July 2016 Nostalgia Tour

Through the wonders of Facebook I came to know that Durrett High School, Class of ’66 is having its 50th Reunion (!!) on July 23 back in good ole Louisville Ky. I took this as the universe telling me it was … Continued

Wow, I hadn’t realized how much the sun was messing up my mornings. Slept till 10 in the cool, dark quiet of the east side of the lake. Tonight and tomorrow are going to be stressful, so it is hard … Continued

Beautiful day here by the river. Practically every group of campers has a collection of water sport boats and boards – mostly wind surfers and sailboards. The Gorge is effing windy most of the time, so wind surfing is a big deal around … Continued

Leaving day.  I’ve gotten pretty good at remembering all my s–t leaving other people’s homes, knock on metal. Collect all the random clothes, shoes, toiletries, maps, electronic gizmos (and more?) that I’ve brought upstairs over four days, and bag ’em … Continued

Hit the low 40s last night, my heat actually came on! I’ll bet that’s quite a bit colder than many of my hundreds of neighbors here at Gros Ventre were prepared for in mid-July. It’s gloomy and spitting occasional rain … Continued

The Black Hills are stressful. Traffic everywhere all the time. I knew I didn’t have a great chance of scoring a campsite in the Badlands on Friday night, but I did have just enough hope of doing so to add … Continued

Another hot, humid morning. It’s not really my thing. The lsat few days have made me very mosquito-averse, so I am apprehensive about opening my doors to the world, but there’s really not very many bugs up here on the heights today … Continued

I eventually emerge with my bags from in my quiet, dark downstairs hideaway. I am planning to go directly to a coffee place in downtown Corydon, a four minute drive, so all there is to do is say goodbye to my excellent cousin … Continued

My green hammock blends in with the forest so well that I thought it was gone for five minutes or so, thinking evil thoughts about my neighbors. Dumbass me. After a pleasant morning of trip planning, I batten down the … Continued

When I followed the one-way loop out of the campground to leave, there are indeed nicer sites right on the little river at the back of the loop. I hadn’t really processed it because of the menacing (to me) dude … Continued