Here's a compilation of the seventeen episodes of The Rocky Mountain Rubber Tramp, a story of living in a vintage camper with a dog for a year, while spending equal time in a secluded mountain getaway in the northern Colorado Rockies and the raucous, enchanting town of Las Vegas, New Mexico - known in its previous
Getting out of New Mexico was tougher than I thought it would be. But I did it. After spending six months bouncing between Storrie Lake State Park Campground, Vegas RV Park and the side lot of a 10-bedroom house being renovated in East Las Vegas I finally hooked and hauled my little, vintage camper behind
Alright, amigos, it’s time to saddle the horse and prepare to head north. We’ve got to leave the allure of Las Vegas, New México, while we still can. This place is getting ahold of me, but I gotta go, get back to my mountain hideaway in the northern Rockies of Colorado, before it’s too
Welcome back, dear reader, here we are again, seemingly stuck in Las Vegas, and not the one where “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” unless we are what’s happening, because here we seem to stay. Tough place to break free from…but let’s give it a try. Vamonos! “I’m here at Storrie Lake
“Today, I’m going to knock around in town. It’s been a while. I had to vacate Storrie Lake [State Park Campground] because I’d been there 14 days straight (more, actually) and Manny, the Ranger, wouldn’t give me a waiver to stay longer – even though I was the only one there most of the
“Looking out the camper window at sunshine bouncing off of snow. I’m here again at Storrie Lake State Park in Las Vegas, NM. Nice! Overcast and blizzarding all day yesterday. Very blustery. Southern California seems like it was a long time ago, and far, far away… But today it’s time to jump back
Welcome back, dear reader, it’s nice to have you there – wherever that may be. I’m sorry for the delay since the last post of frazzled travel to Thanksgiving in the paradise of Southern California. That was quite a road trip, wasn’t it? I needed a bit of a break after reliving all of that.
Again, let’s stay with these journal entries, shall we, dear reader...? We have much ground to cover once again, and I’d like us to do it in the moment, as best we can. Let us rejoin our journey reflecting from the future of what is now, or has been up to this point. The
Let’s stick with some more of these journal entries, dear reader, and Roll, Baby, roll! We covered some time in the last post, did we not? But now, we must cover some distance. Hold on, if you will, and not loosely! “Getting ready to FINALLY head south toward New Mexico. One last night
Let’s zip through some journal entries, and get away from the approaching storm... “Alright, I’m sitting in the shed – still hasn’t been wired for electricity – but I’ve got the cell phone signal-booster going, so I have 4G and a connection to the net with my tablet and phone, although I still haven’t
