I am writing this outside Laredo, Texas, about 600 miles southeast of El Paso, listening to the incessant and haunting calls of a Pauraque. This nocturnal bird is characteristic of the subtropical habitat along the lower Rio Grande. Like several other species with similar ecological preferences, here it is close to the northwesternmost extent of […]
Category: News/Updates
At Last!
The new year did not start well. I woke up January 1 with symptoms like those of a urinary tract infection I had 30 years ago. As we did not yet have a primary care physician in Texas, I went to a clinic, where they told me I did not have a UTI, but there […]
South Texas Interlude
It was not easy, but we are now Texans. Most people never have to worry about defining their state of residence, as it is obvious from their job and/or housing location, but when living in an RV, it is not so straightforward. We wanted the transition to be very clear so that our new truck […]
Trials and Tribulations
Our first big step in the retirement transition was turning our current pickup camper over to an RV dealer, in mid-July, to be sold on commission. We spent an exhausting weekend unpacking it and cleaning the interior and exterior of the camper and the truck as they had never been cleaned before. Pickup campers can […]
Preparations and Plans
There are an estimated 200,000 people in the U.S. who live full-time in a camper, but very few live in something as small as a pickup camper. I’d guess the number is in the hundreds. There are probably two main issues: living space and storage space. The former can be addressed by spending as much […]
Nomadic Naturalists 