The Hitch

This is the last full day in the Boulder area, a goodbye that's always bittersweet. It's been a good visit, but one that feels so short. 

And Dan and Janice prepare for the road back, which has become…

Leaving Lyons is hard for everyone, but the scheduling of a folk festival in town made it a little easier as the park transformed from a beautiful public park and small campground to a crowded free-f…

After 10 great days in Lyons, today was the last for Janice and Dan and the family, so it's only fitting that the entire family set up mics on Main Street and reflected on the time they've gotten to …

It's been raining all day, but the minute Dan and Janice sat down to record it stopped. Which means you don't get to hear the great sound of rain on the trailer roof.

The rain and smoke made it unusua…

It's Janice's Birthday! She continues a tradition that started here in Lyons three years ago by running a 5k. It was a beautiful, sunny day for most of the day until the smoke rolled in later. 

It was…

A joint birthday party for Janice and her Dad lands Dan grilling burgers on a grill that wasps had made a home in. Whoops. But the burgers were still delicious.

Everyone's feeling the effects of near-…

The weather forecast had been for big rains across the region but they never really came, which made a trip down to Denver to visit Janice's nieces and nephews much easier. This time, the dog came al…

Week Two comes to an end with a big storm that blows in! High winds and big rains in a campground that exists due to a big storm that washed parts of this town away just a few years ago.

It also finds…

Time suddenly feels like it's moving in fast-forward. Even though there's lots of time left in the trip, it feels like it's moving quicker than before.

It's time to slow things down by taking a hike t…

Thankfully, the teen feels better today—still a little stiff, but not completely incapacitated like he was yesterday. And that means that everyone can go down to the river and throw rocks into it, on…

Sometimes things go south. The teen hurt his neck tubing and was in a lot of pain and then Janice learned that her folks spent the day before in the ER.

It's a lot to process when you're home, but whe…

Dan and Janice and the crew pull into Lyons Colorado, a place that they'll finally get to stay in one place for 10 days (and yes, there are full hookups so showering will be a regular occurrence). 

An…

Everyone is clean! 

Yes, nine days into the trip, everyone has finally gotten to take a shower. The full hookups at the St Vrain State Park outside Longmont Colorado finally made it happen. It had got…

After a week pulling through Iowa and Nebraska, Janice and Dan and the family finally park in Colorado. They're still not at their final destination, but they are in the right state at least.

It's a b…

Parked outside an enormous man-made lake near Ogallala Nebraska, join a frustrated and exhausted Janice and Dan as they retell the saga of attempting to finally get water. 

It didn't go well. 

And no, …

It's another waterless night, this time near Kearney, Nebraska. Everyone's starting to get a little gross, what with the not bathing in a while.

The Teen joins in the fun today as everyone's a little …

Janice and Dan are outside Omaha Nebraska in a beautiful state park filled with tons of amenities... except water. 

It's a problem.

Just outside Des Moines, Iowa , Janice and Dan talk about their day surrounded by a cacophony of insects. 

Insects weren't the only creatures out though, as the park they're staying in has a bird blin…

Join Janice and Dan for an day off in Iowa City. First, Dan has to get some work done though, which involves trying to find a strong enough cell signal in an unfamiliar town, which never ends well fo…

It's the first "real" day on the road, with Janice having to re-learn how to navigate Evangeline through windy and hilly back-country roads and Dan learning that there were things he'd been doing wro…