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I'm not a delusional lunatic who thinks I'm living in the Victorian era or anything. I just don't really like air conditioning. Or heaters. Or generators. And I prefer a good fire to electric light. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/07/elvis-has-left-building" title="Elvis Has Left the Building"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/elvis-gone.jpg" alt="Elvis Has Left the Building" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/07/elvis-has-left-building" class="u-url" title="Elvis Has Left the Building">Elvis Has Left the Building</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-07-02T10:06:48">July <span>2, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.963774457452075">33.963774457452075</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40132707900412">-83.40132707900412</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + It's not that I have anything against the king, it's that I don't have anything at all, no feelings one way or the other on Elvis, so he came out and won't be going back in. The walls, ceiling and floor of the Travco are also coming out. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/06/big-blue-bus" title="The Big Blue Bus"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/bluebus.jpg" alt="The Big Blue Bus" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/06/big-blue-bus" class="u-url" title="The Big Blue Bus">The Big Blue Bus</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-06-10T12:52:36">June <span>10, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Asheville Area</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">North Carolina</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="35.82050050961864">35.82050050961864</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-82.54565948803042">-82.54565948803042</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Change of plans, sold the trailer, bought a 1969 Dodge Travco, the coolest vehicle ever made. The first few corners were nerve-wracking, the kind of white knuckled terror-inducing driving I haven't done since the very first time I sat down behind a wheel. Or the time I claimed I could ride a motorcycle when I actually had no clue. It all works out in the end.
+ + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/05/ode-outdoor-shower" title="Ode to the Outdoor Shower"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/outdoor-shower.jpg" alt="Ode to the Outdoor Shower" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/05/ode-outdoor-shower" class="u-url" title="Ode to the Outdoor Shower">Ode to the Outdoor Shower</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-05-20T22:13:19">May <span>20, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">St. George Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.660804289800733">29.660804289800733</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.86735815332483">-84.86735815332483</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The outdoor shower may be one of life's greatest joys. Certainly it makes for memorable showers. I have fond memories of sunshowers hung from the mast of a sailboat, the slick mossy wood of an outdoor shower in Laos, the cold marble of bucket showers in India, the sandy tile of the beach showers where I grew up.
+ + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/05/big-long-week" title="A Big Long Week"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/bigweek.jpg" alt="A Big Long Week" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/05/big-long-week" class="u-url" title="A Big Long Week">A Big Long Week</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-05-18T12:36:06">May <span>18, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">St. George Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.660095736315927">29.660095736315927</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.86705774591675">-84.86705774591675</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Whenever Lilah and Olivia want to convey long lengths of time they use the phrase "in a big long week". As in, "we have not had any cookies in a big long week." A big long week could be anywhere from two days to over a year. In this case we had two big long weeks on the island. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/05/tates-hell" title="Tate's Hell"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/tates-hell.jpg" alt="Tate's Hell" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/05/tates-hell" class="u-url" title="Tate's Hell">Tate’s Hell</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-05-15T09:55:27">May <span>15, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Tate’s Hell</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.854238614588233">29.854238614588233</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.8141645841502">-84.8141645841502</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Tate supposedly wandered out of his eponymous hell swamp and managed to say "my name is Cebe Tate, and I just came from Hell!" before promptly dropping dead. If you're like me you're not going to take this legend very seriously. You're going to think, pshaw, swamps are fun, how bad can this one be? As it happens, if you're not prepared, it can be pretty bad. Especially in Yellow Fly season. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/05/were-here" title="We're Here"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/bigoak.jpg" alt="We're Here" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/05/were-here" class="u-url" title="We're Here">We’re Here</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-05-07T20:55:59">May <span>7, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Thomasville</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="30.841040782644317">30.841040782644317</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.98170346556772">-83.98170346556772</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Right now the girls call everywhere "here". This greatly simplifies the whole "are we there yet" dilemma of driving with children. That's not the question. On the drive down here to St. George Island they would ask "are we here yet?" To which Corrinne and I would answer, "yes, we are here." They're young enough that they let us get away with that. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/04/coming-home" title="Coming Home"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/Yellowstone.jpg" alt="Coming Home" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/04/coming-home" class="u-url" title="Coming Home">Coming Home</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-04-19T21:53:23">April <span>19, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95742966190523">33.95742966190523</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40147728270863">-83.40147728270863</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I am happy to report that, despite a sketchy tow hookup that doesn't lock to the ball, some last-minute wiring snafus, a considerable amount of dry rot on one tire and of course the fact that it still isn't registered, I did nevertheless succeed in getting our 1969 Yellowstone back to our house. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/04/the-poison-youve-been-dreaming-of" title="The Poison You’ve Been Dreaming Of"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/fucked.jpg" alt="The Poison You’ve Been Dreaming Of" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/04/the-poison-youve-been-dreaming-of" class="u-url" title="The Poison You’ve Been Dreaming Of">The Poison You’ve Been Dreaming Of</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-04-18T22:05:41">April <span>18, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95273082672748">33.95273082672748</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40319389647894">-83.40319389647894</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Everyday we go to the store and blithely buy things without ever thinking about how they got here or what the cost of these items might be. We trade our time (all we have) for money to buy things that are killing us and the people we love. And we consider this totally sane. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/04/down-the-river" title="Down The River"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/down-the-river2.jpg" alt="Down The River" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/04/down-the-river" class="u-url" title="Down The River">Down The River</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-04-13T12:29:10">April <span>13, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95799920005253">33.95799920005253</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.4382557327161">-83.4382557327161</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Rivers make the familiar foreign in an instant. For the entirety of this trip I almost no idea where I was in Athens. I floated through an area that I have lived in and explored off and on for almost 20 years now and yet all it takes to make it utterly unknown is looking at it from a waterway rather than the land. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/03/pig-roast" title="Pig Roast"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/pig-roast.jpg" alt="Pig Roast" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/03/pig-roast" class="u-url" title="Pig Roast">Pig Roast</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-03-22T09:58:14">March <span>22, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95240599235981">33.95240599235981</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.39672977275296">-83.39672977275296</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I was headed downtown about a week ago when I noticed a sign that said, "free pig roast". There are two types of people in this world, those who go to free pig roasts and <strike>vegans</strike> fools. Sign me up. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/03/schoolhouse" title="Schoolhouse"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/school.jpg" alt="Schoolhouse" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/03/schoolhouse" class="u-url" title="Schoolhouse">Schoolhouse</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-03-15T13:38:34">March <span>15, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Oconee County</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.76306639858435">33.76306639858435</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.43694681471746">-83.43694681471746</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Something called touch-a-truck that rolls through town, or just south of town at a place call Heritage Park, every year. It turns out to be pretty much what it sounds like: a place where kids can touch trucks — semi-trucks, fire engines, ambulances and more. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/02/ice-storm" title="Ice Storm"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/ice.jpg" alt="Ice Storm" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/02/ice-storm" class="u-url" title="Ice Storm">Ice Storm</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-02-26T11:13:55">February <span>26, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.94511246686547">33.94511246686547</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.37615722961178">-83.37615722961178</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I love storms, preferably summer storms with plenty of warm humid wind, lightning and the attendant thunder, but winter storms are nice too. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/02/walking-in-the-woods" title="Walking in the Woods"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/hiking.jpg" alt="Walking in the Woods" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/02/walking-in-the-woods" class="u-url" title="Walking in the Woods">Walking in the Woods</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-02-16T22:20:04">February <span>16, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.984367309819">33.984367309819</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.38138753719177">-83.38138753719177</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + It’s always struck me as strange that we have a separate word for walking in nature, hiking, as opposed to just walking. Is walking just too mundane? + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/01/purcell-wooden-toys" title="Purcell Wooden Toys"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/purcelltoys-tn.jpg" alt="Purcell Wooden Toys" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/01/purcell-wooden-toys" class="u-url" title="Purcell Wooden Toys">Purcell Wooden Toys</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-01-22T21:20:10">January <span>22, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.950381311835336">33.950381311835336</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.37821716613469">-83.37821716613469</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The evolution of toys in my opinion starts with what is still the greatest of all toys -- the stick. After that, I suggest my friend Chris's handcrafted wooden toys. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/01/sunrise" title="Sunrise"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/sunrise_tn.jpg" alt="Sunrise" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/01/sunrise" class="u-url" title="Sunrise">Sunrise</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-01-17T22:03:27">January <span>17, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.94724852440723">33.94724852440723</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.37856048888914">-83.37856048888914</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Watching the sun rise, coffee on the stove, light in the world. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/01/hoppin-john" title="Hoppin' John"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/hoppinjohn-tn.jpg" alt="Hoppin' John" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/01/hoppin-john" class="u-url" title="Hoppin' John">Hoppin’ John</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-01-02T13:49:46">January <span>2, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.93927363608245">33.93927363608245</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.38577026672033">-83.38577026672033</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + New Year's cynics are boring. What they miss is that, sure, the only meaning in New Years is what you bring to the table, but that’s true of every day you exist on this planet. So bring something to the table damn it. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/12/1969-yellowstone-trailer" title="Our New 1969 Yellowstone Trailer"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2014/yellowstone-trailer-1969-tn.jpg" alt="Our New 1969 Yellowstone Trailer" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/12/1969-yellowstone-trailer" class="u-url" title="Our New 1969 Yellowstone Trailer">Our New 1969 Yellowstone Trailer</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-12-29T13:29:19">December <span>29, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.955507442515085">33.955507442515085</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.39298004455148">-83.39298004455148</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + There are no real blank parts of the map anymore, to misquote Conrad, but there sure are a lot of empty spaces left. We intend to see some of them in our new (to us anyway) 1969 Yellowstone travel trailer. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/12/night-before" title="The Night Before"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2014/night-before.jpg" alt="The Night Before" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/12/night-before" class="u-url" title="The Night Before">The Night Before</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-12-19T19:02:23">December <span>19, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.947319725402615">33.947319725402615</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40491051024922">-83.40491051024922</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Every voyage has a night before. We tend to remember the excitement of the next morning, when our senses are on edge, hyper-aware and it's easy to be anchored in the now. But me, I like that night before. I like when you're still imagining what it might be like. Still trying to picture it all in your head, fit yourself into your own imagination. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/12/bourbon-bacon-bark" title="Bourbon Bacon Bark"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2014/bbbark.jpg" alt="Bourbon Bacon Bark" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/12/bourbon-bacon-bark" class="u-url" title="Bourbon Bacon Bark">Bourbon Bacon Bark</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-12-18T20:40:31">December <span>18, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.94981172269912">33.94981172269912</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.37375397033351">-83.37375397033351</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Searching for what the Danes call Hygge in the sugar deliciousness that is Bourbon Bacon Bark. Because you rarely go wrong with alliteration. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/11/creamed-corn" title="Creamed Corn"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2014/creamed-corn-sm.jpg" alt="Creamed Corn" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/11/creamed-corn" class="u-url" title="Creamed Corn">Creamed Corn</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-11-27T09:36:46">November <span>27, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95322920033558">33.95322920033558</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40053314513801">-83.40053314513801</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Creamed corn doesn't lend itself to showy food photography, but then neither do most Thanksgiving dishes. Strange holiday that one. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/11/colors" title="Colors"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2014/leaf.jpg" alt="Colors" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/11/colors" class="u-url" title="Colors">Colors</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-11-22T20:47:06">November <span>22, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.96668418436029">33.96668418436029</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.4123777801458">-83.4123777801458</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Autumn in the South is never as spectacular as is in New England. The colors here are neither as intense nor as long lasting. But still, it is our autumn, our season, our reminder. And this is by far the most colorful year of leaves that we’ve seen in 15 years. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/11/muffins" title="Muffins"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2014/muffins.jpg" alt="Muffins" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/11/muffins" class="u-url" title="Muffins">Muffins</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-11-16T14:45:03">November <span>16, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.96380115264605">33.96380115264605</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40128416365957">-83.40128416365957</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + When you're two years old everything in the world is new every day. Even things you saw yesterday look different, feel different, *are*, inexplicably, different today. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/11/memorial-park" title="Memorial Park"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2014/baxter-maine.jpg" alt="Memorial Park" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/11/memorial-park" class="u-url" title="Memorial Park">Memorial Park</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-11-09T20:30:48">November <span>9, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.926604399603534">33.926604399603534</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.3854269439668">-83.3854269439668</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Loons, Maine, Memorial Park. *What that sound is?* + </span> + </p> + </article> + </main> + <nav class="pagination"> + + <ul class="pages"> + <li class="current page">1</li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/2/" class="page">2</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/3/" class="page">3</a></li> + <li><a 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itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-08-12T19:49:50">August <span>12, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Nowhere</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Utah</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="-55.95445649483696">-55.95445649483696</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="108.54297879103399">108.54297879103399</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Unmarked, hard to find roads, cliff dwellings new and old, petroglyphs, and a kiva you can climb down into. