Being a glutton for punishment, I decided to let National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo as it’s known, kick me in the behind for a second year in a row. And I have to say, it did a darn good job of doing so. But at the end of 30 days, guess what I had? […]
Today, I wanted to revisit an early article to see if my thinking is the same. I wrote this article when I’d been on the road for just six months, so I still really had no idea what I was doing. Like when I revisited What I’ll Miss About Sticks-and-Bricks life, I’ll put my new […]
When people talk about public lands for recreation, what you hear about is Yellowstone, Zion, Yosemite, Smokey Mountains and the like. In other words, National Parks. I have RVing friends who have challenged themselves to visit every single one. Everyone talks National Parks but you don’t hear nearly as much talk about State Parks. I […]
I took a lot of photos during my two weeks as a volunteer for HistoriCorps at the Soderberg Bunkhouse. Many didn’t fit into articles I wrote about volunteering and about my experience. So, you know what that means? It’s time for another photo essay. These are non-duplicative photos from the previous Soderberg Bunkhouse and HistoriCorps […]
After building a little suspense over the last few weeks with the teaser posts, the history of Soderberg Ranch and the ins and outs of becoming a HistoriCorps volunteer, we finally made it to the best post on the subject. My HistoriCorps experience as part of the crew restoring the Soderberg Bunkhouse near Fort Collins, […]
Before I share the experience of working with HistoriCorps on the Soderberg Bunkhouse, I want to take a step back and tell the story of the Soderberg Ranch. I think learning the story gives perspective as to why the work we did on the building was important and relevant to the US history of westward […]
