Moose and I took the short 3 mile hike from our camp, up the Aspen Alley trail which then connects to the Whoop-Di-Do trail leading us back to Big Blue waiting in the shade of the pine. The Aspen Alley part of the trail really lived up to it’s name....
Just outside of Nederland, Colorado is West Magnolia Campground in the National Forest. I had never been here before, only just spotting it on the map the week before, so it became the target of my weekend out of the city. An early Friday morning drive up was to secure...
It is the final leg of this summer’s urban camping festivities. In 6 weeks my temp work commitment will expire freeing me up to get back on the road. To celebrate, I go up the mountains this weekend for a much needed trip away from asphalt and civilization.
Since the 2014 rebuild, where I lost a fair amount of storage space, Big Blue has been in need of some extra cargo carrying capacity, mainly for the extra fuel and propane that should not be carried inside the van. The plan was to better utilize the top of the...
With my departure date quickly approaching (whoo!) I am have begun working on all the paperwork to stay out of Colorado for 12-18 months. My passport was due to expire in December and with another trip to Mexico over the winter along with the drive through Canada to get to...
Back in January of this year, Brian (of Aluminarium) showed me his very cool sling-pack; the VSlinger by Vanquest. Since then I have desperately wanted one but as luck would have Vanquest had just discontinued the VSlinger. Vanquest was in the process of creating ‘version 2’ so I was forced...
One of the great things about camping here at the Moose Lodge is that I get new neighbors each week. This week was Andy and Diane Hitzel from Pottsville Pennsylvania in their Bounder Class-A, who have been full-timing since the late 90’s. During the few days we were neighbors we...
It has been 3 months since I have returned to the Longmont Moose Lodge. Upon arrival, I figured I would be gone within 5 to 6 weeks, but the unexpected temp work lured me in to stay the whole summer. Once again, same as last year, my projected departure date...
I played hooky from work today and went across town to Union Reservoir where the 35th annual Kinetic Sculpture Race was happening. What is a Kinetic Sculpture Race? “Teams build human powered vehicles that must complete a course that goes over land, water, and various other obstacles (both intended and...
