table of contents
2006
- July—table of contents
- August—simple living in 95 sq ft
August—more on simple living—dreams and cutting down on possessions - September—simple travel—between the roads
- October—packing for the road
- November—choosing a rig
- December—tread lightly
2007
- January—one foot in the grave - get back in shape and experience the Outdoors
- March—lake powell
- June—home sweet home - summer job in Kanab, UT and the Kaibab Plateau
- September—seasonal work - ideas and resources
September—use of time - November—heading south—Moab, UT and down rt.191 to southern AZ and Anne LaBastille
2008
- January—southern new mexico state parks—full moon, mug, and bowl walks, don’t act your age, and meeting other campers
January—let others know - lettering for the outside of your rig - February—the lifestyle—what it’s like to live like this & security
February—odds and ends for off-the-grid vagabonds living in small rigs - March—heading north—weekday asphalt, second mesa on the Hopi reservation and BLM
- April—not quite limbo - short stay in Heber, UT while teaching a class
- June—campground host
- July—life in south willow canyon, UT—rattlesnakes, pack goats, didgeridoo, prayer flags, connect-the-campers, and Rizzlo
- August—evicted - evacuated for a couple weeks due to a forest fire and Rizzlo is found
- September—chompin’ to hit the road - big eyes at night, homemade trailer, onyx and turkeys
- October—campground manager position - what such a job entails
October—maybe it’s time to roll - installing solar panel
October—heading south to new mexico and ‘my canyonlands – the adventurous life of Kent Frost’ - November—heron lake state park, canaries, snagging, and custom doormats
November—fulltiming in RV parks - December—villanueva state park and meeting new people
December—conchas lake state park
December—ute lake state park
2009
- January—santa rosa state park
January—sumner lake state park, pet deer, a racoon, and the wolf moon - February—oasis state park, clovis points, LEDs, and the snow moon
February—bottomless lakes state park
February—brantley lake state park, cold butt, the back way, in-town bicycling, living desert, not into travel - March—year of the ox, a new trans, and the worm moon
- April—back to city of rocks state park, historic district, and wait wait
April—RVwest magazine article - following a free spirit
April—back to bisbee, nixing the A/C, and the pink moon
April—ravens, one life less for onyx, and bikes - May—meandering north up NM rt.181with a little blue bird, too many mice, san francisco mountains, rough roads, almost lost the starter, and the flower moon
- June—living alfresco and the strawberry moon
- July—one last time in south willow—the german, housesitting, mudslide, seals, an ungrateful Rizzlo, and the buck moon
- August—evicted once again—yungas road, feed pan, take your last breath, pulse, the book thief, cretin with a horse, and the sturgeon moon
August—onyx thwarted, skiers cabin, where am i - September—rock climbers, EDELAC, rotor rooter, raccoons, more seals, the cabin comes down, and the harvest moon
- October—meadow and onyx, horses, deer, turkeys, ‘a walk in the woods’, ruth’s with pam, hiking with cathy, du pre books by peter bowen, and the hunter's moon
October—out of here - November—moab, documentaries, deck plate, dipping bars, uncertainty, and the beaver moon
November—canyon rims area, bored?!, rockland, cowpie fires, and a new bed - December—navajo lake, heron, water heater flush, day-to-day variances, three ravens, onyx and the shower bag, LaMontanita co-op, villanueva, thanksgiving, and the cold moon
December—santa rosa, oasis, bottomless, more déjà vu, and five great lessons
2010
- January—seasonal friends, teardrop, winter solstice, christmas with the cows, and oliver lee hike
- February—back to bisbee II
February—granite gap
February—out and about south of silver city and onyx in hyperdrive - March—big burro mountains
March—easy to be active at city of rocks - April—cold weather dry camping in small fiberglass trailers
April—jacks peak, caches, salida, grapes, wanderlust, and retirement - May—5 felines, snow, desperation, and feet
May—trippin’ and fallin’, solitude, sacaton, sailplane, and expenses
May—change of plans, creek coffee and wine, codgerspace, and sirius - June—camping spots heading north, breakdown, and seeing the house
June—learning to fly - July—house sitting in cañones valley
- August—don't sit on your ticket
- September—little beaver pow-wow, paige bridges art, this and that, and cherishing each day
September—learning to fly—part two—starting to get past the crashing - October—chama to moab
- November—designs by owen
November—tucked away in the mountains with felines and birds - December—campgrounds
2011
- January—tally, between the roads, radio classics, what to write, and the bricklayer
- February—flats, shoot the pilot, cold spell, a 20 year old Cherokee, and how to wash the cat
- March—back to bisbee III—mucho eating, stoned and stuffed,
independent ladies, honk and holler, no F150, mating and peanuts, and if - April—the new turning radius, M&M out of the cage, cookes peak, rattles, and christian or thief