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/08/dolores-river" title="Dolores River"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/dolores-river.jpg" alt="Dolores River" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/08/dolores-river" class="u-url" title="Dolores River">Dolores River</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-08-10T22:51:24">August <span>10, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Dolores River</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="37.660899397864696">37.660899397864696</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-108.73788112592959">-108.73788112592959</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + How a happy series of of breakdowns and detours got us to the Dolores River. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/08/canyon-ancients" title="Canyon of the Ancients"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/canyon-ancients.jpg" alt="Canyon of the Ancients" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/08/canyon-ancients" class="u-url" title="Canyon of the Ancients">Canyon of the Ancients</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-08-01T16:34:58">August <span>1, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Canyon of the Ancients</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="37.35177941505963">37.35177941505963</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-108.66222137403007">-108.66222137403007</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I like maps, especially blank spots on maps and in the United States there are very few places with as many blank spots as the four corners region of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. One of the relative blank spots I kept staring at was something called Canyon of the Ancients. After our disappoint experience with Mesa Verde we were anxious to get back to some ruins that were less crowded and this sounded good. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/07/mancos-days" title="Mancos Days"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/mancos-days.jpg" alt="Mancos Days" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/07/mancos-days" class="u-url" title="Mancos Days">Mancos Days</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-07-30T11:24:48">July <span>30, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Mancos Camp</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="37.34127141315386">37.34127141315386</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-108.18800682029091">-108.18800682029091</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + One day I drove down to the coffee shop in Mancos and instead of the quiet little town I'd been expecting, streets were shut down and there were cars and people everywhere. It turned out to be something called Mancos Days. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/07/time-and-placement" title="Time and Placement"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/durango3.jpg" alt="Time and Placement" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/07/time-and-placement" class="u-url" title="Time and Placement">Time and Placement</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-07-24T17:50:11">July <span>24, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Durango</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="37.33925834885527">37.33925834885527</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-107.91300529443193">-107.91300529443193</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Every evening around 5 the thunder starts in. You could set your watch by it. Except that there's no need for a watch up here. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/07/mancos-and-mesa-verde" title="Mancos and Mesa Verde"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/mesaverde.jpg" alt="Mancos and Mesa Verde" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/07/mancos-and-mesa-verde" class="u-url" title="Mancos and Mesa Verde">Mancos and Mesa Verde</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-07-17T17:41:16">July <span>17, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Mancos Camp</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="37.3408278612485">37.3408278612485</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-108.18796390491319">-108.18796390491319</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Stay anywhere to long and things start to settle in too much. The bus was made to move, its fluids pool, metal rusts, wood decays, the windows smear with dirt and rain, the tires lose air. And the chipmunks will come for the avocados. I'm from California, messing with my avocados is messing with my emotions, I don't care if you're cute and striped. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/07/happy-5th-birthday" title="Happy 5th Birthday"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/train.jpg" alt="Happy 5th Birthday" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/07/happy-5th-birthday" class="u-url" title="Happy 5th Birthday">Happy 5th Birthday</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-07-11T02:46:04">July <span>11, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Durango</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="37.339292469040316">37.339292469040316</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-107.91403526270777">-107.91403526270777</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + For their birthday we took the girls (and their brother) on the narrow gauge steam engine railway from Durango to Silverton. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/07/junction-creek" title="Junction Creek"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/junction-creek.jpg" alt="Junction Creek" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/07/junction-creek" class="u-url" title="Junction Creek">Junction Creek</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-07-06T02:34:58">July <span>6, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Durango</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="37.3450926749058">37.3450926749058</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-107.91497940028198">-107.91497940028198</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + While tourist-filled and mountain-kitschy to some degree, Durango nevertheless has some cool stuff to do -- a wonderful public library where the kids got to see the U.S. National Yoyo champion (yes, really), a really cool indoor water park masquerading as a rec center, complete with a three story water slide, a science museum, and a host of other fun stuff -- as one of the camp hosts we befriended put it, in Durango they really know how to do it. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/06/arc-time" title="Arc of Time"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/chaco.jpg" alt="Arc of Time" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/06/arc-time" class="u-url" title="Arc of Time">Arc of Time</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-06-28T16:45:21">June <span>28, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Chaco Canyon</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">New Mexico</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="36.04736212964947">36.04736212964947</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-107.9295706172955">-107.9295706172955</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I have only one note from Chaco Canyon: the wind gusts, a light whistling sound through the thin curled leaves of creosote; in the interludes the stillness is filled with raven calls reverberating across the canyon, a conversation bouncing around sandstone, echoing in arroyos until, like everything else here, they fade into the darkness of the past. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/06/solstice" title="Solstice"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/solstice.jpg" alt="Solstice" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/06/solstice" class="u-url" title="Solstice">Solstice</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-06-21T19:08:45">June <span>21, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Sangre de Christo Mountains</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="37.323790180379966">37.323790180379966</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-105.14230484011725">-105.14230484011725</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + We celebrated the Solstice by heading back up into the Sangre de Christo Mountains, to Bear Lake. We had to see it, even if we couldn't get the bus to it. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/06/high-country" title="The High Country"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/high-country.jpg" alt="The High Country" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/06/high-country" class="u-url" title="The High Country">The High Country</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-06-18T19:09:06">June <span>18, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Trinidad</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="37.13126787159957">37.13126787159957</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-104.55608123788944">-104.55608123788944</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Inside my head there are tons of voices, but one dominates the rest most of the time, it's the voice that always says, sure, let's try it, what's the worst that could happen? Most of the time the answer to that question is very tame. Once you get past your prejudices and irrational fears, you'll find the worst is not that bad and it's pretty unlikely to happen in the first place. That said... + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/06/escaping-texas" title="Escaping Texas"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/escapingtexas.jpg" alt="Escaping Texas" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/06/escaping-texas" class="u-url" title="Escaping Texas">Escaping Texas</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-06-12T16:00:27">June <span>12, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Trinidad</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="37.13424101584671">37.13424101584671</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-104.55605978022751">-104.55605978022751</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + That night was our first in the wide open big sky of the west. The sunset reflected on the clouds for hours. I let the fire burn down and watched the sky instead. Later on thunderheads rolled in over the peaks of the Sangre de Christo range. Arcing flashes of lightening bounced around the clouds like streaking silver pinballs. Just as the last light faded away coyotes began to bark and sing. Finally, the west. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/06/dallas" title="Dallas"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/empty.jpg" alt="Dallas" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/06/dallas" class="u-url" title="Dallas">Dallas</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-06-07T15:12:35">June <span>7, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Fort Parker State Park</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Texas</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="31.599022773408446">31.599022773408446</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-96.54395813109835">-96.54395813109835</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + From Austin we drifted north, toward Dallas, stopping in at Fort Parker State Park. Even now that it's summer, during the week we still have the campgrounds to ourselves. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/06/sprawl-austin-part-deux" title="Sprawl (Austin, part deux)"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/austin2.jpg" alt="Sprawl (Austin, part deux)" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/06/sprawl-austin-part-deux" class="u-url" title="Sprawl (Austin, part deux)">Sprawl (Austin, part deux)</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-06-01T12:49:31">June <span>1, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Austin</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Texas</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="30.192040627071453">30.192040627071453</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-97.72052520857657">-97.72052520857657</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + We eventually managed to book a campsite at McKinney Falls State Park, which is just a few miles from downtown Austin. It's a short drive from the campground into Austin, but it's not exactly a pretty one, it winds through the massive sprawling suburbs that encircle Austin. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/austin-part-one" title="Austin, part one"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/austin.jpg" alt="Austin, part one" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/05/austin-part-one" class="u-url" title="Austin, part one">Austin, part one</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-05-30T02:12:19">May <span>30, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Bastrop</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Texas</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="30.047031601879716">30.047031601879716</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-97.15953582878349">-97.15953582878349</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I should probably post something about Austin, but all I've been able to think about lately is Alex Honnold free soloing El Capitan. While the sheer physicality of climbing for three hours and fifty-six minutes with no break is impressive, to me it's nothing next to the mental strength and absolute confidence it takes to even consider doing something like that, let alone doing it. If that doesn't blow your fucking mind then I have to say, I think you're probably not wired up quite right. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/keeps-rainin" title="Keeps on A-Rainin'"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/rain.jpg" alt="Keeps on A-Rainin'" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/05/keeps-rainin" class="u-url" title="Keeps on A-Rainin'">Keeps on A-Rainin’</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-05-23T22:14:46">May <span>23, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Huntsville State Park</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Texas</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="30.637514423959555">30.637514423959555</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-95.52600616591704">-95.52600616591704</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + A while back someone asked what we do when it rains. At the time I didn't know because, despite having some big storms come through in various places, it still hadn't really rained during the day. In Huntsville it rained most of the day so now I know. When it rains, we put on raincoats and play in the rain. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/little-black-train" title="Little Black Train"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/little-train.jpg" alt="Little Black Train" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/05/little-black-train" class="u-url" title="Little Black Train">Little Black Train</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-05-19T21:38:05">May <span>19, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">DeQuincy</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Louisiana</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="30.45214034312658">30.45214034312658</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-93.43474680590685">-93.43474680590685</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + We travel the back roads, the county roads, the bumpy, twisting, slow roads. Occasionally it's a nerve wracking pain the butt and you get lost sometimes, but then we're not in a hurry and we have nowhere to go so we're never really lost. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/palmetto-island-state-park" title="Palmetto Island State Park"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/palmettoisland_2F4CbQf.jpg" alt="Palmetto Island State Park" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/05/palmetto-island-state-park" class="u-url" title="Palmetto Island State Park">Palmetto Island State Park</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-05-18T14:27:18">May <span>18, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Near Abbeville</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Louisiana</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.858303099084598">29.858303099084598</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-92.14195961180936">-92.14195961180936</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + From New Orleans we headed west through the bayou country, crossing from the Mississippi basin to the Atchafalaya river delta area where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf of Mexico. It's a land of rice paddies, blue crab traps, great flocks of snowy egrets and duckweed-filled cypress swamps. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/new-orleans-instrumental-number-2" title="New Orleans Instrumental Number 2"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/marielaveau.jpg" alt="New Orleans Instrumental Number 2" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/05/new-orleans-instrumental-number-2" class="u-url" title="New Orleans Instrumental Number 2">New Orleans Instrumental Number 2</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-05-15T23:02:43">May <span>15, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">New Orleans</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Louisiana</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.962702189957493">29.962702189957493</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-90.064084474772">-90.064084474772</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + We couldn't leave New Orleans without doing something that's become a pilgrimage of sorts for me -- visiting Marie Laveau's grave. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/new-orleans-instrumental-number-1" title="New Orleans Instrumental Number 1"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/no1.jpg" alt="New Orleans Instrumental Number 1" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/05/new-orleans-instrumental-number-1" class="u-url" title="New Orleans Instrumental Number 1">New Orleans Instrumental Number 1</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-05-12T14:52:02">May <span>12, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">New Orleans</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Louisiana</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.957951590136158">29.957951590136158</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-90.06316179487764">-90.06316179487764</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + New Orleans is the last living city in the United States. Every time I return here I am amazed that it is allowed to continue existing, that something so contrary to the rest of America has not been destroyed, locked up and disneyfied. But it hasn’t. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/davis-bayou" title="Davis Bayou"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/davis-bayou.jpg" alt="Davis Bayou" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/05/davis-bayou" class="u-url" title="Davis Bayou">Davis Bayou</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-05-08T15:59:32">May <span>8, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Davis Bayou</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Mississippi</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="30.391216890192254">30.391216890192254</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-88.7901424812386">-88.7901424812386</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + There is something very relaxing about marshes, or bayous as they call them down here. There's a rhythm to life. The tide goes out, the tide goes in. The periwinkles go up the cordgrass, they go back down. You almost get the feeling that life is predictable. And then you watch a heron wading in the mud, like herons always do, when suddenly it trips and falls face first in the water and you remember that nothing is totally predictable, just rhythmic, one foot in front of the other. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/05/dauphin-island" title="Dauphin Island"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/dauphin-island.jpg" alt="Dauphin Island" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/05/dauphin-island" class="u-url" title="Dauphin Island">Dauphin Island</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-05-03T11:50:25">May <span>3, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Dauphin Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Alabama</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="30.250936985476603">30.250936985476603</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-88.081551139365">-88.081551139365</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + From Fort Pickens we headed inland, through Pensacola and up around Mobile Bay before heading back down to the coast and out to Dauphin Island. