One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to define thee,If I were to lose that Ring, in the darkness she would bind me. J.R.R. Tolkien (slightly modified) Ari and wife 1/3 were speeding west along I-10 in their ’88 Mercury Tracer hatchback. The cargo area in the back was full to the brim with suitcases. The back seat was full with a three year old toddler and a two month old baby. They were about three hours out of…
I’m a published author! Woohoo! I can’t believe it. I actually conceived an idea, wrote about it, finished writing about it, had it edited, did re-writes, did more editing, and published it! It’s been two years in the making but among the many other DOA projects I started, this one is finished! I know I’ve talked about working on this novel a few times before, but for the newbies I’ll just post my book summary below. A man and his…
I know it’s been a minute since I posted anything, so here you go. It’s not going to be much. Just another The RVidiots video. This one has a loose connection to COVID in that the virus was believed to have originated from the consumption of a bat, and this video features bats (or does it?) See for yourself. It’s 30 minutes, which I know is too long for you fast paced blog readers, so I’ve included a table of…
By the title of this post you might think I was going to tell you a story about catching someone in a military uniform that they didn’t earn. Nope, this is a different stolen valor story. My valor was stolen by a 20something year old dude who ran the local arcade in my hometown. Our fulltime RV life has brought us back around to my hometown of Marshall, TX where we are hanging around mooch docking off my parents for…
The newest The RVidiots video is out. I managed to edit this one down to 25 minutes. Some people were complaining challenged by the excessive run times of the previous videos. I won’t name names, *coughrivercoughgirl*, but now you can fit it into your busy schedules. If you like it don’t forget to give it a thumbs up on YouTube and consider subscribing. It’s totally free and I won’t sell your information; much.
Finally got around to editing the kagillion hours of video I have. This one is our time in Texas. Enjoy, pardner!
Remember back when I had big plans for The Hundred Year Old Beer and Arnie the Armadillo? Well, I haven’t been very good at keeping to those plans. Poor old HYOB and Arnie have sat in the rig while Michelle and I have been out exploring. I recently remedied that situation when we visited Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. Take a gander… Now we will return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
This is just a short post to remember this day 19 years ago. I looked back over my blog and saw that I have never posted about 9/11 and I think I have been remiss. Some people want to forget it ever happened. I am not one of those people. I will never forget, and I don’t think anyone should. This is not a political post. It’s a post to remember that horrific day and to honor the heroes that…
If you spend time in the outdoors, eventually something will go wrong. It’s a law of nature. But if you survive, those epic failures become the best stories! We’ve all read about amazing accomplishments in the wild, but now it’s time to tell us about the not-so-great times and what you learned from them. Share your best #EpicTrailFail stories on your own page, include this paragraph as a header, and then provide a link in the comments [here] or [here]….
I finished my novel! Woohoo! I’ve already written a number of short stories and kind of a running memoir, and I’ve even started several novels, but I have never finished any of them. Until now. Just the other day I wrote the words The End and it took me a minute to realize what I had accomplished. It’s been over a year in the making. Sometimes the words flew from my fingers at an alarming pace. Sometimes I had to…