The Burr Trail and Capitol Reef “I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning to the end. He noted first came the date of the birth and spoke the following date with tears. But he said what…
Tag: WRōV
Shangri La-Sals
This entry is an excerpt from my book, Forget That I’m Dying. One thing I can be grateful to COVID-19 for is its encouragement to find activities where we’re isolated and self-contained, and no activity does that better than camping. Addie and I realized that during our Pacific Northwest Tour, lighting from boondock to campground,…
Bucket List: Glacier and Remission
Building the Tahoe into the WRōV occupied much of my time and was a great distraction from the chemo effects. By the first week of May I had most of the big modifications done, from the drive-train to the roof rack to the spare tire swing-arm to the drawer system insert in the back with…
Before MCL/After MCL
When I got the call on that February 5th with my results and diagnosis I was sitting behind the wheel of this thing, getting ready to take it out for one last test drive before I handed over the check. Instead I sat there, stunned at the turn my life had just taken. Certainly this wasn’t…
Cornering Consciousness 