Jul 072016
 

Note: This story ran in a previous edition of the Gypsy Journal. Rising eerily out of the prairie along U.S. Highway 385 a few miles north of Alliance, Nebraska, a cluster of gray forms, arranged haphazardly, draws the eye. “What is that?’ you ask yourself. Then, as you draw closer, you realize that what you […]

Jul 222010
 

After boondocking in the parking lot overnight, we pulled out of the Flying J in North Platte, Nebraska just after 9 a.m. and headed east on Interstate 80. There were some clouds overhead, but no rain coming down. For years I have driven under the huge wooden arch that spans Interstate 80, near Kearney, Nebraska, […]

Jul 212010
 

As I wrote in yesterday’s blog, I was a bit apprehensive about tackling the steep downgrades along Interstate 70 as we headed toward Denver. The exhaust brake on our Winnebago diesel pusher just doesn’t have the same effect as the Jake brake did on our MCI bus conversion. Dennis Hill from the RV Driving School […]

Jul 172010
 

We slept in yesterday morning, taking advantage of the calm before the storm of activity this weekend, when Terry’s son Casey marries his lady love, Leslie.  River Dance RV Resort has cinnamon rolls on some mornings, and Rusty and Rebecca, in the office, had insisted we allow them to treat us to a couple, as […]

Jul 092010
 

After saying our goodbyes to Dennis and Irma, the managers at Crossroads RV Park in Wells, Nevada, we left yesterday morning at 10 a.m. and drove east on Interstate 80. We only had 180 miles to go, so it was an easy day on the road. Terry loves taking pictures as we travel, and she’s […]