A fossil fuel fueled travel blog
We drove from Denver to Florida in 3 days and got there in time to see Mike’s brother Tim and tag in on caregiving duties. Mike’s dad was in and out of hospitals and rehab and then home to recover before moving up to Madison. It took a village to make the move happen, but…
On our way toward Utah, we passed through the corner of Nevada and waved to Las Vegas as we went by. We spent one night outside of Mesquite, AZ and then moved on when we figured out it wasn’t going to be great for Mike’s word days – too hot, bad signal and just not…
We enjoyed our time in the Ocala National Forest, but wanted to be able to get down to the Gulf coast before we left Florida. Finally the weather warmed up enough to make us want to spend time out on the boards, so we headed down. We had hoped to do the whole paddle board/…
We finally planned a Florida excursion a little closer to our temporary home – the Ocala National Forest. I have to say that my expectations were not incredibly high. All of the trail recommendations had warned of wet conditions and mosquitoes aplenty. We had also been warned of homeless people living in the forest, but…
When we started looking at getting out and about in the trailer, I started stressing out. On this adventure up until now, we had been camping pretty much out of season, but here in Florida, we were in the midst of the busy season. I started looking and had a hard time finding any decent…
When we planned our trip, we thought that we would be spending about half of our time in Scarlet and the other half tent camping. Scarlet was just so comfortable and we were able to take her more off-the-beaten-path places than we thought we would be able to so most of our nights have been…
When we left Whiskey Run, we were floundering a little bit for a plan. We wanted to try to find some tide pools somewhere, but other than that, we felt like we were ok with how much coast we had seen. We did a quick run out to Cape Blanco, but it was so windy…
When we left the Zion area, we planned on heading north and wanted to take advantage of the larger cities in order to get some work done on the truck and trailer. Buying a five year old trailer meant that we had tires that were not brand spanking new and I had been a little…
After leaving Kalipsell, we headed south to Missoula where we were able to spend some time with my sister-in-law’s family. Barb and Mike welcomed us into their home, treating us to several hot showers, a comfy bed, and delicious meals galore! We used them as another place to which we had mail sent and again…
We decided to head west across North Dakota on Route 2, but popped down to 94 to check out something that I saw a little of on a previous trip. My friend Tina and I visited Glacier several years ago and were intrigued by the Enchanted Highway as we passed by, but did not have…