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/04/gulf-islands-national-seashore" title="Gulf Islands National Seashore"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/gulf-islands_IcWELSg.jpg" alt="Gulf Islands National Seashore" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/04/gulf-islands-national-seashore" class="u-url" title="Gulf Islands National Seashore">Gulf Islands National Seashore</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-04-25T15:08:22">April <span>25, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Gulf Islands National Seashore</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="30.320886143534025">30.320886143534025</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-87.27098221076228">-87.27098221076228</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Gulf Island National Seashore might be the prettiest beach I've been to in the U.S. It's downright stunning. If you plunked me here I might guess I was in Thailand, except for the dunes, the dunes are unmistakably Gulf coast barrier island dunes. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/04/coming-home" title="Coming Home"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/stgeorge.jpg" alt="Coming Home" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/04/coming-home" class="u-url" title="Coming Home">Coming Home</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-04-18T17:47:27">April <span>18, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">St. George Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.66013302873015">29.66013302873015</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.86978287027401">-84.86978287027401</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I haven't accurately tallied it, but my guess is that we've spent nearly two months on St. George Island over the years. 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We were headed for the middle of nowhere, but it was further than we wanted to go in a day. So we spent a night at the mouth of the Altamaha River before heading on to the middle of nowhere. Or the edge of the Okefenokee swamp. Same thing really. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/04/storming" title="Storming"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/charleston.jpg" alt="Storming" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/04/storming" class="u-url" title="Storming">Storming</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-04-06T01:46:56">April <span>6, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Edisto Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">South Carolina</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="32.509299424657236">32.509299424657236</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-80.30565018047915">-80.30565018047915</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + We woke up on our third day to cloudy skies and predictions of a massive storm. Seemed like a good day to head up to Charleston, do some laundry, run errands and check out the city. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/04/edge-continent" title="The Edge of the Continent"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/edisto_PiiswKP.jpg" alt="The Edge of the Continent" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/04/edge-continent" class="u-url" title="The Edge of the Continent">The Edge of the Continent</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-04-04T01:32:48">April <span>4, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Edisto Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">South Carolina</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="32.508647989854175">32.508647989854175</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-80.3035902439571">-80.3035902439571</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + We avoid interstates and even divided highways for the most part, sticking to the county roads, the thin gray lines on the map known only by local names, no number at all. We follow the river, more or less, down out of the red Georgia mud into the Carolina coastal plain. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/04/april-fools" title="April Fools"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/raysville.jpg" alt="April Fools" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/04/april-fools" class="u-url" title="April Fools">April Fools</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-04-01T23:58:12">April <span>1, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Raysville</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.63195904692882">33.63195904692882</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-82.47742409070177">-82.47742409070177</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Our original plan called for us to hit the road on the first day of spring. In reality we finally got going, fittingly enough, on April 1st. Not that we went far, but hey, the road is the road. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/03/watson-mill-bridge" title="Watson Mill Bridge"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/watson-mill.jpg" alt="Watson Mill Bridge" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/03/watson-mill-bridge" class="u-url" title="Watson Mill Bridge">Watson Mill Bridge</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-03-30T00:47:08">March <span>30, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Watson Mill State Park</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="34.03350040134611">34.03350040134611</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.07300323795661">-83.07300323795661</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + In which we get fancy RV stuff, like propane and running water. The new carburetor I ordered is nowhere to be found, but hey, new wheels and new tires. Plus, did I mention we can cook indoors now? Luxury living. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/03/the-mooring-of-starting-out" title="The Mooring of Starting Out"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/starting-out.jpg" alt="The Mooring of Starting Out" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/03/the-mooring-of-starting-out" class="u-url" title="The Mooring of Starting Out">The Mooring of Starting Out</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-03-24T01:41:01">March <span>24, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Watson Mill State Park</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="34.034211686271625">34.034211686271625</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.0760931427401">-83.0760931427401</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + starting out is like being in that weird moment where Wily E Coyote has merrily run past the edge of the cliff and managed to keep going out of sheer blissful ignorance -- until he looks down. Starting out is that moment when you look down and realize the edge of the cliff is well behind you now -- you're on your way down. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/01/wilds-of-winder" title="The Wilds of Winder"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/fort-yargo.jpg" alt="The Wilds of Winder" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2017/01/wilds-of-winder" class="u-url" title="The Wilds of Winder">The Wilds of Winder</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2017-01-15T19:33:42">January <span>15, 2017</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Fort Yargo State Park</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.96861504910654">33.96861504910654</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.7242972308598">-83.7242972308598</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + A couple weeks back we thought we had a buyer for the house but it fell through last minute. It was enough, however, to get everyone excited at the prospect of actually hitting the road. And then that hope was yanked away. To make up for that we decided it was time to do something of an exploratory trip, to test out life in the bus with a two night trip to Fort Yargo State Park + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/12/1969-dodge-travco" title="1969 Dodge Travco Before"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2017/1969-dodge-travco_2015-06-11_062820.jpg" alt="1969 Dodge Travco Before" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/12/1969-dodge-travco" class="u-url" title="1969 Dodge Travco Before">1969 Dodge Travco Before</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-12-31T14:01:18">December <span>31, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.958221674854826">33.958221674854826</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40821499175449">-83.40821499175449</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + To close out the year I thought I'd post some images from all the work that I've done on the bus over the last 12 months. It's not finished yet, but here's some pictures of what she used to look like, along with some of the damage I uncovered and repaired. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/12/happy-birthday-sun" title="Happy Birthday, Sun"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/alban-arthuan.jpg" alt="Happy Birthday, Sun" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/12/happy-birthday-sun" class="u-url" title="Happy Birthday, Sun">Happy Birthday, Sun</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-12-21T15:22:44">December <span>21, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.958711117373646">33.958711117373646</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40825790709812">-83.40825790709812</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I've always found it a little curious that so many people, myself included, who don’t otherwise practice the Christian faith, choose to celebrate Christmas. Winter solstice makes far more sense as a holiday to latch onto if you want an excuse to celebrate this time of year. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/12/waiting-sun" title="Waiting for the Sun"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/leaves_sBVaUKz.jpg" alt="Waiting for the Sun" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/12/waiting-sun" class="u-url" title="Waiting for the Sun">Waiting for the Sun</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-12-19T16:08:05">December <span>19, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95917830987785">33.95917830987785</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40837592429536">-83.40837592429536</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + November came and went. The ginko down the street buried the still green grass in a blanket of brilliant yellow. The maples at the park had a banner year of blood red leaves. Even the oaks seemed brighter than usual. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/11/nothing-finished-nothing-perfect" title="Nothing is Finished, Nothing is Perfect"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/iraqi.jpg" alt="Nothing is Finished, Nothing is Perfect" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/11/nothing-finished-nothing-perfect" class="u-url" title="Nothing is Finished, Nothing is Perfect">Nothing is Finished, Nothing is Perfect</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-11-20T00:46:51">November <span>20, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95815048298076">33.95815048298076</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40810770339355">-83.40810770339355</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + A dozen years ago this week I was at an Iraqi restaurant in Paris. It was a tiny place near the cross roads of two very forgettable avenues, an unassuming door, a small menu board of the kind you see dozens of on nearly every block. I have no recollection of what drew us in, maybe just hunger. The only other people in it were the owner and his wife. To this day I would call it the best meal of my life. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/11/halloween" title="Halloween"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/halloween.jpg" alt="Halloween" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/11/halloween" class="u-url" title="Halloween">Halloween</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-11-14T22:41:54">November <span>14, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95636176760647">33.95636176760647</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40707773513215">-83.40707773513215</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Every Halloween I complain about how hot it is. I'm not sure where I got the idea that it was cold in Georgia come Halloween, but reviewing some pictures from the last half decade or so very clearly shows me wrong. It's often quite hot on Halloween and probably always will be from here on out. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/10/useless-stuff" title="Useless Stuff"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/leaves.jpg" alt="Useless Stuff" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/10/useless-stuff" class="u-url" title="Useless Stuff">Useless Stuff</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-10-16T00:25:11">October <span>16, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95799920005176">33.95799920005176</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40821499175449">-83.40821499175449</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Normally when you move you just shove all that stuff you don't really acknowledge that you've been dragging around for years without using into a box and truck it on to the next place you'll live where you can happily shove it in the back of a new closet. When you're moving into a 1969 Dodge Travco with four other people and less than 100 square feet of usable space that's not an option. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/09/equinox" title="Equinox"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/equinox.jpg" alt="Equinox" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/09/equinox" class="u-url" title="Equinox">Equinox</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-09-22T02:30:53">September <span>22, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.9850879025932">33.9850879025932</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.38062578983113">-83.38062578983113</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I have a thing for solar cycles. I was born a few hours before the winter solstice. My wife and I were married on the summer solstice. My son was born a few hours before the winter solstice. None of that was planned. It's all synchronicity. Coincidence some would say, though I don't believe that synchronicities like that are coincidence. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/09/cloudland-canyon" title="Cloudland Canyon"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/cloudland_fNr3G26.jpg" alt="Cloudland Canyon" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/09/cloudland-canyon" class="u-url" title="Cloudland Canyon">Cloudland Canyon</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-09-19T20:53:01">September <span>19, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Cloudland Canyon</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="34.8338921973676">34.8338921973676</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-85.4818844250578">-85.4818844250578</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I have a terrible habit of never going to obvious places that are right around me. For example I lived within 100 miles or so of Death Valley for 26 years and never once went. Then I moved thousands of miles across the country and finally arranged a trip to Death Valley. Except that it appears I'm getting better about these things. Maybe. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/09/autumn-bus-update" title="Autumn Bus Update"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/bus_GmZvYRX.jpg" alt="Autumn Bus Update" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/09/autumn-bus-update" class="u-url" title="Autumn Bus Update">Autumn Bus Update</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-09-15T00:04:41">September <span>15, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95793690700317">33.95793690700317</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40810770339355">-83.40810770339355</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The bare walls are gone, the ceiling is in, but still there is still much to do -- even if we do plan to leave before it's completely finished. We need a floor and couch at the bare minimum, though I'd like to have the propane and sewage system working as well. Oh and then there's a cab area, which I really haven't touched. Miles to go before I sleep. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/07/change-ideas-the-worst" title="Change of Ideas (The Worst)"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/road.jpg" alt="Change of Ideas (The Worst)" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/07/change-ideas-the-worst" class="u-url" title="Change of Ideas (The Worst)">Change of Ideas (The Worst)</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-07-14T15:37:09">July <span>14, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.90329999583211">33.90329999583211</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.33059998840027">-83.33059998840027</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I want the bus to be The Best. But. as an article I'm fond of says, "the best means waiting, planning, researching, and saving until one can acquire the perfect equipment for a given task." On the other side of the coin there is The Worst. if you have to have everything perfect you're never going to go. The Worst just goes. Now. The Worst figures things out from experience rather than hopes and fears. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/07/what-are-you-going-to-do" title="What Are You Going to Do?"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/bus_WvVLaIZ.jpg" alt="What Are You Going to Do?" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/07/what-are-you-going-to-do" class="u-url" title="What Are You Going to Do?">What Are You Going to Do?</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-07-12T12:56:29">July <span>12, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95701140490208">33.95701140490208</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40944880790045">-83.40944880790045</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + We've started telling people about our plans to live full time in the blue bus. After the eyebrows come down and the puzzled frowns flatten out, the questions come. Most of them revolve around some form of, but, but but... *what will you do without a house? What will you do when that thing breaks down? What will you do when...* Rather than answer everyone individually I thought I'd answer all those questions here, as best I can: ***I don't know***. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/06/engine" title="Engine"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/bus-engine.jpg" alt="Engine" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/06/engine" class="u-url" title="Engine">Engine</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-06-05T12:15:19">June <span>5, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.958194977909265">33.958194977909265</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.4081398899018">-83.4081398899018</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The Travco is not starting. I can see the problem in my head, but I cannot make it work. It has to be the fuel pump. I have spark. I have compression. The missing ingredient in the basic trifecta of the internal combustion engines is fuel. But seeing it and understanding it are different than actually making it work. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/05/back-from-somewhere" title="Back From Somewhere"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/skate.jpg" alt="Back From Somewhere" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/05/back-from-somewhere" class="u-url" title="Back From Somewhere">Back From Somewhere</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-05-22T00:47:39">May <span>22, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.96708459770432">33.96708459770432</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.38646227664735">-83.38646227664735</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Neither the intense afternoon sun beating down on the concrete slab of parking lot, nor the humidity left over from morning rains convinced my kids to abandon the Jittery Joe's skate contest. We were there all afternoon, over four hours of skating, pulled pork and the occasional train rolling by. They never stopped loving it. