Photo Shoot
Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida, U.S. – The long strange story of how the bus ended up being photographed for Wired magazine.
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Family
Rocky Bayou State Park, Florida, U.S. – Catching up with family around the fire in Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park.
Pensacola History
Big Lagoon State Park, Florida, U.S. – Exploring the history of one of America's very first settlements.
Fort Pickens
Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida, U.S. – Fort Pickens is one of our favorite places on the Gulf Coast.
Christmas Cold
St George Island State Park, Florida, U.S. – We spent the holidays on St George Island as a cold front swept across the United States, even Florida alas, for the holidays.
Eight
Grayton State Park, Florida, U.S. – In which we make it to the sunny, white sand beaches of Florida for Elliott's eighth birthday.
I Like New Orleans Better
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. – New Orleans is a remarkable place. I can't tell you what makes it so magical, but it's the only city we care to visit.
Galveston Sings
Galveston Island State Park, Texas, U.S. – Padre Island storms push us north to Galveston Island where we can't escape the rain, but at least has some indoor attractions.
November Sun
Goose Island State Park, Texas, U.S. – A welcome warm spell on the beaches of Port Aransas.
Halloween and the Big City
Plano, Texas, U.S. – What's a broken shifter cable when you've got places to be?
Going Down Swinging
Lake Arrowhead State Park, Texas, U.S. – Can you take apart your valve train, change out your head gaskets when you don't know what you're doing?
Rodeos and Fur Trading Posts
Lamar, Colorado, U.S. – When in Lamar, check out the rodeo if you can, and definitely make time for Bent's Old Fort.
Broken Down In Lamar
Lamar, Colorado, U.S. – Think you're going somewhere? Think again. Sometimes the world's agenda does not match up with yours.
Under The Bear’s Lodge
Devil’s Tower National Monument, Wyoming, U.S. – We turned southward, bound for Tucson, and ended up spending longer than we'd intended at Devil's Tower National Monument.
Ease Down the Road
Little Missouri National Grasslands, North Dakota, U.S. – Boondocking in the Little Missouri Grasslands, near Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Goodbye Big Waters
Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. – Wrapping up our time in Washburn and saying goodbye before heading west.
Porcupine Mountains Backpacking
Porcupine Mountains, Michigan, U.S. – A few nights spent exploring the old growth Hemlock forests of the Porcupine Mountains.
Grandparents
Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. – Showing my parents around our temporary home of Washburn, Wisconsin.
August Jottings
Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. – Some (mostly) unedited journal entries about our time in Washburn, at the county fair, and by the lake.
Around Washburn
Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. – Lake Superior has many faces, depending on where you go. We've found quite a few different beaches we love this summer.
Ten
Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. – A whole decade. Happy birthday girls.
Midsummer
Washburn, Wisconsin, U.S. – Nice cool temps, nearby water to swim in, somewhere to train Jui Jitsu... what else do you need really?
Holiday Road
Copper Falls State Park, Wisconsin, U.S. – The 4th of July weekend is always crowded. To find a place to stay we hit the road north, to the middle of nowhere.
Hello Milwaukee
Harrington State Park, Wisconsin, U.S. – We're not big on cities, but Milwaukee is an exception. It's just big enough to have plenty of great food, but small enough that there's no traffic. Just about right.