North Bank Campground

North Bank Campground

 Posted on September 19, 2016

This pretty Forest Service campground is just up the road from the small resort town of Almont, Colorado. The road has some large potholes going in, but is easily navigable by any vehicle if you go slow. Located deep in the Taylor River canyon, the sites are nicely spaced, surrounded by tall pine trees and right on the river bank. It’s technically close to the highway, but because it’s on the other side of the river, you hardly notice it due to the wonderful river soundtrack. [Read More]
Camping  RV  Boondocking  Colorado  Almont  Crested Butte  Campground  National Forest  Grand Mesa National Forest  Gunnison  Gunnison National Forest  Uncompahgre National Forest  aluminumdreams  aluminum-dreams 

Long Silence, Lots Happening

Long Silence, Lots Happening

 Posted on August 8, 2016

Proving that blogging is the first thing to suffer as soon as stuff gets interesting, we’ve been horribly quiet over here lately. It’s been a whirlwind of activity as we’ve purchased our trailer, set it up and hit the road for our first work trip. After much going back and forth, we decided we wanted the Airstream Flying Cloud 27FB. It’s a nice compromise between the compact length of the 25FB and it’s slightly awkward sleeping accommodations and the spacious 30 foot which would severely limit some of the places we would like to go. [Read More]
Travel  New Jersey  Colorado  Almont  Gunnison  Black Canyon of the Gunnison  National Park  National Forest.  airstreams  aluminumdreams  aluminum-dreams  crossposts 

Week 3: A Return to Normalcy?

Week 3: A Return to Normalcy?

 Posted on April 18, 2016

So, my three weeks off is coming to an end. It’s been an amazing whirlwind of activity that has moved us closer to our dream of the open road than the last few months combined. This week was a slow return towards normalcy. I personally spent most of the week doing client work, cleaning email and getting business work taken care of after the craziness of the last two weeks. Kind of nice to write some code again. [Read More]
Downsizing  Ford  F250  RV  Oklahoma  aluminumdreams  airstreams  aluminum-dreams  crossposts  Travel 

Week Two Construction and Downsizing Update

Week Two Construction and Downsizing Update

 Posted on April 11, 2016

I think there is an inverse correlation between the frequency of blogging and how busy someone is. The silence here should be indicative how exactly how insane the last week was for the both of us. However, as far as making progress on our dreams, this was the best week yet. We started off at a fairly calm pace. Mark and I did a large quantity of tree pruning, replaced one wall of paneling on the old detached garage and finished getting the porch squared up and ready to go. [Read More]
Oklahoma  Downsizing  aluminumdreams  airstreams  aluminum-dreams  crossposts  Travel 

Week One Construction Update

Week One Construction Update

 Posted on April 4, 2016

It’s been amazing to see what can get done in a week if you can get the time to focus on it. I started this week with a laundry list of home and garden tasks, some of which I had been ignoring for years. I end this week with some major projects done and progress on many others. The major task of this week was my front porch which has been long needing to be re-decked. [Read More]
Downsizing  Oklahoma  Oklahoma City  aluminumdreams  airstreams  aluminum-dreams  crossposts  Travel 

It Starts with a First Step

It Starts with a First Step

 Posted on March 29, 2016

It’s been a frustrating few weeks for me on the home liquidation front. Partially, I felt stuck in a rut of analysis paralysis; constantly planning and no action. However, mostly it just not finding time to get anything done. Between my day job, my side work on Fore & Aft Design and just the stuff that we have to do to keep our lives afloat, there just wasn’t enough hours in the day. [Read More]
Downsizing  RV  aluminumdreams  airstreams  aluminum-dreams  crossposts  Travel 

A New Dream

A New Dream

 Posted on February 28, 2016

For me, it started with a dream of boats and wide open spaces. While growing up in Oklahoma City can’t be described as exactly living in a concrete jungle, it also wasn’t the exactly the great wide open either. I then spent several years in Chicago, which really was the concrete jungle before returning once again to Oklahoma. And yet, my favorite memories are of traveling through wide open vistas, whether family camping trips through Big Bend, TX, backpacking in New Mexico or any number of bicycle trips. [Read More]
Downsizing  RV  aluminumdreams  airstreams  aluminum-dreams  crossposts  Travel 

Day 14 (6/16/2012): Ponca City to South Haven, Kansas (37 Miles)

Day 14 (6/16/2012): Ponca City to South Haven, Kansas (37 Miles)

 Posted on June 25, 2012  (Last modified on February 20, 2024)

The last day started off beautifully. The weather was predicted to be clear with a strong south tailwind with storms moving in for the afternoon but long after I would have gotten into South Haven. With Grace being so kind as to pack up camp, I was out on the road by 6:30 and was setting a good pace. However, it wasn’t long into the morning until it quickly became clear that the weather people had gotten their timing wrong. [Read More]
Freewheel  OKFreewheel  bicycle  bike  oklahoma  oklahoma-trek  tour  tourdecure  cycling  Ponca City  South Haven  Kansas 

Day 21 (6/23/2012): The Final Ride, Tour de Cure (62 Miles)

Day 21 (6/23/2012): The Final Ride, Tour de Cure (62 Miles)

 Posted on June 25, 2012  (Last modified on February 19, 2024)

So after a weeks worth of rest, I felt more than ready to tackle the last ride of this Oklahoma trek by riding in this year’s Tour de Cure. It was great feeling of accomplishment to see this fundraising effort coming to an end. It was also great to see a bunch of the other Freewheel riders back from their rest and ready to go, like Sharon who completed her first Freewheel this year and is already ready for more: [Read More]
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