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/05/root-down" title="Root Down"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/fos-shirt-dek.jpg" alt="Root Down" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/05/root-down" class="u-url" title="Root Down">Root Down</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-05-15T01:48:01">May <span>15, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95784791685379">33.95784791685379</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40821499175358">-83.40821499175358</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The longer you've been in one location the more stuff that's accumulated. As far as I can tell there is no real way to combat the detritus of the world seeping into your space, save cutting off all contact with the outside world. I imagine monasteries are generally immaculate; the rest of us get out the pick axes and clear the rubble. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/03/another-spring" title="Another Spring"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/spring-01.jpg" alt="Another Spring" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/03/another-spring" class="u-url" title="Another Spring">Another Spring</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-03-20T02:08:26">March <span>20, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.88121959056056">33.88121959056056</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.31667656250653">-83.31667656250653</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + This becomes a day like any other that is somehow different. Then another and another. Little things. The air feels brighter. The river is lower. Less practical footwear appears on the feet around you. The mornings are crisp and the pollen hasn't started yet. The trees still bare though the smaller shrubs turn purple and white. Everything feels fragile but possible again. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/03/up-in-the-air" title="Up in the Air"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/no-air-con.jpg" alt="Up in the Air" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/03/up-in-the-air" class="u-url" title="Up in the Air">Up in the Air</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-03-08T15:44:28">March <span>8, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95794580601253">33.95794580601253</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40819353408179">-83.40819353408179</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I tore the rear air conditioning unit off the back of the bus today. Afterward I stood back and looked at the Travco. All the clean lines and curves joined together again, no more air conditioning warts to interrupt the sliding smooth and unbroken swoop of white and blue. The big blue bus looked sleek and whole again. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/01/bring-on-the-change" title="Bring on the Change"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2016/blur-year.jpg" alt="Bring on the Change" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/01/bring-on-the-change" class="u-url" title="Bring on the Change">Bring on the Change</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-01-01T02:13:13">January <span>1, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.958016998057886">33.958016998057886</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.4080862457218">-83.4080862457218</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I've been thinking about this little mantra ever since I saw it six or seven years ago. 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But we are happenings with things. Specifically with tools, many of which help us happen in one way or another. What to make of these tools then? + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/10/8-track-gorilla" title="8-Track Gorilla"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/8-track.jpg" alt="8-Track Gorilla" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/10/8-track-gorilla" class="u-url" title="8-Track Gorilla">8-Track Gorilla</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-10-15T01:03:37">October <span>15, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.9579814020434">33.9579814020434</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40812916106634">-83.40812916106634</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I just sold an antiquated music player that takes a format no one has manufactured in over three decades for $86. It was an old Oldsmobile 8-track cassette player I pulled out of the bus. I have no idea how it came to be in a 1969 Dodge Travco. What I do have an idea about is why I just sold it, as-is, could-be-working, could not be working, for $86 more than you would think it was worth. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/09/progress" title="Progress"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/progress.jpg" alt="Progress" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/09/progress" class="u-url" title="Progress">Progress</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-09-22T16:12:48">September <span>22, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.957904369989365">33.957904369989365</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.4083437377863">-83.4083437377863</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I'm not crazy anti-tech, I just think the good, sustainable technologies are rare. I'm not a delusional lunatic who thinks I'm living in the Victorian era or anything. I just don't really like air conditioning. Or heaters. Or generators. And I prefer a good fire to electric light. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/07/elvis-has-left-building" title="Elvis Has Left the Building"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/elvis-gone.jpg" alt="Elvis Has Left the Building" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/07/elvis-has-left-building" class="u-url" title="Elvis Has Left the Building">Elvis Has Left the Building</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-07-02T10:06:48">July <span>2, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.963774457452075">33.963774457452075</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40132707900412">-83.40132707900412</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + It's not that I have anything against the king, it's that I don't have anything at all, no feelings one way or the other on Elvis, so he came out and won't be going back in. The walls, ceiling and floor of the Travco are also coming out. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/06/big-blue-bus" title="The Big Blue Bus"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/bluebus.jpg" alt="The Big Blue Bus" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/06/big-blue-bus" class="u-url" title="The Big Blue Bus">The Big Blue Bus</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-06-10T12:52:36">June <span>10, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Asheville Area</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">North Carolina</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="35.82050050961864">35.82050050961864</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-82.54565948803042">-82.54565948803042</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Change of plans, sold the trailer, bought a 1969 Dodge Travco, the coolest vehicle ever made. The first few corners were nerve-wracking, the kind of white knuckled terror-inducing driving I haven't done since the very first time I sat down behind a wheel. Or the time I claimed I could ride a motorcycle when I actually had no clue. It all works out in the end. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/05/ode-outdoor-shower" title="Ode to the Outdoor Shower"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/outdoor-shower.jpg" alt="Ode to the Outdoor Shower" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/05/ode-outdoor-shower" class="u-url" title="Ode to the Outdoor Shower">Ode to the Outdoor Shower</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-05-20T22:13:19">May <span>20, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">St. George Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.660804289800733">29.660804289800733</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.86735815332483">-84.86735815332483</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The outdoor shower may be one of life's greatest joys. Certainly it makes for memorable showers. I have fond memories of sunshowers hung from the mast of a sailboat, the slick mossy wood of an outdoor shower in Laos, the cold marble of bucket showers in India, the sandy tile of the beach showers where I grew up. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/05/big-long-week" title="A Big Long Week"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/bigweek.jpg" alt="A Big Long Week" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/05/big-long-week" class="u-url" title="A Big Long Week">A Big Long Week</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-05-18T12:36:06">May <span>18, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">St. George Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.660095736315927">29.660095736315927</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.86705774591675">-84.86705774591675</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Whenever Lilah and Olivia want to convey long lengths of time they use the phrase "in a big long week". As in, "we have not had any cookies in a big long week." A big long week could be anywhere from two days to over a year. In this case we had two big long weeks on the island. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/05/tates-hell" title="Tate's Hell"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/tates-hell.jpg" alt="Tate's Hell" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/05/tates-hell" class="u-url" title="Tate's Hell">Tate’s Hell</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-05-15T09:55:27">May <span>15, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Tate’s Hell</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.854238614588233">29.854238614588233</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.8141645841502">-84.8141645841502</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Tate supposedly wandered out of his eponymous hell swamp and managed to say "my name is Cebe Tate, and I just came from Hell!" before promptly dropping dead. If you're like me you're not going to take this legend very seriously. You're going to think, pshaw, swamps are fun, how bad can this one be? As it happens, if you're not prepared, it can be pretty bad. Especially in Yellow Fly season. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/05/were-here" title="We're Here"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/bigoak.jpg" alt="We're Here" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/05/were-here" class="u-url" title="We're Here">We’re Here</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-05-07T20:55:59">May <span>7, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Thomasville</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="30.841040782644317">30.841040782644317</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.98170346556772">-83.98170346556772</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Right now the girls call everywhere "here". This greatly simplifies the whole "are we there yet" dilemma of driving with children. That's not the question. On the drive down here to St. George Island they would ask "are we here yet?" To which Corrinne and I would answer, "yes, we are here." They're young enough that they let us get away with that. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/04/coming-home" title="Coming Home"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/Yellowstone.jpg" alt="Coming Home" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/04/coming-home" class="u-url" title="Coming Home">Coming Home</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-04-19T21:53:23">April <span>19, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95742966190523">33.95742966190523</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40147728270863">-83.40147728270863</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I am happy to report that, despite a sketchy tow hookup that doesn't lock to the ball, some last-minute wiring snafus, a considerable amount of dry rot on one tire and of course the fact that it still isn't registered, I did nevertheless succeed in getting our 1969 Yellowstone back to our house. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/04/the-poison-youve-been-dreaming-of" title="The Poison You’ve Been Dreaming Of"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/fucked.jpg" alt="The Poison You’ve Been Dreaming Of" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/04/the-poison-youve-been-dreaming-of" class="u-url" title="The Poison You’ve Been Dreaming Of">The Poison You’ve Been Dreaming Of</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-04-18T22:05:41">April <span>18, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95273082672748">33.95273082672748</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40319389647894">-83.40319389647894</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Everyday we go to the store and blithely buy things without ever thinking about how they got here or what the cost of these items might be. We trade our time (all we have) for money to buy things that are killing us and the people we love. And we consider this totally sane. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/04/down-the-river" title="Down The River"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/down-the-river2.jpg" alt="Down The River" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/04/down-the-river" class="u-url" title="Down The River">Down The River</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-04-13T12:29:10">April <span>13, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95799920005253">33.95799920005253</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.4382557327161">-83.4382557327161</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Rivers make the familiar foreign in an instant. For the entirety of this trip I almost no idea where I was in Athens. I floated through an area that I have lived in and explored off and on for almost 20 years now and yet all it takes to make it utterly unknown is looking at it from a waterway rather than the land. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/03/pig-roast" title="Pig Roast"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/pig-roast.jpg" alt="Pig Roast" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/03/pig-roast" class="u-url" title="Pig Roast">Pig Roast</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-03-22T09:58:14">March <span>22, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95240599235981">33.95240599235981</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.39672977275296">-83.39672977275296</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I was headed downtown about a week ago when I noticed a sign that said, "free pig roast". There are two types of people in this world, those who go to free pig roasts and <strike>vegans</strike> fools. Sign me up. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/03/schoolhouse" title="Schoolhouse"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/school.jpg" alt="Schoolhouse" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/03/schoolhouse" class="u-url" title="Schoolhouse">Schoolhouse</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-03-15T13:38:34">March <span>15, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Oconee County</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.76306639858435">33.76306639858435</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.43694681471746">-83.43694681471746</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Something called touch-a-truck that rolls through town, or just south of town at a place call Heritage Park, every year. It turns out to be pretty much what it sounds like: a place where kids can touch trucks — semi-trucks, fire engines, ambulances and more. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/02/ice-storm" title="Ice Storm"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/ice.jpg" alt="Ice Storm" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/02/ice-storm" class="u-url" title="Ice Storm">Ice Storm</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-02-26T11:13:55">February <span>26, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.94511246686547">33.94511246686547</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.37615722961178">-83.37615722961178</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I love storms, preferably summer storms with plenty of warm humid wind, lightning and the attendant thunder, but winter storms are nice too. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/02/walking-in-the-woods" title="Walking in the Woods"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/hiking.jpg" alt="Walking in the Woods" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/02/walking-in-the-woods" class="u-url" title="Walking in the Woods">Walking in the Woods</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-02-16T22:20:04">February <span>16, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.984367309819">33.984367309819</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.38138753719177">-83.38138753719177</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + It’s always struck me as strange that we have a separate word for walking in nature, hiking, as opposed to just walking. Is walking just too mundane? + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/01/purcell-wooden-toys" title="Purcell Wooden Toys"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/purcelltoys-tn.jpg" alt="Purcell Wooden Toys" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/01/purcell-wooden-toys" class="u-url" title="Purcell Wooden Toys">Purcell Wooden Toys</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-01-22T21:20:10">January <span>22, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.950381311835336">33.950381311835336</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.37821716613469">-83.37821716613469</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The evolution of toys in my opinion starts with what is still the greatest of all toys -- the stick. After that, I suggest my friend Chris's handcrafted wooden toys. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/01/sunrise" title="Sunrise"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/sunrise_tn.jpg" alt="Sunrise" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/01/sunrise" class="u-url" title="Sunrise">Sunrise</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-01-17T22:03:27">January <span>17, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.94724852440723">33.94724852440723</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.37856048888914">-83.37856048888914</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Watching the sun rise, coffee on the stove, light in the world. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/01/hoppin-john" title="Hoppin' John"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/hoppinjohn-tn.jpg" alt="Hoppin' John" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/01/hoppin-john" class="u-url" title="Hoppin' John">Hoppin’ John</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-01-02T13:49:46">January <span>2, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.93927363608245">33.93927363608245</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.38577026672033">-83.38577026672033</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + New Year's cynics are boring. What they miss is that, sure, the only meaning in New Years is what you bring to the table, but that’s true of every day you exist on this planet. So bring something to the table damn it. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/12/1969-yellowstone-trailer" title="Our New 1969 Yellowstone Trailer"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2014/yellowstone-trailer-1969-tn.jpg" alt="Our New 1969 Yellowstone Trailer" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/12/1969-yellowstone-trailer" class="u-url" title="Our New 1969 Yellowstone Trailer">Our New 1969 Yellowstone Trailer</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-12-29T13:29:19">December <span>29, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.955507442515085">33.955507442515085</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.39298004455148">-83.39298004455148</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + There are no real blank parts of the map anymore, to misquote Conrad, but there sure are a lot of empty spaces left. We intend to see some of them in our new (to us anyway) 1969 Yellowstone travel trailer. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/12/night-before" title="The Night Before"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2014/night-before.jpg" alt="The Night Before" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/12/night-before" class="u-url" title="The Night Before">The Night Before</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-12-19T19:02:23">December <span>19, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.947319725402615">33.947319725402615</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40491051024922">-83.40491051024922</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Every voyage has a night before. We tend to remember the excitement of the next morning, when our senses are on edge, hyper-aware and it's easy to be anchored in the now. But me, I like that night before. I like when you're still imagining what it might be like. Still trying to picture it all in your head, fit yourself into your own imagination. