My son and I intercepted the total solar eclipse on April 8. It was even more remarkable — larger, darker, spookier — than the only other we’ve seen in Wyoming in 2017. We were relatively unprepared for the one seven years ago (eye protection, yes; ways to capture the experience, not really). But since then […]
Continue ReadingThe Terror Tourist is my occasional segment on the Heavy Leather Horror Show, a weekly podcast about all things horror out of Salem, Massachusetts. (Segment begins at 12:12, but you’ll enjoy the whole thing!) These segments are also available as an email newsletter. Sign up here, if interested. Hail and well met, travelers! I am […]
Continue ReadingThis is a tale of towing a camper trailer 4,000+ miles with an electric vehicle. When the summer vacation idea to tool around the Western USA in an RV first was hatched it was pretty traditional. We didn’t own an RV, so we’d rent one, probably a big gas-guzzler that we’d drive around like a […]
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