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Driving 101
It’s difficult to drive down highway 101 on Oregon’s coast because you want to stop every few hundred yards, take pictures and frolic in the ocean. Frolicking in the ocean lost its appeal when I...
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Big wood
Driving through The Avenue of Giants off the 101 in Northern California is very Jurassic. Camping was creepy in a fun way. The title song from Into the Woods was stuck in my head. In the Pacific...
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Mom must know she’s a beneficiary in my will
I’ll soon be in Yosemite Park, staying through Sunday. The park website warns there is no cell service anywhere. I called my mother so she would not worry If she doesn’t hear from me for a while. Mom:...
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Worst campsite neighbors and parents ever
The last two days at my campsite were like a bad high school production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf reimagined with stupid people and children. Mom, a 40ish heavily made up curvy big haired...
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Yo Yo Semite
That’s Half Dome in Yosemite pictured above. I chose not to climb it as I did not feel like getting a permit to climb a cable ladder with someone’s ass in my face. If (when) someone’s ass will be in...
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The real Yosemite
I guessed Yosemite would be crowded when I got behind this monstrosity with a bike shop hanging off the back. I shouldn’t complain about this Chevy Suburban owner though. Most people entering the park...
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Bizarro camping
Imagine a place where fatter is sexier. Where beer bellies are admired, even worshipped. Where older is hotter. You need not imagine, just go to The Woods campground in Lehighton, Pennsylvania....
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I’m such a pussy
I just stopped for lunch in Dubois, Wyoming, on my way to camp in Grand Teton National Park. I thought I blended. Wearing my denim jacket and cowboy hat, I just ordered the steak. I bragged to the...
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Wowza!
One look at the magnificence of these mountains, the bison and the horses and all you can really think is, I bet Verizon does not get service there. You might not here from me for a while, said the...
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No room at the inn
Twenty-five years ago, five of us from Arizona State University (because I wasn’t a good student) drove two hours north to camp in Sedona. We ate Doritos dipped in Philly cream cheese, we drank Coors...
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How can I afford to stay in so many hotels?
First off, if you do a trip like this, you need to minimize the money hemorrhage by having someone cover your rent or mortgage. I put the word out on the Astoria street, via bartenders, that I’m...
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If I die before I wake
I haven’t camped for a while. Camping is hard. It looks good on paper but not showering and shitting in an outhouse or self-dug hole is not that great. Yesterday was such a beautiful day, I forgot...
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Flashback Friday: You can’t always get what you want but you get what you...
Pictured is only about half of the junk I had at the beginning. With a two-seat car and little cargo room, I should’ve been more selective. Most of that stuff didn’t make it to the end of the trip....
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Montana Monday
I don’t think twice when people ask for my favorite state. Montana. Billings was the most wonderful small town and Glacier National Park, which borders Canada in the Northwest of the state, was easily...
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Top Ten Posts of 2013: #8
The time I lived with an old dying woman in St. Louis. This is when I was trying to inject myself into interesting positions to generate fun content. Readers reacted positively but I could not endure....
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