It's been a Tour!
Seriously. A year since my last entry? Yeah, when the blog is an SEO magnet and not a passion project that happens… Tour 2022 is...
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Oct 6, 20211 min
How good is your parking brake?
A vintage Volkswagen has excellent brakes. Hand brakes included. Early bay window buses had excellent four-wheel drum brakes when they...
Sep 27, 20211 min
Where have I been all week?
Yeah man, I got really high and forgot to update my blog. I was, like, the highest person in the continental US for a bit. The summit of...
Sep 22, 20211 min
Gutten Tag, Chloe!
Kent (in the blue) has known Chloe (in the yellow) for about five years now, and they pretty much go everywhere together. It wasn't...
Sep 21, 20211 min
New Mexico has the most beautiful overpasses.
An odd superlative, to be sure, but I mean it. The turquoise reminds me of my grandpa's rings I remember him wearing when I was too young...
Sep 16, 20211 min
A Cholla Portrait
"Robbie, isn't that just another one of your angled-mirror selfies?" Well, I mean yeah but it's also one of more than twenty different...
Sep 15, 20211 min
Same Divide, New Crossing
Back in the 2021 Summer Tour, I'm leaving New Mexico and heading for Oklahoma. I'll be crossing to the eastern seaboard on a much less...
Sep 15, 20212 min
Across the Great Divide
This is a repost from my 2016 road trip blog, What the Road Tells Me. You can listen along with my paired music here. -- I was not going...
Sep 13, 20211 min
The Air-Schooled morning brew
Happy Sunday morning, all hail the bean juice. Having spend the better part of my young adult life strung out on caffeine from nearly two...
Sep 12, 20211 min
Solar power in a vintage VW bus?
Is it worth it? Would I do it again? Was it easy to set up? Yes to each and every one of those. And while I do not consider myself an...
Sep 10, 20211 min
Your car is trying to tell you something…
Stop, children, what's that sound… It's your car. And the noises it's making aren't going to earn it a spot on the local drumline....
Sep 9, 20211 min
Welcome to Fabulous Stall City
I've always wanted a picture with Buddy and the Las Vegas sign. They're such opposites in pretty much every sense; Buddy being...
Sep 8, 20211 min
One lap of the country, please!
Today, September 8th 2021, my 1969 VW bus Buddy and I cross back into California, and begin the joyous wrap-up of a four and a half month...
Apr 1, 20212 min
On buying a bus…
A poor Samba poster is intent on taking out an 8% loan on a $25,000 classic car over three years. I shook my head, and enjoyed reading...
Mar 25, 20211 min
Tour Update!
As always, the most up-to-date schedule can be found on the tour page. I appreciate all of y'alls' patience the last few weeks, as I've...
Mar 25, 20212 min
How does one prepare…
…for a four month road trip? How do I tell a 52-year-old economy car, "Hey uhhh, let's go for a 12,000 mile drive?" I suppose Buddy is...
Mar 12, 20211 min
Tour is Coming
www.airschooled.com/signup ^^ Last chance to get on the early bird list!
Feb 26, 20212 min
Reef Blue Rides Again
For the last three years, Jeff and I have been meticulously restoring his fleet of classic German vehicles. The 1977 Volkswagen bus is...
Feb 24, 20212 min
A beauty only on the outside…
Oh what a beautiful, bucolic San Diego day. See, we only have two seasons here in coastal Southern California: Summer and Cold Summer....
Feb 11, 20211 min
Window Installation
Keep your hands clean by purchasing a new piece of parachute cord from your local mountaineering outfitter. Installation gets even easier...
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