- May—aging and disuse
- June—short segment north through NM and what a woman finds attractive in a man
June—diana’s sixty minutes sixty years challenge - July—bone marrow transplant, stairwell saga and newly weds
July—one pot meals, virtual choir, wingin’ it, the winds, way too many porker carts, an evil god, and shootin’ the boss - August—moose in the window, doa, carefree children, turkeys in the night, not my realm, and dear cats and dogs
- September—more moose, might as well be dead, a dead sony, mesa's bear, another challenge, and children’s books
- October—art deco, on the rim, flaming cow sh*t, check the water, nasty body fluids, it's a hard life, extended time off the grid, and games for when you are older
- November—small world, coyotes, running of the bulls, IZ, salmon run, an empty park, fresh cup, and George Washington and the axe
- December—disaronno, blue cover, eton, notebook, a fisherman, sandbags, and chicken little
2012
- January—solstice and silver jewelry of the southwest Indians
- February—an old man and the norm
- March—podcasts, grave robbers, the rhino, and wash hikes
- April—back to Bisbee IV, spending, all on wheels, food from plants, old fogies’ pass, recycling ravens, and more time in the burros
- May—night life, wimpin’ out a bit, email, dragging my feet, cushion covers, flash backs, too old, and ravens (again)
- June—last two rattlers, eclipse, single burner, javelina, blocked panel, back out where I feel best
- July—one less life for Meadow, physical travel, meth, two-niner, and cutting down
- August—first 6 weeks in the white mtns, up close bobcat, road closures & the chinese, and semester at sea
- September—last 3 weeks in the Whites, plinking, more mud, logger, and felines
September—bear at the door, 2 postings, bow drill, 3-week stints off the grid, the Kaibab, living for single-tracks, and mushrooms - October—back in the dirt for M&M, mail call, little chuckles, thrilling but nuts, scootin’ mesa, water containers, john’s eclipse, triple 18
October—canyon rims, trees for M&M, and macraven - November—sweat lodge, a mistake, a second shelter, cryptobiotic soil, and 2nd spot in the canyon rims area
- December—back to NM, time for a new trailer, up to Oregon? and pdf stories
2013
- January—defroster, trailer saga, Bordeaux, story for tomorrow and not gonna settle for less
- February—my first goat, record snow fall, bottle cutter, new tunes, decided, think different, and a thanks
- March—lookin’ good, maybe in a tree, LOL, and SHAFF
- April—salida in ’14, winter parks, outdoorsy, coffee with a tang, mother earth, blog to com, and bounding
- May—one trailer, two trailers, one trailer
- June—feel it, la grande, thunder rv, bobolink, options, sun, snow! and tweaked for us
- July—this and that and my 2nd goat
- August—$1000 town run for groceries, option error, a flock of chicks, one cowpie and a lookout
- September—my first chicks, apprehension and a little help
- October—back in Utah, mutant fungus, room with a view, and mega box
- November—solo trailer and last RV, but…
- December—third goat, stranded solstice, recreation vehicles, and loser
2014
- January—pretty much does it for electric hookups, rigs,
staying warm and the first of 12 olios - February—new people, 40’, life/wintering in the 17K, boomerangs, and PLBs
- March—park model, rick’s ’66, 4 miles an hour, and a kindle
- April—learning curves, Evangeline, and shadows
- May—this and that, stuck in the parks, manzano state park and anchor dates
- June—stay cool, online drawback, and back to the life
- July—3-week hard-wall camping stints off-the-grid and music
- August—more on the July page, at the water’s edge, hard-wall camping, floor vents and housework exercise, salads, sawdust, and close encounters (predators)
- September—14,000’, how long can a short move take! parallel universe, woodpecker II, hiking, potential full-timers, and a bud room
- October—back in Utah, freedom for M&M, tires, night sky, 4th camera, conversation, and artwork
- November—wuss, soaring, stickers, under the sun and moon, and Susan’s photos with captions
- December—Buddha, felis catus and cervidae, first nuke, two sides of dull, spaces in-between, printers, car talk, and a singing nun
2015
- January—kickass classical, never stand still, 5 goats, lesson for the teacher, kayaks, and bet I can put on more clothing than you
- February—65, dead people, peaches and peas, wonder, body armor, and stepping stones
- March—shillelagh, hikers, photo contest, and 52 days
- April—back to Bisbee V, my first flock of ducks, cosmic catnip, RVwest, and hiking a gulch
- May—the norm, a note for my wife, two years with the Nash 17K, and the window
- June—couldn't-do-without and heading south
- July—sixth goat, time to re-watch, from pad to basket, back in the woods, orienteering, something it is not, what are the chances, big ball, and lost to posterity
- August—down and dirty in the sagebrush, skip it, up another 900’, germs, and charades
- September—Nash trailers, two lifestyles, spur roads, options, and a shadow
