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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

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

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

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

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 have been (happily) sleeping on real beds and spending most of my time in places other than the van for the last two weeks, but today I’m getting back into the road rhythm a little bit. The day looked … Continued

Dave took me along on his Saturday errands.  First we visited his sailboat, up in drydock for the winter.  It was very interesting, especially now that I have the van and have many of the same issues as him, propane … Continued

It’s soooo easy to stay at Tony and Joyces’  forever, because it is so comfortable and they are so welcoming, but I finally tore myself away to visit that most iconic of Massachusetts destinations, Cape Cod.  It was a really … Continued

In the recurring theme department, in the aftermath of every reunion I’ve attended I feel that I have horribly mismanaged my time and missed many opportunities.  I think this is a manifestation of my chronic FMS syndrome (Fear of Missing … Continued