On Choosing Places to Stay
A short summary of how we typically find a place to stay, of the plethora of locales available to the modern American familia du gypsy..
Short accounts of our family’s travels organized as digital postcards. The places we love the most and the stories that we think make them so special.
A short summary of how we typically find a place to stay, of the plethora of locales available to the modern American familia du gypsy..
Nathan is proven wrong for once in his life as Denton’s RV park is ill equipped for a house full of stinky boys.
I could extol every virtue, use every splint and sliver of writing talent in my bony body, and still never come close to explaining the actuality of Bisbee, Arizona.
If your license doesn’t read 55 or older and your RV doesn’t shine like a pig’s ass, don’t plan on finding a place to RV in Phoenix.
Tristan and I took a bike ride to a beautiful little county park tucked away in the desert between the cattle and their ranches. We went for the bike ride, a solid 10 miles roundtrip, but alas, revelations are always there for those who would have them.
A single sliver of the moon thumbnails itself in the second to last night of the 2008 year. Thanks to the thousands of buildings, streetlights and rushing cars that make up the San Antonio scape, the moon is nearly alone up in that darkening sky space. Only a single star, a handspan away from Mother […]
A Google Map and brief guide to some of the better coffee shops, bars, restaurants and outdoor activities in South Austin. Meant to serve as a primer to those who might be just getting into the area or thinking of passing through.
Interesting tidbits and urban legends about the good, er, great Lone Star State.
We spent our Yuletide celebrations in San Antonio and plan to stay here for the New Year celebration. It’s heating up after a might frigid spell here in Southern Texas and I love this state more and more the longer I’m here.
We’ll be leaving Austin today, but I thought I’d take a moment or two to talk about what it is about this place that kept us here for so long.
A place to park your RV in Pittsburgh, though not exactly a traditional RV park or anything, it’s in the heart of one of Pittsburgh’s most happening neighborhoods and likely your best (and only) bet if you’d like to visit the city while living the RV lifestyle.
Tristan and Dad go urban hiking from downtown Austin to McKinney Falls State Park in Austin.
Nature seems to have a way of balancing the seasons out, making even the more difficult seasons in the cycle bearable due to bright colors or snowball fights or whatever. Being in Austin, the nights come earlier but the temperatures stay hot, and it’s a strange sensation…
Austin believes in the things that go bump in the night, and isn’t afraid to partake in over the top partying to prove it. If the world were to be taken over by zombies, wouldn’t you have wanted one last parade / beer festival?
Waxing nostalgically over this Austin, TX lifestyle we’ve been living as of late, Nathan explores the inner trappings of what makes “a place” into a “great place to live”.