I’m camping again, but not really on the road. Ever since we both knew we would be on the east coast, my friend Dylan and I have been planning to meet up. He was able to transcend Reno by getting … Continued
I am pretty committed to not taking freeways to get places, but it’s taking its toll on me. Today, Sunday afternoon about 4pm, my plan is to drive to western New Jersey, which was the other place I considered meeting … Continued
Another adequate night at the Walmart. This was the least aesthetic of them all. I coulda put up my curtain and snapped in my window cover, but I just didn’t feel like it, so it was too bright (and too … Continued
Spent the night in my reasonably quiet Walmart parking lot with at least ten flies in my van. That’s how many I can see right now while typing this. I think I got all the mosquitoes during the last leg … Continued
Left Peggy’s about 1pm. Blew an hour trying to find the AAA office in Wheaton. If I wasn’t addicted to AAA maps I would blow those suckers off. Their whole routine gets more and more shabby every year as far … Continued
Ekim’s name is of course really Mike. That was a grade school thing, the kind of humor that appeals to 10 year old boys. He’s got a lovely house in the woodsy burbs of Chapel Hill, which I have visited … Continued
Goose Creek State Park – Thank you very much Mike and Carol for that extra night. The ranger says it was essentially a gale here last night, very cold with sustained, hard-blowing rain, and I say it is perfectly clear … Continued
I fixed my camera this morning, woo hoo! The Surf Sports store beams wifi to their funky little campground, so I spent a lot of the evening googling phrases like canon powershot shutter opening. Turns out many people have had … Continued
Ok, three separate observed instances make it true: every female Applebee’s bartender wears a black top and blue jeans and that black top is cut to maximize boobage. Not complainin’, just observin’. The implacable predictability of American shopping culture has … Continued
Last night I also downloaded a couple of find wifi near here apps, which are quite a bit better than the sports bar apps, but nowhere near as good as my find a campsite app which gives me the 411 … Continued