogue: St. Louis to Indiana
Time Period: June 12 – June 29 Miles Driven: 799 After a couple of weeks of our adventures being driven on visiting family in Texas and St. Louis, our attentions turned to social time with new and old friends. We had found some regional Burning Man events to attend, and even rendezvoused with another friend […]
Two Years Shampoo Free
I love the look on people’s faces when I tell them I’ve not shampooed my hair in nearly 2 years now. I think the image that conjurs up is unruly matted dreads, which is not how my naturally curly red hair looks. And actually, my hair has never been healthier and more manageable than since […]
