Epic Trip 2016 – The Plan
On March 17, 2016 by Jay McCormickThe planning phase for Epic Trip 2016 is essentially complete. There could be a tweak here and there, but the unknown is what makes it exciting. Departing late May and returning late August and includes our first work kamper adventure at Devils Tower KOA (excited about this!!!). We’ll visit 14 states including 8 states we haven’t
Bunkhouse Privacy Curtains
On March 16, 2016 by Jay McCormickSince our kids continually tell us that they are “almost teenagers” (they’re 11 and 9) we decided to do them a huge favor and implement some privacy for each of their respective areas in the bunkhouse. Our true motivation for doing this mod was to cover and control the perpetual “pre-teen” chaos and clutter. Plus,
Air Force One & Sideswiped
On March 12, 2016 by Jay McCormickAfter spending a night at Bastrop State Park we headed out to Jellystone Park Wine Country near Fredericksburg. As we approached the highway 71 exit near Austin’s Bergstrom Airport the police had the road in both directions shut down. I figured there was a major accident. Then we heard the rumble of a jet approaching
Go-Day
On March 7, 2016 by Jay McCormickI’m sitting on my patio in suburbia drinking a yuppie beer looking at a starless sky and listening to sirens nearby and asking myself why the hell do we do this. We’ve been doing a lot of this kind of thinking lately (for the past couple of years actually). We escaped the cookie cutter life