- October—paperbacks, opening cans, heifer, once more around the world, the note, a mystery solved, and futility
- November—stocking up, vertigo, butt huntin’, and too early for 34 degrees
- December—bags of what?! slippin’ n’ slidin’, you hear something? mini-book, and two photos
2016
- January—seventh goat, kn, Goliath, Uros, and the return of Cleo
- February—room without a view, back to Bisbee VI, Scorpion II, license @ 66, mulled wine, and music and the ostrich
- March—let me out, rat poot, roadrunners, half-mast, and too small to fight
- April—2nd flock, 3rd cat, pretty much a bust,
designated driver, sudoku, and it’s just starting - May—leak fix leak, 2-week limit, and horses
- June—meadow’s recovery, eighth goat, mega-fires and idiots, fireplace, and it was a dark and stormy night
- July—early morning wakeup call, frogs,rattlesnakes and cowpies,and in a barrel
- August—this and that
- September—here's a little story (my most read page)
- October—the graft
- November—back with Meadow and Mesa
- December—back on the vac
2017
- January—not quite enough
- February—kindle and almost time to head south
- March—now, maybe it has been enough
- April—once more, into the breech
- May—tumbleweed and a success
- June—back in the woods
- July—some medical tweaks and air pistols
- August—one year, finally back to sixty for sixty, armed to hike, and another ramble
- September—timberon
- October—timberon II
- November—21 miles, 38 degrees, 28% and another bobcat
- December—liberty, not so much and can gas
2018
2019
- January—groovy yurts, the arrow and the green book
- February—cold weather hummingbirds and wine bottles
- March—meerkat, leaf springs, quick link and snow
- April—CH751, being-dead, ice, uu and cinderblock
- May—sweethearts of rhythm, hitching a ride, and nubs
- June—it’s a wonderful life, Weed, coral reef
and OH NO - July—a few short bits and thoughts on a move
- August—eye catcher, last of coral, first and boink
- September—upset, 20 gauge, and smartest & dumbest
- October—new panels, a comeback, books & music, ford and paw prints
- November—karma, people, the boot and radiator & exhaust
- December—winkler, smokey and the solstice
2020
- January —a grain of salt
- February—sportpet, driver safety, do the math and ESPP
- March— back to the lifestyle and intermittent fasting
- April— bondic, PCO and incentive
- May— grateful, mice, new solar, sandisk and the roof
- June—summer spot, brella and playbook
- July—tire table, masks and voodoo
- August—more sky than I want
- September—second best and RVers with rubber roofs
- October—polish, more color, snow and 1st park
- November—could have started off better
- December—time out and mile marker
- January—mishmash, Dragon, flip & rotate and rainbow
- February—Dragon and lack of access
- March—flat (no, not that kind), cemetery and the spaceship
- April—neighbors and the spaceship
- May—trees and get outside
- June—young buck, log-tow, sunshade-mesh and the temple
- July—not much
- August—identify, barking and screaming, and turkeys—long time comin’
- September—jaguar, Bike Works and SC status
- October—double guano
- November—Orion, SC status, wine visits and a joke
- December—tree of hope, property, solstice and sloth ropes
- January—bob&brad, good morning and mondays
- February—one last warm day, the estate, a mishap and no more PO
- March—wringer, post driver, and back in Timberon
- April—new canopy and a greenhouse
- May—dragging logs, standing tall and closed forest
- June—doe ears, gettin’ hot, bozos and words from the past
- July—rooster and scoop & scoot
- August—stomp, mesa’s posture and parenting advice
- September—gold weed and do something once
- October—the shiner
- November—new sticker
- December—let there be light, solstice and dancing in the movies
- January—elementary, Tom Swift and last month’s solstice
- February—acts of kindness and caramels
- March—timberon visit and been here done this
- April—harissa, André Rieu and two strong friends
- May—laundry, pins, last cast and propane
- June—balance
- July—jake and jenny
- August—another mishmash
- September—blurry, diner, javelina and needle
- October—last turkeys and the library
- November—Swiss, talked at and dysfunctional
- December—solstice, new tenant, and sci-fi
- January—old life, old books and raccoons
- February—mouse and gifts
- March—Scooter
- April, May, June and July
- August—trimming excess, Air, walk-around, bone conduction and probably should
- September, October and November
I tend to go back from time to time and add to past entries. Sometimes it’s new paragraphs on something else I thought of and sometimes it’s changes to what I originally wrote. I might have changed the way I look at something or how I do something. Sometimes it’s more info on a particular area where I camp. Whatever, things change and so does this text.
This is my fourth RV and my 2013 upgrade—a Northwood Nash 17K.
If you don’t tell, it will come true.
RVwest article ‘Following a Free Spirit’
RVwest article ‘The Spaces Between the Places’
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