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January 2023 | Valle de Guadalupe 

Hola Mis Amigos! The quick VL update:   We are currently in La Paz, Baja California Sur. Rusty is in the shop for some TLC. Read about our stay in Valle de Guadalupe and LA CETTO Winery. You can buy this wine on SJI! Save $200 until Feb.15th on the...

January 2023 | Baja

Hola Mis Amigos! The quick VL update:   We are in Baja California Sur. Towns we have camped in so far: Valle de Guadalupe, South of San Felipe in the Gulf of California, Guerrero Negro, South of Mulege at Playa El Burro, Ciudad Constitucion. We are all...

January 2023 | Prep for Baja

The quick VL (Van-Life) update:   Life on the Road has its ups and downs. This week more downs than ups. Snuggling is its own luxurious form of meditation. It just cured the funk I was in. If you need a mood adjustment, find a buddy to snuggle...

January 2023 | Southern Cali

Happy 2023 everyone!! The quick VL (Van-Life) update:   We are headed to OB (Ocean Beach) California today. A cool, funky beach town outside of San Diego.  We spent New Years Eve/Day camping in what was called the "atmospheric river" of California....

Dec 2022 | West-Coast

Joshua Tree Hello Community!The quick VL (Van-Life) update:   We are back on the West Coast. Seeing the Pacific Ocean once again was exceptional. The desert is gorgeous. We camped and hiked in Joshua Tree National Park. See below. Rusty is still doing...

Dec 2022 | FB hacked + White Sands

White Sands National Park The bullet-point version:  We are back in New Mexico White Sands National Park is incredible, put it on your bucket list! Rusty is doing great! Peter thinks she is driving better than ever.  Bummer news: my FB and instagram have...

November 2022 | New Mexico to Texas

It's a classic PNW rainy day but we are in Texas : (  Life on the Road in bullet points:  Amazing camping spots in Arizona and New Mexico  We got COVID in Santa Fe  Austin is SO lively, creative and cool  Traveling while sick is no fun  Grateful...

Paused in Cali, the new adventure

Me and My Pops This is my pops and I taking a fun convertible ride through the Sierra Nevada mountains here in Northern Cali. Yep, we are still here in California. Last I wrote we were making final preparations for our drive to New Mexico. Now, we are waiting for...

Sept. 2022 | 21 days of meditation

When I look up from my computer, hummingbirds are buzzing around, blue jay calls are in the background, massive Ponderosa Pines and Manzanita bushes in the foreground. The morning September temperature is just right, cool enough to have a light sweater on and when the...

When you feel like chaotic mush 

Carless - Cali Life - Explaining Chaotic Mush - Donation Based Classes The picture above is from a dear friend and student, Diane, I drove my Audi to her home in West Seattle where the car stayed until the next day. On August 31st I officially became carless and Diane...