by Al Christensen | Sep 20, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
THE SOLITAIRE APP on my phone is kind enough to inform me when a particular shuffle has no solution. “No useful moves detected,” it says. I love that phrasing. No useful moves. “Sure,” it implies, “you could keep moving cards around, hoping for a breakthrough, if that...
by Al Christensen | Sep 18, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy
ONE DAY I CLIMBED approximately a hundred feet up by way of a series of paved switchback ramps. About a third of the way along it became drudgery. Two days later I climbed approximately a hundred feet up into a geologic formation by way of a vague foot path through...
by Al Christensen | Sep 17, 2022 | Oregon, Photography
Dune day — 6 June 2015 — Newport, Oregon style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7662527707655081" data-ad-slot="8472325861" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7662527707655081"...
by Al Christensen | Sep 15, 2022 | Build-Outs
WHO ELSE OUT THERE IS OLD ENOUGH to remember plastic slipcovers? Is it still a thing? I sort of understood why some folks had them. They didn’t want the kids staining the brocade davenport with grape juice. They didn’t want Dad’s Brylcreem leaving a grease patch on...
by Al Christensen | Sep 13, 2022 | Electrical
SO, YOU’VE ASSESSED YOUR ELECTRICAL NEEDS, weighed the alternatives, familiarized yourself with the pros and cons, and decided a 1,000 Watt portable inverter generator is the best answer for you. But woo-mama! Nearly a thousand bucks for the popular Honda...
by Al Christensen | Sep 11, 2022 | Build-Outs, Staying Clean
I SAW THIS CONVERSION VAN at the Rubber Tramp Rendezvous a couple of years ago, I think. I wish I knew who owned it so I could give them credit for this imaginative shower setup and for being bold enough to bathe...
by Al Christensen | Sep 10, 2022 | Nevada, Skoolies
International Car Forest of the Last Church — 13 May 2017 — Goldfield, Nevada style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7662527707655081" data-ad-slot="8472325861" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display:block"...
by Al Christensen | Sep 7, 2022 | Fifth Wheels, RVs, Travel Trailers
First, a story BACK IN COLLEGE I worked as a cook at a fish & chips joint. Since I had worked at a different location of the chain during high school, I was sufficiently experienced to act as an occasional junior assistant quasi-manager. So on the night of a...
