The RV Life

Disclaimer: BC Ferries and Camping and RVing in BC sponsored our travels. Peter and Kelly are still asleep in their bunks. I’m in the back alcove, it’s almost a real bedroom. Kelly has the fold out couch in the kitchen/living area, and Peter is in the bunk over the cab. We skipped out on our …


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Beachcombing in the Gulf Islands

Disclaimer: BC Ferries and Camping and RVing in BC sponsored our travels. Craggy shoreline, scooped out little coves lined with shells. Sometimes, it’s all smooth pebbles, other times, ground up shells with bits of purple from the mussels. The water has been glassy and green black, the sky gray to blue as the rain cleared …


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Postcard from the Rig

Disclaimer: BC Ferries and Camping and RVing in BC sponsored our travels. It’s big. It’s silver and maroon. And it’s upholstered in many shades of brown and tan with oak front cabinets and parts that slide out to make it even bigger. It’s got outlets and burners and a toaster, even, which you have to …


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British Columbia, Here We Come.

It’s many months back that I got the pitch mail from BC Tourism. Camping is in, it said, or something like that, and BC is an awesome place to camp. I summarize, of course, they were considerably more poetic, as those pitching tourism are wont to be. The crux of the matter was this: Did …


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Fallen Towers, Broken Hearts

It is easy, with a handful of years behind us, to say that on September 11, 2001, everything changed. It is easy to look back and see ourselves shifted into shadow and grief as though in that one horrible moment, something black crossed in front of the sun. And for some it is true, it …


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Seattle Weekend

One of my favorite humans finally made his inaugural visit — accompanied by his excellent companion — to Seattle last weekend. We roamed the city, ate really good food, and looked at things. I took a few pictures.