Category: New York

Despite the generator and bright exterior lights from the RV next to us, it felt like I had been asleep for at least a couple hours when the sound of something crawling around on our picnic table awoke me. Shit. I listened for a few seconds, and there it was again, the unmistakable sound of…

This morning we were due for the first rain we’ve had in a while. A few sprinkles before we got up weren’t enough to even wet the tent, and the oak-leaf litter carpeting our campsite is a pretty forgiving surface when it rains. We moved under the nearby pavilion, now quiet and empty after yesterday’s…

A couple weeks ago we celebrated the anniversary of our nomadacy (our third), and today comes our wedding anniversary (our sixth)! That means we have been nomads for four of our six anniversaries, but this is only the second when we’ve spent the day in motion. And as good as that day in Oregon forests…

When we woke in the morning I could hear the Boy Scout group gathering again near the bathrooms and the pavilion, but when I went to pee it was clear that the three SUVs were all packed and they were heading out soon. So we moved over to the pavilion to do breakfast, partly because…

We didn’t know how long we’d be welcomed to stay at Luke and Andrea’s, but we wanted to spend as much time as we could getting to know this relatively-uncontacted segment of our tribe without burdening them (and, we still needed a break), so we hoped for at least three days. Well, then there was…