Saturday 4/27 Big Bend National Park to Marathon, TX The lesser of Big Bends campsites, we decided we’d abandon our Rio Grande Village campsite in search of butter things. Our usually relaxed morning was hastened by a righteous ranger telling us our tents location would be irrigated soon. How soon? Well...the water should’ve been here … Continue reading The Daily – We Got the Bends

Thursday 4/25 Lost Maples to Amistad National Recreation Area, Del Rio, TX While my image of Texas is dry, sandy cowboy eyes, I admit there is more to it. Anything that large has to have at least two things going on. I find that Texas has four things goin on-- swampy swemps in the east, … Continue reading The Daily – Shelob’s Maples

If you haven’t been to Austin, I’d recommend it. If you have, you know about the food and the music and the people, so I don’t need to tell you about it. The only thing worth saying about Austin at this point is that it is changing quickly. If you want to know what it … Continue reading The Daily (ish) – Austin, TX

In terms of cocktails, mixing fear with confusion produces a seriously rough morning. Such was my first alligator gar experience. Fish or gator, it remains unknown. A long, thin, pointy jaw brimming with serrated teeth torpedoing towards the already deflating raft. A bright yellow plastic paddle fleeing before poising for fight. It was over. What … Continue reading Aside – The Alligator Gar

Thursday 4/11 - Friday 4/12 New Orleans, Louisiana The barrage of insects didn’t stop on that dreaded eve. However, our wake up call was significantly less insidious. Slug bugs slip slided all over the slippery sleek walls of our tent and we woke to their squishsquelchsquanch song. A second chance for the French Quarter. Equipped … Continue reading The Daily – Imagine Sliding Through a Tuba, Covered in Butter

Tuesday 4/9 Blackwater Florida - De Soto National Forest Mississippi Truth be told, I had my doubts about the south. Alabama in particular is a spoopydoopy place in my imaginings, full of chewing tobacco and risings again. However, the good ole boys have done the vanish life right. This is the land of a Planet … Continue reading The Daily – InMobile

Monday 4/8 Talladega Natl Forest, AL - Blackwater Florida We woke to a wet tent, potatoes, and Tajin. Today was a day for driving, so we started to drive. At a gas station outside Montgomery two things occurred to me. Firstly, that the greatest premiere event in TV History was less than a week away. … Continue reading To Pimp Alabama

Saturday 4/6 Pisgah Natl Forest, NC - Chattahoochee Natl Forest, GA No matter how you live, some days are hard and some are easy. I know this is not a novel or exciting idea but, somehow, people forget. Anyway, this day, the sweet sweet sixth, was one of the easiest. Drawn to Asheville by hip … Continue reading Easy Ashy Ville