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/12/bourbon-bacon-bark" title="Bourbon Bacon Bark"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2014/bbbark.jpg" alt="Bourbon Bacon Bark" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/12/bourbon-bacon-bark" class="u-url" title="Bourbon Bacon Bark">Bourbon Bacon Bark</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-12-18T20:40:31">December <span>18, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.94981172269912">33.94981172269912</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.37375397033351">-83.37375397033351</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Searching for what the Danes call Hygge in the sugar deliciousness that is Bourbon Bacon Bark. Because you rarely go wrong with alliteration. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/11/creamed-corn" title="Creamed Corn"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2014/creamed-corn-sm.jpg" alt="Creamed Corn" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/11/creamed-corn" class="u-url" title="Creamed Corn">Creamed Corn</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-11-27T09:36:46">November <span>27, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95322920033558">33.95322920033558</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40053314513801">-83.40053314513801</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Creamed corn doesn't lend itself to showy food photography, but then neither do most Thanksgiving dishes. Strange holiday that one. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/11/colors" title="Colors"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2014/leaf.jpg" alt="Colors" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/11/colors" class="u-url" title="Colors">Colors</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-11-22T20:47:06">November <span>22, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.96668418436029">33.96668418436029</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.4123777801458">-83.4123777801458</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Autumn in the South is never as spectacular as is in New England. The colors here are neither as intense nor as long lasting. But still, it is our autumn, our season, our reminder. 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Even things you saw yesterday look different, feel different, *are*, inexplicably, different today. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/11/memorial-park" title="Memorial Park"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2014/baxter-maine.jpg" alt="Memorial Park" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/11/memorial-park" class="u-url" title="Memorial Park">Memorial Park</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-11-09T20:30:48">November <span>9, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.926604399603534">33.926604399603534</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.3854269439668">-83.3854269439668</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Loons, Maine, Memorial Park. *What that sound is?* + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2014/11/halloween" title="Halloween"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2014/20141031_Nov_31_halloween_086.jpg" alt="Halloween" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2014/11/halloween" class="u-url" title="Halloween">Halloween</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2014-11-01T13:52:22">November <span>1, 2014</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95550744251432">33.95550744251432</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.37426895446605">-83.37426895446605</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Halloween with three owls, a Theremin-wielding ghost band and a zoo full of ghouls. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2013/05/king-birds" title="King of Birds"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/skimmers.jpg" alt="King of Birds" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2013/05/king-birds" class="u-url" title="King of Birds">King of Birds</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2013-05-30T21:42:28">May <span>30, 2013</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">St. George Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.65740132288772">29.65740132288772</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.87336630151736">-84.87336630151736</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Watching birds teaches you to see the world a bit differently. You're always alert to flittering movements in your peripheral vision. After a while you start to scan the tree line, the edges of the marsh, the place where the buildings meet the sky, the borderlands where movement begins. You quite literally see the world differently. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2013/05/oysterman-wanted" title="Oysterman Wanted"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2013/abandonedboat.jpg" alt="Oysterman Wanted" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2013/05/oysterman-wanted" class="u-url" title="Oysterman Wanted">Oysterman Wanted</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2013-05-29T19:43:23">May <span>29, 2013</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">St. George Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.664094724906768">29.664094724906768</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.86566792845446">-84.86566792845446</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The world of oystermen and local fishing industry is doomed. Even the people resisting the transition know they’re no longer fighting for their way of life. They’re just fighting to keep the thinnest resemblance of what they’ve always known around until they leave this world. They’re fighting to keep from having to watch the death of everything they know. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2013/05/all-the-pretty-beaches" title="All the Pretty Beaches"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2013/stgeorgeisland_1.jpg" alt="All the Pretty Beaches" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2013/05/all-the-pretty-beaches" class="u-url" title="All the Pretty Beaches">All the Pretty Beaches</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2013-05-26T22:43:23">May <span>26, 2013</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">St. George Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.65981806259068">29.65981806259068</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.87047444700387">-84.87047444700387</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + St. George is just off the Gulf Coast of northwest Florida, only about 7 hours from where I live. There are better places if you're looking to dive or snorkel. Ditto if it's nightlife you're after. But if you're looking for a seemingly endless amount of gorgeous white sand beaches you'll share with only a few migratory birds, St. George is the place to be. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2013/05/consider-the-apalachicola-oyster" title="Consider the Apalachicola Oyster"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2013/considertheoyster.jpg" alt="Consider the Apalachicola Oyster" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2013/05/consider-the-apalachicola-oyster" class="u-url" title="Consider the Apalachicola Oyster">Consider the Apalachicola Oyster</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2013-05-22T19:43:23">May <span>22, 2013</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Apalachicola</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.728672056480878">29.728672056480878</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.9837897312466">-84.9837897312466</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + If you know the name Apalachicola at all it’s likely because of its eponymous oysters. Very few things, let alone culinary things, are as attached to place as oysters. In fact, once you get beyond the Rockefeller, ordering “oysters” is akin to walking in a bar and ordering “a beer.” But unlike beer, oysters don’t have brands, they have places — Pemaquid, Wellfleet, Blue Point, Apalachicola. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2012/05/things-behind-sun" title="Things Behind the Sun"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2012/tucsonblur.jpg" alt="Things Behind the Sun" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2012/05/things-behind-sun" class="u-url" title="Things Behind the Sun">Things Behind the Sun</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2012-05-20T22:47:00">May <span>20, 2012</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95674257719642">33.95674257719642</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.37592612645985">-83.37592612645985</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + My grandparents left the home they lived in for 60 years today. I don't know how much of my life was spent in that house, probably well over a year if you added up all the holidays and family gatherings. And now I'm thousands of miles away and someone is clearing out the house. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2012/03/street-food-athens-georgia" title="Street Food in Athens Georgia"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2012/foodcart1.jpg" alt="Street Food in Athens Georgia" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2012/03/street-food-athens-georgia" class="u-url" title="Street Food in Athens Georgia">Street Food in Athens Georgia</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2012-03-31T21:56:00">March <span>31, 2012</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.959861666904274">33.959861666904274</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.37601195713451">-83.37601195713451</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Cheap food, made fresh, in front of you. Served hot, wrapped in newspaper. Street food is the people's food, it removes the mystery of the kitchen, lays the process bare. It's also the staple diet of people around the world. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2011/03/we-used-wait-it" title="We Used to Wait For It"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2011/losangeles11h.jpg" alt="We Used to Wait For It" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2011/03/we-used-wait-it" class="u-url" title="We Used to Wait For It">We Used to Wait For It</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2011-03-28T21:50:00">March <span>28, 2011</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Los Angeles</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">California</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="34.04477171337467">34.04477171337467</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-118.25204621066614">-118.25204621066614</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + When we first came here, there was nothing. Downtown Los Angeles was an empty husk of a place fifteen years ago. Now it's reborn, alive and kicking. Yet there is something in the older buildings, something in the old walls, something lost in the bricks, something in the concrete, the marble. Something you don’t find anymore. Something we need to find again. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2011/01/world-outside" title="The World Outside"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2011/snowh.jpg" alt="The World Outside" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2011/01/world-outside" class="u-url" title="The World Outside">The World Outside</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2011-01-26T11:56:00">January <span>26, 2011</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.96016249314553">33.96016249314553</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.4028816107045">-83.4028816107045</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The world outside the house is blanketed in snow, a monochrome of white interrupted only by the dark, wet trunks of trees, the red brick of chimneys, the occasional green of shrubs poking through. The roads are unbroken expanses of smooth white, no one is out yet, no footprints track their way through the snowy sidewalk. The world outside is the same as it was last night, before the snow began, and yet, it feels totally different. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2011/01/charleston-a-z" title="Charleston A-Z"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2011/charleston-h_1.jpg" alt="Charleston A-Z" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2011/01/charleston-a-z" class="u-url" title="Charleston A-Z">Charleston A-Z</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2011-01-18T15:29:00">January <span>18, 2011</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Charleston</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">South Carolina</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="32.7859576527261">32.7859576527261</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-79.9366307147337">-79.9366307147337</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Charleston alphabetically. For example, <strong>Q</strong> is for quiet, Charleston has a lot of it. Just head down to the Battery area, walk through the park and starting walking down the side streets. Take one of the many alleys and walkways that weave between the massive, stately houses. Get lost. It doesn't take much to find a quiet place of your own. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2010/08/dinosaur-national-monument-part-two-down-river" title="Dinosaur National Monument, Part Two: Down the River"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2010/lodorecanyonh.jpg" alt="Dinosaur National Monument, Part Two: Down the River" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2010/08/dinosaur-national-monument-part-two-down-river" class="u-url" title="Dinosaur National Monument, Part Two: Down the River">Dinosaur National Monument, Part Two: Down the River</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2010-08-02T09:00:00">August <span>2, 2010</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Dinosaur National Monument</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="40.457462390627">40.457462390627</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-109.25843237269746">-109.25843237269746</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + This is the only real way to see Dinosaur National Monument — you must journey down the river. There are two major rivers running through Dinosaur, the Yampa, which carves through Yampa Canyon, and the Green, which cuts through Lodore. <a href="http://www.adventureboundusa.com/" title="Adventure Bound Rafting">Adventure Bound Rafting</a> runs some of the best whitewater rafting trips in Colorado and I was lucky enough to go down the Green River with them, through the majestic Lodore Canyon. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2010/07/dinosaur-national-monument-part-one-echo-park" title="Dinosaur National Monument, Part One: Echo Park"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2010/dinosaurh.jpg" alt="Dinosaur National Monument, Part One: Echo Park" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2010/07/dinosaur-national-monument-part-one-echo-park" class="u-url" title="Dinosaur National Monument, Part One: Echo Park">Dinosaur National Monument, Part One: Echo Park</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2010-07-28T17:00:00">July <span>28, 2010</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Dinosaur National Monument</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="40.52063402652926">40.52063402652926</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-108.99388073317648">-108.99388073317648</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Dinosaur National Monument was poorly named. The best parts of it are not the fossils in the quarry (which is closed for 2010 anyway) but the canyon country — some of the best, most remote canyon country you'll find in this part of the world. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2010/07/endless-crowds-yellowstone" title="The Endless Crowds of Yellowstone"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2010/yellowstoneh.jpg" alt="The Endless Crowds of Yellowstone" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2010/07/endless-crowds-yellowstone" class="u-url" title="The Endless Crowds of Yellowstone">The Endless Crowds of Yellowstone</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2010-07-25T14:00:00">July <span>25, 2010</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Yellowstone National Park</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Wyoming</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="44.46180292448713">44.46180292448713</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-110.82196979172171">-110.82196979172171</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + There is wilderness in Yellowstone, even if it's just inches from the boardwalks that transport thousands around the geothermal pools. It may not be wilderness on a grand scale — the sweeping mountain peaks or wild rivers of other parks — but in some ways that makes it more enticing. As one Ranger told me, Yellowstone isn't about the big picture, the grand scenery, it's about the tiny details within each pool. To really see Yellowstone, he said, you have to take your time, move slowly and look closely. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2010/07/backpacking-grand-tetons" title="Backpacking in the Grand Tetons"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2010/grandtetonsh.jpg" alt="Backpacking in the Grand Tetons" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2010/07/backpacking-grand-tetons" class="u-url" title="Backpacking in the Grand Tetons">Backpacking in the Grand Tetons</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2010-07-22T17:00:00">July <span>22, 2010</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Grand Teton National Park</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Wyoming</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="43.79315431684632">43.79315431684632</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-110.79651831037907">-110.79651831037907</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Hiking into the wilderness empties your mind. You fall into the silence of the mountains and you can relax in a way that's very difficult to do in the midst of civilization. The white noise that surrounds us in our everyday lives, that noise we don't even notice as it adds thin layers of stress that build up over days, weeks, years, does not seem capable of following us into the mountains. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2010/07/great-sand-dunes-national-park" title="Great Sand Dunes National Park"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2010/greatsanddunesh_4.jpg" alt="Great Sand Dunes National Park" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2010/07/great-sand-dunes-national-park" class="u-url" title="Great Sand Dunes National Park">Great Sand Dunes National Park</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2010-07-17T09:00:00">July <span>17, 2010</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Great Sand Dunes National Park</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="37.72673718028319">37.72673718028319</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-105.55097578487117">-105.55097578487117</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Something about the desert inspires me to get up early and watch the sunrise. The cool mornings seem worth getting up for out here in the high plains of Colorado, especially when there's the chance to watch the sunrise from the largest sand dunes in North America, here in Great Sand Dune National Park. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2010/07/comanche-national-grasslands" title="Comanche National Grasslands"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2010/comanchenationalgrasslands.jpg" alt="Comanche National Grasslands" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2010/07/comanche-national-grasslands" class="u-url" title="Comanche National Grasslands">Comanche National Grasslands</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2010-07-16T13:00:00">July <span>16, 2010</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Comanche National Grasslands</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Colorado</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="37.14748995999048">37.14748995999048</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-103.0095720147769">-103.0095720147769</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + To say the Comanche National Grasslands is off the grid would be an understatement. With the exception of Highway 50 in Nevada, I've never driven through such isolation and vast openness anywhere in the world. And it's easy to get lost. There are no signs, no road names even, just dirt paths crisscrossing a wide, perfectly flat expanses of grass. