Last update from the road, but only just barely. So why the hell would I stop in Asheville, about 50 minutes from home?  Damned if I know, talk to Roberta Verona, it was her idea. The last mechanical problem, that “missing,” or just not wanting to take the gas uphills, particularly after running for awhile,…

I already mentioned the problem with long drives–plenty of time to think of great things to say, but they leave my tiny head before I get a chance to write them down.  Another problem is that I keep rolling into campsites at one, two, maybe three in the morning, and really don’t feel like doing…

I did Oregon wall-to-wall in a day yesterday. Roberta Verona has seemed as though she wants to run, so I’ve given in to the request.  I went far past the distance I was expecting yesterday, and I’ve already got three hours worth under my belt today.  I expect that will be the first of three…

Last night on the Oregon Coast.  In some ways, the last night of the trip, because I think the rest is starting to look like one long drive. I had wanted to get to the Northeast, but it’s just not in the cards this time around. I knew it was going to be a long…

Well, I’m still in Newport.  Apparently, getting an existential imperative to get out has little practical weight when compared to the necessities of laundry, full holding tanks, and an RV full of junk just tossed around over the past week.  And when I told them I was staying one more night, they told me that…

I met a girl today. But actually, that happened pretty late in the day.  Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.  Let’s put the horse up front there. The vets in Lincoln City were finally open today, so I took Stray Boy in for a once over.  I’d already bought ear mite medicine, and the vet…

I guess approaching ten o’clock on the left coast qualifies for late night.  I’m in The Chalet, a restuarant and bakery, for the second time.  Both times I’ve not been feeling particularly well, and both times I’ve been eating a meal inappropriate for the time I chose to eat it. The first time through Newport,…

Things I’ve noticed. If I have people around, I don’t do updates very often, nor are the updates very long.  “People,” in this case, can mean friends from home, new friends I’ve just met, or real time internet friends, when I’ve had an active connection (just twice so far, unfortunately).  In addition to not writing…

Well, Mark is going to kill me. Late last night, there was an addition to the clan.  Mark had barely learned to tolerate Scout when Kato showed up, and now… He doesn’t have a name yet.  Cats will usually name themselves if you give them the chance (although if he keeps clawing at the laptop,…