We left New Orleans, and pointed west towards Grammy’s house in Arizona. The voodoo doll that was supposed to bring us safe travels. On our way to Lake Somerville State Park we stopped off to eat at a fancy joint with DVD rentals (that’s still a thing apparently), free pool … Read More
Along the Gulf
Driving along the coast through Biloxi, Mississippi, we came across Beauvoir, the last home of Jefferson Davis. I don’t pretend to understand the hero worship of the Confederacy, so standing in that beautiful house overlooking the Gulf was more about gaining a step back in time than putting someone like … Read More
A Mobile Day
Not being southerners, we never know where the heck we’re supposed to be being careful, so we appreciate signs like these. The USS Alabama Memorial Park is a cool place. We were here a few years ago, but it was just as good the second time around. It was nice … Read More
Gulf State Fair
Where I grew up, fairs happen in summer, the only two months out of the year that a person can be outdoors that long without catching frostbite. To have a fair in November is laughable. We caught a beautiful day for the Gulf State Fair. The instant the performer says … Read More
Southern Track
The morning after Halloween tradition—counting and categorizing the candy haul. We replaced the kids’ mattresses with new memory foam. Basically the same things we’ve used on everything from the boat to the Airstream over the past few years. This was the first time we actually bought an electric knife, though. … Read More
Making the Most of our Time
We’d never seen the Blue Angels perform before, but while we were in Fort Pickens we were told they’d be practicing one morning and the best spot to watch was right at the fort itself. I’ve never been much of an airplane guy, and have never been to an air … Read More
A Work in Progress
The morning before we leave the house and paint is still wet. That’s the fresh water tank underneath the bed on the left. Leaving tomorrow, and I still have to make the elaborate piece that will cover the face of the kitchen cabinet. Things are still a bit rough, but … Read More
Forward Progress
Week two of bus renovating continued with nice Florida weather and a list of to-dos that seemed to grow daily. We found a nearby glass place that whipped up 6 new windows for us. Never having purchased new glass before, I was pleasantly surprised at how inexpensive it was. The … Read More
Regenerating
So, that was a closet, and the easy choice would have been to leave it a closet, but once you start tearing into these things you get ideas in your head. In this case I thought, what if I just get rid of this wall, eliminate the closet, and make … Read More
Wanderlodge Work
We rented a house in Pensacola for three weeks, with the plan of “restoring” the bus in that time. That plan could have been considered, as I like to say, “putting lipstick on a pig.” Like those house flipping shows that throw fresh paint on top of everything, add a … Read More
Heading South in the South
So, obviously buying a 56-year-old motorhome, and immediately moving into it to head out on the road is going to present some challenges. Maybe more than I had anticipated. Maybe the previous owners who didn’t use the thing were just ignorant of the problems, or maybe someone selling a used … Read More