The Colorado River Thousand Trails RV Resort is about halfway between Houston and San Antonio. It was a perfect place for us to spend some time before meeting our goddaughter in San Antonio. We were pleasantly surprised by this open,…
Sugar Land Breather
When I flew back from Santa Cruz, Kate picked me up at the Dallas airport. She had broken camp at the campground (her first time solo) and had parked Bessie and at a nearby shopping center. We slept that night…
Walking Brookdale
My friend Angelica is a wonderful photographer and an avid walker. A couple of years ago, she set herself a goal to walk the length of every street in Santa Cruz, taking photos along the way. She’s completed that goal…
Recognition in Santa Cruz
Forty years ago, I stumbled into Santa Cruz in a haze of youthful uncertainty. Fresh out of college with a somewhat useless theater degree and no particular ambition. Just starting to acknowledge my not-so-straight-after-all sexuality. Living in my van after…
Dodging Disaster… Again
While in New Orleans, we kept a close eye on weather reports of an approaching storm. Although we’d experienced nothing more than some wild winds on Wednesday, torrential thunderstorms loomed and were already flooding northeast Louisiana. We had planned to leave…
New Orleans Again
We have now officially reversed our direction and are heading back west. From Florida, we drove to New Orleans, camping at the same park we’d stayed at over Thanksgiving (see New Orleans Reunion). Bayou Segnette is a nice, spacious state…
Peninsula Paradise
We’d been in Florida for three months, official snow-birds now, when we landed in St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. We’d heard about this jewel of a park from other travelers and decided to finish off our winter stay here. It’s…
Lunch in Apalachicola
After Kate’s family reunion, we had to leave Blue Spring early to get to Lake City for an RV repair appointment. We just had a few last fixes that had been held up waiting for parts. We spent most of…
Year Milestone
One year ago today, Kate and I closed up our house in Eugene, handed keys over to our property manager, joined a temporary caravan of two other friends with RVs, and headed south. Beyond the initial six weeks, we had no…
Florida Family Reunion
We’ve visited a lot of my family on this trip. My sister and brother-in-law in Texas and then in Florida, my dad in Missouri, my uncle and cousin in Florida, and all my siblings and their partners in New Orleans.…
Orlando a Third Time
After Pine Island, we returned to the Orlando Thousand Trails park for another 10 days. This was our third time here. Large RV parks aren’t my favorite places to camp, but with our zone pass, we can stay at Thousand…
Sanibel and Pine Islands
When we left the Keys, we headed toward Fort Myers. We had reservations at a KOA on Pine Island, which we had chosen for its proximity to Sanibel Island (where we planned to meet my cousin) and its price. (It’s…