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2010/07/why-national-parks-are-better-state-parks" title="Why National Parks Are Better Than State Parks"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2010/palodura.jpg" alt="Why National Parks Are Better Than State Parks" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2010/07/why-national-parks-are-better-state-parks" class="u-url" title="Why National Parks Are Better Than State Parks">Why National Parks Are Better Than State Parks</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2010-07-15T10:00:00">July <span>15, 2010</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Amarillo</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Texas</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="35.18854030957816">35.18854030957816</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-101.9194793559329">-101.9194793559329</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + There are many reasons, but here's the one I currently consider most important: National Parks never close. Take Palo Dura State park outside of Amarillo, Texas. Were it a National Park, I would be there right now. But it's not, it's a state park and so I'm sitting in a hotel room in Amarillo because everyone knows nature closes at 10PM. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2010/07/legend-billy-the-kid" title="The Legend of Billy the Kid"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2010/billythekidmuseum.jpg" alt="The Legend of Billy the Kid" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2010/07/legend-billy-the-kid" class="u-url" title="The Legend of Billy the Kid">The Legend of Billy the Kid</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2010-07-11T18:00:00">July <span>11, 2010</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Hico</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Texas</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="31.981920692582488">31.981920692582488</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-98.03087709969479">-98.03087709969479</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + History rarely offers neat, tidy stories. But the messier, more confusing and more controversial the story becomes, the more it works its way into our imaginations. The legend of Billy the Kid is like that of Amelia Earhart or D.B. Cooper — the less we know for sure, the more compelling the story becomes. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2010/07/dixie-drug-store" title="The Dixie Drug Store"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2010/nopharmacymuseum01.jpg" alt="The Dixie Drug Store" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2010/07/dixie-drug-store" class="u-url" title="The Dixie Drug Store">The Dixie Drug Store</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2010-07-08T17:00:00">July <span>8, 2010</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">New Orleans</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Louisiana</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.955903613807074">29.955903613807074</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-90.06511865792525">-90.06511865792525</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + New Orleans is it's own world. So much so that's it's impossible to put your finger on what it is that makes it different. New Orleans is a place where the line between consensus reality and private dream seems to have never fully developed. And a wonderful world it is. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2010/07/begin-the-begin" title="Begin the Begin"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2010/gulf_port_beach.jpg" alt="Begin the Begin" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2010/07/begin-the-begin" class="u-url" title="Begin the Begin">Begin the Begin</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2010-07-05T22:00:00">July <span>5, 2010</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Gulf Port</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Mississippi</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="30.380400296597216">30.380400296597216</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-89.03081058216594">-89.03081058216594</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + It's travel time again. This time I'm driving my 1969 Ford truck out west, to Texas, Colorado, Utah and more — a road trip around the western United States. The first stop is Gulf Port, Mississippi. It's hard to believe, sitting here on the deserted beaches of Gulf Shore, watching the sun break through the ominous clouds, but soon this beauty will be gone. The BP oil spill is somewhere out there, blown slowly ashore by the storm hovering over us, waiting to drown the beaches in crude. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2010/05/los-angeles-im-yours" title="Los Angeles, I'm Yours"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2010/launionsubway.jpg" alt="Los Angeles, I'm Yours" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2010/05/los-angeles-im-yours" class="u-url" title="Los Angeles, I'm Yours">Los Angeles, I’m Yours</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2010-05-17T16:43:18">May <span>17, 2010</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Los Angeles</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">California</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="34.05582387432624">34.05582387432624</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-118.23588250455148">-118.23588250455148</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Los Angeles is all about the car. Shiny, air-conditioned comfort, gliding you soundlessly from one place to another without the need to interact with anything in between. But I have discovered that if you abandon the car for the subway and your own two feet, the illusion that L.A. is just a model train set world — tiny, plastic and devoid of any ground beneath the ground — fades and you find yourself, for a time, in a real city. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2010/04/death-valley" title="(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2010/deathvalley.jpg" alt="(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2010/04/death-valley" class="u-url" title="(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley">(There’ll Be) Peace in the Valley</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2010-04-24T11:45:59">April <span>24, 2010</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Death Valley</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">California</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="36.42090257717807">36.42090257717807</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-116.80985925955854">-116.80985925955854</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Sometimes you ignore the places close to home because, well, there's always next weekend. Which is why I never made it Death Valley in the twenty-five years I lived in California. It took being all the way across the country to get me out to Death Valley. Which might explain why I actually got up before dawn just to watch the sunrise at Zabriskie Point. + </span> + </p> + </article> + </main> + <nav class="pagination"> + + <ul class="pages"> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/4/" class="prev"> Newer</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/" class="page">1</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/2/" class="page">2</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/3/" class="page">3</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/4/" class="page">4</a></li> + <li class="current page">5</li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/6/" class="page">6</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/6/" class="next">Older</a></li> + + </ul> + + </nav> + + + <footer role="contentinfo"> + <nav class="bl"> + <ul> + <li><a href="/blogroll" title="Sites that inspire us">Blogroll</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/feed.xml" title="RSS feed">Subscribe</a></li> + <li><a href="/contact/" title="contact luxagraf">Contact</a></li> + <li><a href="https://twitter.com/luxagraf" rel="me" title="follow luxagraf on Twitter">Twitter</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/luxagraf" rel="me" title="luxagraf on Flickr">Flickr</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/luxagraf" rel="me" title="luxagraf on Facebook">Facebook</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/luxagraf/" rel="me" title="luxagraf on Instacrap">Instacrap</a></li> + </ul> + </nav> + <p id="license"> + © 2003-2018 + <span class="h-card"><a class="p-name u-url" href="https://luxagraf.net/">Scott Gilbertson</a><data class="p-nickname" value="luxagraf"></data><data class="p-locality" value="Athens"></data><data class="p-region" value="Georgia"></data><data class="p-country-name" value="United States"></data></span>, except photos, which are licensed under the Creative Commons (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" title="read the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 deed">details</a>). + </p> + </footer> + </div> + <script src="/media/js/hyphenate.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> +<!-- Piwik --> +<script type="text/javascript"> +var _paq = _paq || []; 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Paddling the strange reddish and incredibly still waters. Begging alligators, aching muscles and the kindly folks of Stintson's Barbecue all getting their due. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2009/05/how-to-get-your-butt-and-travel-world" title="How to Get Off Your Butt and Travel the World"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2009/traveltheworld.jpg" alt="How to Get Off Your Butt and Travel the World" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2009/05/how-to-get-your-butt-and-travel-world" class="u-url" title="How to Get Off Your Butt and Travel the World">How to Get Off Your Butt and Travel the World</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2009-05-03T19:39:16">May <span>3, 2009</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95763520280544">33.95763520280544</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40871809752001">-83.40871809752001</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + How do you make the leap from cubicle daydreams to life on to the road? You want to travel the world, but, like me, you have a million excuses stopping you. How do overcome the inertia that keeps you trapped in a life that isn't what you want it to be? Here's a few practical tips and how tos designed to motivate you to get off your butt and travel the world. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2009/04/strangers-on-a-train" title="No Strangers on a Train"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2009/strangersonatrain.jpg" alt="No Strangers on a Train" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2009/04/strangers-on-a-train" class="u-url" title="No Strangers on a Train">No Strangers on a Train</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2009-04-13T19:36:13">April <span>13, 2009</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95818694160937">33.95818694160937</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40824602873336">-83.40824602873336</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + We mythologize trains because they harken back to an age of community travel, a real, tangible community of travelers, not just backpackers, but people from all walks of life, people traveling near and far together in a shared space that isn't locked down like an airplane and isn't isolated like a car; it's a shared travel experience and there are precious few of those left in our world. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2008/12/leonardo-da-vinci-and-codex-bunnies" title="Leonardo Da Vinci and the Codex on Bunnies"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2009/codexofbunnies.jpg" alt="Leonardo Da Vinci and the Codex on Bunnies" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2008/12/leonardo-da-vinci-and-codex-bunnies" class="u-url" title="Leonardo Da Vinci and the Codex on Bunnies">Leonardo Da Vinci and the Codex on Bunnies</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2008-12-09T18:18:33">December <span>9, 2008</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Birmingham</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Alabama</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.521441993672646">33.521441993672646</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-86.81079982502803">-86.81079982502803</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + A few pages from Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks make a rare trip outside Italy, to Birmingham, AL, of all places. But the Birmingham Museum of Art is home to far more alarming works of art, works which depict the eventual, inevitable, bunny takeover, after which all the elements of our reality will be replaced by bunnies. Seriously. You heard it here first. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2008/10/elkmont-and-great-smoky-mountains" title="Elkmont and the Great Smoky Mountains"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/reflectedtrees.jpg" alt="Elkmont and the Great Smoky Mountains" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2008/10/elkmont-and-great-smoky-mountains" class="u-url" title="Elkmont and the Great Smoky Mountains">Elkmont and the Great Smoky Mountains</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2008-10-31T15:16:13">October <span>31, 2008</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Great Smoky Mountains</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Tennessee</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="35.680446234758236">35.680446234758236</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.65024565485956">-83.65024565485956</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Pigeon Forge is Myrtle Beach in the mountains. Redneck weddings cascade straight out of the chapel and into the mini golf reception area. Pigeon Forge is everything that's wrong with America. But we aren't here for Pigeon Forge, it just happens to have a free condo we're staying in. We're here for the mountains. Smoky Mountain National Park is just a few miles up the road. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2008/07/rope-swings-and-river-floats" title="Rope Swings and River Floats"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/chestateeriver.jpg" alt="Rope Swings and River Floats" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2008/07/rope-swings-and-river-floats" class="u-url" title="Rope Swings and River Floats">Rope Swings and River Floats</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2008-07-27T20:14:49">July <span>27, 2008</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Mountain Cabin</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="34.53463159921271">34.53463159921271</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.90280245566663">-83.90280245566663</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Two weekends ago we went up to the mountains, just outside of Dahlonega GA, and floated the Chestatee River using inner tubes, various pool toys and one super-cool inflatable seahorse. Unfortunately, proving one of my travel mottos -- you can never go back -- a return trip proved disastrous. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2008/06/love-with-a-view-vagabonds-responsibilty-living-we" title="In Love With a View: Vagabonds, Responsibilty and Living Well"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/wrong.jpg" alt="In Love With a View: Vagabonds, Responsibilty and Living Well" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2008/06/love-with-a-view-vagabonds-responsibilty-living-we" class="u-url" title="In Love With a View: Vagabonds, Responsibilty and Living Well">In Love With a View: Vagabonds, Responsibilty and Living Well</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2008-06-07T14:45:29">June <span>7, 2008</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.944877470043906">33.944877470043906</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.38860689432926">-83.38860689432926</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Why all the vitriol about a seemingly innocuous concept -- that traveling doesn't have to cost a lot of money, isn't all that difficult and hey, you can even go right now? People like us, who feel tied down by responsibility, find the suggestion that we actually aren't tied down patronizing and yes, elitist. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2007/11/fall" title="Fall"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/fall.jpg" alt="Fall" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2007/11/fall" class="u-url" title="Fall">Fall</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2007-11-14T02:25:17">November <span>14, 2007</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.9448641194789">33.9448641194789</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.38856934340312">-83.38856934340312</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The trees are in full technicolor swing. The land is slowly dying, and not just because it's Fall, we're also in the middle of a prolonged drought and this year the leaves are opting for a James Dean-style, leave-a-good-looking-corpse exit. If you're a leaf and you've got to go, do it with class. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2007/07/other-ocean" title="On The Other Ocean"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/sailing.jpg" alt="On The Other Ocean" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2007/07/other-ocean" class="u-url" title="On The Other Ocean">On The Other Ocean</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2007-07-23T11:24:44">July <span>23, 2007</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Catalina Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">California</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.46191438592164">33.46191438592164</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-118.52130172987002">-118.52130172987002</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Consider what would happen if your house were tilted 30 degrees to the left, how this would complicate ordinary activities -- like say walking. Now throw in a bouncing motion that lifts the floor five or six feet up and down in a seesaw-like motion on a perpendicular axis to the 30 degree tilt -- things become more like riding a seesaw that's attached to a merry-go-round which is missing a few bolts. That's sailing. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2007/06/being-there" title="Being There"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/myrtlebeachcrap.jpg" alt="Being There" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2007/06/being-there" class="u-url" title="Being There">Being There</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2007-06-17T02:18:54">June <span>17, 2007</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Myrtle Beach Airport</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">South Carolina</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.68392513093142">33.68392513093142</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-78.92835615966722">-78.92835615966722</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Myrtle Beach does not exist. Nearly everything in Myrtle Beach is a paltry derivative of some original form. For instance, most of the country has golf courses, in Myrtle Beach there are endless rows of putt-putt courses, where most towns attempt to draw in big name musical acts for their tourist venues, Myrtle Beach is content with impersonators. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2007/06/sailing-through" title="Sailing Through"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/charlestonships.jpg" alt="Sailing Through" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2007/06/sailing-through" class="u-url" title="Sailing Through">Sailing Through</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2007-06-15T00:15:43">June <span>15, 2007</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Charleston</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">South Carolina</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="32.83557033524099">32.83557033524099</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-79.82256172976372">-79.82256172976372</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The rumors are true. I moved back to the south; Athens GA to be exact. But I hate staying in one place for too long, so after a month or two in Athens I headed up to Charleston to visit a friend. The south is curious place. If you've never been here I couldn't hope to explain it, but it's not so much a place as an approach. A way of getting somewhere more than anywhere specific. Perhaps even a wrong turn. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2007/03/goodbye-mother-and-cove" title="Goodbye to the Mother and the Cove"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/lacloud.jpg" alt="Goodbye to the Mother and the Cove" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2007/03/goodbye-mother-and-cove" class="u-url" title="Goodbye to the Mother and the Cove">Goodbye to the Mother and the Cove</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2007-03-01T11:15:10">March <span>1, 2007</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Los Angeles</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">California</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="34.040907225218874">34.040907225218874</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-118.47207783003557">-118.47207783003557</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + It's strange how you can plan something, go through all the motions of making it happen without ever really understanding what you're doing. I've been doing this for the better part of three years now. I realized recently that I have no real idea how I came to be here.
+ + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2007/02/everything-all-time" title="Everything All The Time"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/end.jpg" alt="Everything All The Time" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2007/02/everything-all-time" class="u-url" title="Everything All The Time">Everything All The Time</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2007-02-03T11:14:13">February <span>3, 2007</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Los Angeles</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">California</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.97530686407635">33.97530686407635</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-118.42890499373785">-118.42890499373785</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I don't know if I'm just overly paranoid but when I call up memories in the dark hours of the Beaujolais-soaked pre-dawn, I see a collection of mildly amusing, occasionally painful series of embarrassments, misunderstandings and general wrong-place, wrong-time sort of moments. Which isn't to imply that my life is a British sitcom, just that I'm not in a hurry to re-live any of it. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2007/01/sun-came-no-conclusions" title="The Sun Came Up With No Conclusions"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/illuminatus.jpg" alt="The Sun Came Up With No Conclusions" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2007/01/sun-came-no-conclusions" class="u-url" title="The Sun Came Up With No Conclusions">The Sun Came Up With No Conclusions</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2007-01-11T18:11:30">January <span>11, 2007</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Los Angeles</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">California</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.97517340607632">33.97517340607632</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-118.42887280722941">-118.42887280722941</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + "And so it is that we, as men, do not exist until we do; and then it is that we play with our world of existent things, and order and disorder them, and so it shall be that non-existence shall take us back from existence and that nameless spirituality shall return to Void, like a tired child home from a very wild circus." -- Robert Anton Wilson and Kerry Thornley. Good luck and Godspeed Mr. Wilson. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2006/12/give-it-or-turnit-loose" title="Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/jamesbrown.jpg" alt="Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2006/12/give-it-or-turnit-loose" class="u-url" title="Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose">Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2006-12-25T19:10:49">December <span>25, 2006</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Los Angeles</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">California</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.97519564909091">33.97519564909091</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-118.42893718024602">-118.42893718024602</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Traveling soul. Soul is not something out there or in you, it's the place where you meet the out there; something very similar to what I think James Brown meant — a mixture of the secular and the spiritual, the profane and the sublime. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2006/06/homeward" title="Homeward"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/trappedmoth.jpg" alt="Homeward" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2006/06/homeward" class="u-url" title="Homeward">Homeward</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2006-06-09T11:05:34">June <span>9, 2006</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Los Angeles</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">California</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.975160060264834">33.975160060264834</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-118.42903373977045">-118.42903373977045</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + New York, New York. John F Kennedy airport 1 am date unknown, sleepy looking customs guard stamps a passport without hardly looking at, without even checking to see where I had been. A light drizzle is falling outside and the subways extension to the terminal never looked so good. What is it like to be home? I don't know, I'll tell you when I get there. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2005/10/twenty-more-minutes-go" title="Twenty More Minutes to Go"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/heretogo.jpg" alt="Twenty More Minutes to Go" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2005/10/twenty-more-minutes-go" class="u-url" title="Twenty More Minutes to Go">Twenty More Minutes to Go</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2005-10-20T18:19:10">October <span>20, 2005</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Newport Beach</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">California</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.63332664528318">33.63332664528318</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-117.90302036551485">-117.90302036551485</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Well it's the night before I leave. I just got done pacing around the driveway of my parents house smoking cigarettes… nervously? Excitedly? Restlessly? A bit of all of those I suppose. I walk across the street, over the drainage ditch and head for the swing set at the park. Right now I'm swinging in a park in Costa Mesa California. Tomorrow France. Weird. [Photo to the right, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarin/53961434/">via Flickr</a>] + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2005/10/tips-and-resources" title="Travel Tips and Resources"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/travelgear.jpg" alt="Travel Tips and Resources" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2005/10/tips-and-resources" class="u-url" title="Travel Tips and Resources">Travel Tips and Resources</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2005-10-19T18:14:56">October <span>19, 2005</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Newport Beach</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">California</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.63209390723631">33.63209390723631</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-117.90123937840589">-117.90123937840589</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + An overview of the things you might want to bring on an extended trip, as well as some tips and recommendations on things like visas and vaccinations. The part that was most helpful for me was learning what I <em>didn't</em> need to bring — as it turns out, quite a bit. Nowadays my pack is much smaller and lighter. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2005/10/new-luddites" title="The New Luddites"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/books.jpg" alt="The New Luddites" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2005/10/new-luddites" class="u-url" title="The New Luddites">The New Luddites</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2005-10-08T18:17:45">October <span>8, 2005</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Newport Beach</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">California</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.632147504909575">33.632147504909575</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-117.90106771735248">-117.90106771735248</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + An older, non-travel piece about Google's plan to scan all the world's books and Luddite-like response from many authors. Let's see, someone wants to make your book easier to find, searchable and indexable and you're opposed to it? You're a fucking idiot. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2005/05/new-adventures-hifi-text" title="New Adventures in HiFi Text"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2015/latex.jpg" alt="New Adventures in HiFi Text" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2005/05/new-adventures-hifi-text" class="u-url" title="New Adventures in HiFi Text">New Adventures in HiFi Text</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2005-05-12T21:21:44">May <span>12, 2005</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Northampton</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Massachusetts</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="42.32272216993563">42.32272216993563</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-72.62770885922362">-72.62770885922362</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + This project is no longer maintained or necessary thanks to projects like Pandoc which can take Markdown use it to create LaTeX and a dozen other types of files. It's just here as an historical artifact of my own amusement. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2005/03/one-nation-under-groove" title="One Nation Under a Groove"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/ipod.jpg" alt="One Nation Under a Groove" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2005/03/one-nation-under-groove" class="u-url" title="One Nation Under a Groove">One Nation Under a Groove</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2005-03-25T18:12:59">March <span>25, 2005</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Northampton</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Massachusetts</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="42.32254049078502">42.32254049078502</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-72.62804030361056">-72.62804030361056</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The sky is falling! The iPod! It's ruining our culture! Or, uh, maybe it's just like the Walkman, but better. And since, so far as I can tell, the world did not collapse with the introduction of the Walkman and headphones, it probably isn't going to fall apart just because the storage format for our music has changed. [Photo to the right via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/rogpool/2960735485/">Flickr</a>] + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2005/02/farewell-mr-hunter-s-thompson" title="Farewell Mr. Hunter S Thompson"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/thompson.jpg" alt="Farewell Mr. Hunter S Thompson" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2005/02/farewell-mr-hunter-s-thompson" class="u-url" title="Farewell Mr. Hunter S Thompson">Farewell Mr. Hunter S Thompson</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2005-02-24T18:11:10">February <span>24, 2005</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Northampton</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Massachusetts</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="42.322635681187286">42.322635681187286</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-72.62795447292216">-72.62795447292216</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Hunter S. Thompson departs on a journey to the western lands. Thompson's <em>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas</em> delivered the penultimate eulogy for the dreams of the 1960's, one that mourned, but also tried to lay the empty idealism to rest. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2004/10/art-essay" title="The Art of the Essay"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/essay.jpg" alt="The Art of the Essay" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2004/10/art-essay" class="u-url" title="The Art of the Essay">The Art of the Essay</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2004-10-10T18:03:13">October <span>10, 2004</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Northampton</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Massachusetts</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="42.322477030437234">42.322477030437234</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-72.62834071102037">-72.62834071102037</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I generally ignore internet debates, they never go anywhere, so why bother. But we all have our weak points and when programmer Paul Graham posted what might be the dumbest essay on writing that's ever been written, I just couldn't help myuself. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2003/09/farewell-mr-cash" title="Farewell Mr. Cash"><img src="http:///127.0.0.1:8000/media/images/post-images/2008/cash.jpg" alt="Farewell Mr. Cash" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2003/09/farewell-mr-cash" class="u-url" title="Farewell Mr. Cash">Farewell Mr. Cash</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2003-09-12T22:54:50">September <span>12, 2003</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Northampton</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Massachusetts</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="42.3225087606193">42.3225087606193</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-72.62804030361072">-72.62804030361072</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Johnny Cash heads for the western lands. + </span> + </p> + </article> + </main> + <nav class="pagination"> + + <ul class="pages"> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/5/" class="prev"> Newer</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/" class="page">1</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/2/" class="page">2</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/3/" class="page">3</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/4/" class="page">4</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/5/" class="page">5</a></li> + <li class="current page">6</li> + </ul> + + </nav> + + + <footer role="contentinfo"> + <nav class="bl"> + <ul> + <li><a href="/blogroll" title="Sites that inspire us">Blogroll</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/feed.xml" title="RSS feed">Subscribe</a></li> + <li><a href="/contact/" title="contact luxagraf">Contact</a></li> + <li><a href="https://twitter.com/luxagraf" rel="me" title="follow luxagraf on Twitter">Twitter</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/luxagraf" rel="me" title="luxagraf on Flickr">Flickr</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/luxagraf" rel="me" title="luxagraf on Facebook">Facebook</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/luxagraf/" rel="me" title="luxagraf on Instacrap">Instacrap</a></li> + </ul> + </nav> + <p id="license"> + © 2003-2018 + <span class="h-card"><a class="p-name u-url" href="https://luxagraf.net/">Scott Gilbertson</a><data class="p-nickname" value="luxagraf"></data><data class="p-locality" value="Athens"></data><data class="p-region" value="Georgia"></data><data class="p-country-name" value="United States"></data></span>, except photos, which are licensed under the Creative Commons (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" title="read the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 deed">details</a>). + </p> + </footer> + </div> + <script src="/media/js/hyphenate.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> +<!-- Piwik --> +<script type="text/javascript"> +var _paq = _paq || []; 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It was a tiny place near the cross roads of two very forgettable avenues, an unassuming door, a small menu board of the kind you see dozens of on nearly every block. I have no recollection of what drew us in, maybe just hunger. The only other people in it were the owner and his wife. To this day I would call it the best meal of my life. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/11/halloween" title="Halloween"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/halloween.jpg" alt="Halloween" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/11/halloween" class="u-url" title="Halloween">Halloween</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-11-14T22:41:54">November <span>14, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95636176760647">33.95636176760647</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40707773513215">-83.40707773513215</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Every Halloween I complain about how hot it is. I'm not sure where I got the idea that it was cold in Georgia come Halloween, but reviewing some pictures from the last half decade or so very clearly shows me wrong. It's often quite hot on Halloween and probably always will be from here on out. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/10/useless-stuff" title="Useless Stuff"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/leaves.jpg" alt="Useless Stuff" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/10/useless-stuff" class="u-url" title="Useless Stuff">Useless Stuff</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-10-16T00:25:11">October <span>16, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95799920005176">33.95799920005176</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40821499175449">-83.40821499175449</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Normally when you move you just shove all that stuff you don't really acknowledge that you've been dragging around for years without using into a box and truck it on to the next place you'll live where you can happily shove it in the back of a new closet. When you're moving into a 1969 Dodge Travco with four other people and less than 100 square feet of usable space that's not an option. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/09/equinox" title="Equinox"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/equinox.jpg" alt="Equinox" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/09/equinox" class="u-url" title="Equinox">Equinox</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-09-22T02:30:53">September <span>22, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.9850879025932">33.9850879025932</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.38062578983113">-83.38062578983113</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I have a thing for solar cycles. I was born a few hours before the winter solstice. My wife and I were married on the summer solstice. My son was born a few hours before the winter solstice. None of that was planned. It's all synchronicity. Coincidence some would say, though I don't believe that synchronicities like that are coincidence. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/09/cloudland-canyon" title="Cloudland Canyon"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/cloudland_fNr3G26.jpg" alt="Cloudland Canyon" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/09/cloudland-canyon" class="u-url" title="Cloudland Canyon">Cloudland Canyon</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-09-19T20:53:01">September <span>19, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Cloudland Canyon</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="34.8338921973676">34.8338921973676</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-85.4818844250578">-85.4818844250578</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I have a terrible habit of never going to obvious places that are right around me. For example I lived within 100 miles or so of Death Valley for 26 years and never once went. Then I moved thousands of miles across the country and finally arranged a trip to Death Valley. Except that it appears I'm getting better about these things. Maybe. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/09/autumn-bus-update" title="Autumn Bus Update"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/bus_GmZvYRX.jpg" alt="Autumn Bus Update" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/09/autumn-bus-update" class="u-url" title="Autumn Bus Update">Autumn Bus Update</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-09-15T00:04:41">September <span>15, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95793690700317">33.95793690700317</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40810770339355">-83.40810770339355</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The bare walls are gone, the ceiling is in, but still there is still much to do -- even if we do plan to leave before it's completely finished. We need a floor and couch at the bare minimum, though I'd like to have the propane and sewage system working as well. Oh and then there's a cab area, which I really haven't touched. Miles to go before I sleep. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/07/change-ideas-the-worst" title="Change of Ideas (The Worst)"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/road.jpg" alt="Change of Ideas (The Worst)" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/07/change-ideas-the-worst" class="u-url" title="Change of Ideas (The Worst)">Change of Ideas (The Worst)</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-07-14T15:37:09">July <span>14, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.90329999583211">33.90329999583211</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.33059998840027">-83.33059998840027</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I want the bus to be The Best. But. as an article I'm fond of says, "the best means waiting, planning, researching, and saving until one can acquire the perfect equipment for a given task." On the other side of the coin there is The Worst. if you have to have everything perfect you're never going to go. The Worst just goes. Now. The Worst figures things out from experience rather than hopes and fears. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/07/what-are-you-going-to-do" title="What Are You Going to Do?"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/bus_WvVLaIZ.jpg" alt="What Are You Going to Do?" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/07/what-are-you-going-to-do" class="u-url" title="What Are You Going to Do?">What Are You Going to Do?</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-07-12T12:56:29">July <span>12, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95701140490208">33.95701140490208</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40944880790045">-83.40944880790045</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + We've started telling people about our plans to live full time in the blue bus. After the eyebrows come down and the puzzled frowns flatten out, the questions come. Most of them revolve around some form of, but, but but... *what will you do without a house? What will you do when that thing breaks down? What will you do when...* Rather than answer everyone individually I thought I'd answer all those questions here, as best I can: ***I don't know***. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/06/engine" title="Engine"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/bus-engine.jpg" alt="Engine" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/06/engine" class="u-url" title="Engine">Engine</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-06-05T12:15:19">June <span>5, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.958194977909265">33.958194977909265</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.4081398899018">-83.4081398899018</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The Travco is not starting. I can see the problem in my head, but I cannot make it work. It has to be the fuel pump. I have spark. I have compression. The missing ingredient in the basic trifecta of the internal combustion engines is fuel. But seeing it and understanding it are different than actually making it work. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/05/back-from-somewhere" title="Back From Somewhere"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/skate.jpg" alt="Back From Somewhere" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/05/back-from-somewhere" class="u-url" title="Back From Somewhere">Back From Somewhere</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-05-22T00:47:39">May <span>22, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.96708459770432">33.96708459770432</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.38646227664735">-83.38646227664735</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Neither the intense afternoon sun beating down on the concrete slab of parking lot, nor the humidity left over from morning rains convinced my kids to abandon the Jittery Joe's skate contest. We were there all afternoon, over four hours of skating, pulled pork and the occasional train rolling by. They never stopped loving it. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/05/root-down" title="Root Down"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/fos-shirt-dek.jpg" alt="Root Down" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/05/root-down" class="u-url" title="Root Down">Root Down</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-05-15T01:48:01">May <span>15, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95784791685379">33.95784791685379</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40821499175358">-83.40821499175358</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The longer you've been in one location the more stuff that's accumulated. As far as I can tell there is no real way to combat the detritus of the world seeping into your space, save cutting off all contact with the outside world. I imagine monasteries are generally immaculate; the rest of us get out the pick axes and clear the rubble. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/03/another-spring" title="Another Spring"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/spring-01.jpg" alt="Another Spring" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/03/another-spring" class="u-url" title="Another Spring">Another Spring</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-03-20T02:08:26">March <span>20, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.88121959056056">33.88121959056056</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.31667656250653">-83.31667656250653</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + This becomes a day like any other that is somehow different. Then another and another. Little things. The air feels brighter. The river is lower. Less practical footwear appears on the feet around you. The mornings are crisp and the pollen hasn't started yet. The trees still bare though the smaller shrubs turn purple and white. Everything feels fragile but possible again. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/03/up-in-the-air" title="Up in the Air"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/no-air-con.jpg" alt="Up in the Air" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/03/up-in-the-air" class="u-url" title="Up in the Air">Up in the Air</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-03-08T15:44:28">March <span>8, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95794580601253">33.95794580601253</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40819353408179">-83.40819353408179</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I tore the rear air conditioning unit off the back of the bus today. Afterward I stood back and looked at the Travco. All the clean lines and curves joined together again, no more air conditioning warts to interrupt the sliding smooth and unbroken swoop of white and blue. The big blue bus looked sleek and whole again. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2016/01/bring-on-the-change" title="Bring on the Change"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2016/blur-year.jpg" alt="Bring on the Change" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2016/01/bring-on-the-change" class="u-url" title="Bring on the Change">Bring on the Change</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2016-01-01T02:13:13">January <span>1, 2016</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.958016998057886">33.958016998057886</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.4080862457218">-83.4080862457218</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I've been thinking about this little mantra ever since I saw it six or seven years ago. I don't think I've ever seen what I consider the secret to happiness so succinctly and completely captured. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/12/tools" title="Tools"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/tools.jpg" alt="Tools" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/12/tools" class="u-url" title="Tools">Tools</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-12-18T20:56:18">December <span>18, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95817717994103">33.95817717994103</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40842956847534">-83.40842956847534</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + We are not things, Alan Watts was fond of saying, we are happenings. But we are happenings with things. Specifically with tools, many of which help us happen in one way or another. What to make of these tools then? + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/10/8-track-gorilla" title="8-Track Gorilla"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/8-track.jpg" alt="8-Track Gorilla" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/10/8-track-gorilla" class="u-url" title="8-Track Gorilla">8-Track Gorilla</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-10-15T01:03:37">October <span>15, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.9579814020434">33.9579814020434</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40812916106634">-83.40812916106634</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I just sold an antiquated music player that takes a format no one has manufactured in over three decades for $86. It was an old Oldsmobile 8-track cassette player I pulled out of the bus. I have no idea how it came to be in a 1969 Dodge Travco. What I do have an idea about is why I just sold it, as-is, could-be-working, could not be working, for $86 more than you would think it was worth. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/09/progress" title="Progress"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/progress.jpg" alt="Progress" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/09/progress" class="u-url" title="Progress">Progress</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-09-22T16:12:48">September <span>22, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.957904369989365">33.957904369989365</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.4083437377863">-83.4083437377863</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I'm not crazy anti-tech, I just think the good, sustainable technologies are rare. I'm not a delusional lunatic who thinks I'm living in the Victorian era or anything. I just don't really like air conditioning. Or heaters. Or generators. And I prefer a good fire to electric light. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/07/elvis-has-left-building" title="Elvis Has Left the Building"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/elvis-gone.jpg" alt="Elvis Has Left the Building" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/07/elvis-has-left-building" class="u-url" title="Elvis Has Left the Building">Elvis Has Left the Building</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-07-02T10:06:48">July <span>2, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.963774457452075">33.963774457452075</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40132707900412">-83.40132707900412</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + It's not that I have anything against the king, it's that I don't have anything at all, no feelings one way or the other on Elvis, so he came out and won't be going back in. The walls, ceiling and floor of the Travco are also coming out. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/06/big-blue-bus" title="The Big Blue Bus"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/bluebus.jpg" alt="The Big Blue Bus" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/06/big-blue-bus" class="u-url" title="The Big Blue Bus">The Big Blue Bus</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-06-10T12:52:36">June <span>10, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Asheville Area</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">North Carolina</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="35.82050050961864">35.82050050961864</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-82.54565948803042">-82.54565948803042</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Change of plans, sold the trailer, bought a 1969 Dodge Travco, the coolest vehicle ever made. The first few corners were nerve-wracking, the kind of white knuckled terror-inducing driving I haven't done since the very first time I sat down behind a wheel. Or the time I claimed I could ride a motorcycle when I actually had no clue. It all works out in the end.
+ + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/05/ode-outdoor-shower" title="Ode to the Outdoor Shower"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/outdoor-shower.jpg" alt="Ode to the Outdoor Shower" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/05/ode-outdoor-shower" class="u-url" title="Ode to the Outdoor Shower">Ode to the Outdoor Shower</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-05-20T22:13:19">May <span>20, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">St. George Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.660804289800733">29.660804289800733</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.86735815332483">-84.86735815332483</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + The outdoor shower may be one of life's greatest joys. Certainly it makes for memorable showers. I have fond memories of sunshowers hung from the mast of a sailboat, the slick mossy wood of an outdoor shower in Laos, the cold marble of bucket showers in India, the sandy tile of the beach showers where I grew up.
+ + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/05/big-long-week" title="A Big Long Week"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/bigweek.jpg" alt="A Big Long Week" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/05/big-long-week" class="u-url" title="A Big Long Week">A Big Long Week</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-05-18T12:36:06">May <span>18, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">St. George Island</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.660095736315927">29.660095736315927</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.86705774591675">-84.86705774591675</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Whenever Lilah and Olivia want to convey long lengths of time they use the phrase "in a big long week". As in, "we have not had any cookies in a big long week." A big long week could be anywhere from two days to over a year. In this case we had two big long weeks on the island. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even first" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/05/tates-hell" title="Tate's Hell"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/tates-hell.jpg" alt="Tate's Hell" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/05/tates-hell" class="u-url" title="Tate's Hell">Tate’s Hell</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-05-15T09:55:27">May <span>15, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Tate’s Hell</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Florida</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="29.854238614588233">29.854238614588233</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-84.8141645841502">-84.8141645841502</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Tate supposedly wandered out of his eponymous hell swamp and managed to say "my name is Cebe Tate, and I just came from Hell!" before promptly dropping dead. If you're like me you're not going to take this legend very seriously. You're going to think, pshaw, swamps are fun, how bad can this one be? As it happens, if you're not prepared, it can be pretty bad. Especially in Yellow Fly season. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry odd second" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/05/were-here" title="We're Here"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/bigoak.jpg" alt="We're Here" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/05/were-here" class="u-url" title="We're Here">We’re Here</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-05-07T20:55:59">May <span>7, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Thomasville</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="30.841040782644317">30.841040782644317</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.98170346556772">-83.98170346556772</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + Right now the girls call everywhere "here". This greatly simplifies the whole "are we there yet" dilemma of driving with children. That's not the question. On the drive down here to St. George Island they would ask "are we here yet?" To which Corrinne and I would answer, "yes, we are here." They're young enough that they let us get away with that. + </span> + </p> + </article> + <article class="h-entry hentry even third" itemscope itemType="http://schema.org/Article"> + <div class="post--image"> + <a href="/jrnl/2015/04/coming-home" title="Coming Home"><img src="https://images.luxagraf.net/post-images/2015/Yellowstone.jpg" alt="Coming Home" class="u-photo post-image" itemprop="image" /></a> + </div> + <h2 class="p-name entry-title post--title" itemprop="headline"><a href="/jrnl/2015/04/coming-home" class="u-url" title="Coming Home">Coming Home</a></h2> + <p class="p-author author hide" itemprop="author"><span class="byline-author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Scott Gilbertson</span></span></p> + <time class="dt-published published dt-updated post--date" datetime="2015-04-19T21:53:23">April <span>19, 2015</span></time> + <p> + <span class="p-location h-adr adr post--location" itemprop="contentLocation" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"> + <span class="p-locality locality">Athens</span>, <a class="p-region region" href="/jrnl/united-states/" title="travel writing from the United States">Georgia</a>, <span class="p-country-name">U.S.</span> + <span style="display: none;" itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates"> + <data itemprop="latitude" class="p-latitude" value="33.95742966190523">33.95742966190523</data> + <data itemprop="longitude" class="p-longitude" value="-83.40147728270863">-83.40147728270863</data> + </span> + </span> – + <span class="p-summary entry-summary hyphenate" itemprop="description"> + I am happy to report that, despite a sketchy tow hookup that doesn't lock to the ball, some last-minute wiring snafus, a considerable amount of dry rot on one tire and of course the fact that it still isn't registered, I did nevertheless succeed in getting our 1969 Yellowstone back to our house. + </span> + </p> + </article> + </main> + <nav class="pagination"> + + <ul class="pages"> + <li class="current page">1</li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/2/" class="page">2</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/3/" class="page">3</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/4/" class="page">4</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/north-america/2/" class="next">Older</a></li> + + </ul> + + </nav> + + + <footer role="contentinfo"> + <nav class="bl"> + <ul> + <li><a href="/blogroll" title="Sites that inspire us">Blogroll</a></li> + <li><a href="/jrnl/feed.xml" title="RSS feed">Subscribe</a></li> + <li><a href="/contact/" title="contact luxagraf">Contact</a></li> + <li><a href="https://twitter.com/luxagraf" rel="me" title="follow luxagraf on Twitter">Twitter</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/luxagraf" rel="me" title="luxagraf on Flickr">Flickr</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/luxagraf" rel="me" title="luxagraf on Facebook">Facebook</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/luxagraf/" rel="me" title="luxagraf on Instacrap">Instacrap</a></li> + </ul> + </nav> + <p id="license"> + © 2003-2016 + <span class="h-card"><a class="p-name u-url" href="https://luxagraf.net/">Scott Gilbertson</a><data class="p-nickname" value="luxagraf"></data><data class="p-locality" value="Athens"></data><data class="p-region" value="Georgia"></data><data class="p-country-name" value="United States"></data></span>, except photos, which are licensed under the Creative Commons (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" title="read the Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 deed">details</a>). + </p> + <p><a href="https://evolution-host.com/ssd-vps-hosting.php">SSD VPS Hosting by Evolution Host</a>.</p> + </footer> + </div> + <script src="/media/js/hyphenate.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> +<!-- Piwik --> +<script type="text/javascript"> +var _paq = _paq || []; +_paq.push(["disableCookies"]); +_paq.push(['trackPageView']); +_paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']); +(function() { + var u="//stats.luxagraf.net/"; + _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'piwik.php']); + _paq.push(['setSiteId', 1]); + var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; + g.type='text/javascript'; g.async=true; g.defer=true; g.src=u+'piwik.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s); +})(); +</script> +<noscript><p><img src="//stats.luxagraf.net/piwik.php?idsite=1" style="border:0;" alt="" /></p></noscript> +<!-- End Piwik Code --> + + +</body> +</html> |