The Hitch

Week 4 comes to a close with Dan and Janice sitting outside on their last night in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

While it is the end of the first 28 days of the trip (catch up if you haven't listened to them…

Today Dan, Janice, the 14-year-old, and the 4-year-old went to the UFO Festival in Roswell New Mexico! Home of the infamous UFO crash in 1947, Roswell has turned that infamy into a yearly festival, a…

It's well over 100 degrees outside in Carlsbad New Mexico and the Heat Devil lurks to turn you cranky if you don't ward against him. But thankfully none of that matters because everyone spent the day…

As week four rolls on, it's a day to celebrate! It's the youngests birthday--no longer a three year old, he's now FOUR and joins Janice and Dan to open today's episode. Also, it's the 4th of July but…

Today finds Dan and Janice on a drive day from Marfa to Carlsbad, New Mexico. It's hot, they're tired, but what a drive it was.

When you road trip some days the drives are purely perfunctory--a neces…

Week 4 continues with Dan and Janice sitting in the back of Evangeline trying to figure out Marfa Texas. This is a town that, on paper, seems taylor made for the two of them: It's a small high desert…

Week 4 begins in a post-apocalyptic trailer park just outside Marfa Texas.

Join Janice and Dan in this odd-but-charming campground to hear about the stunning drive and their excitement about the remo…

Week three wraps up with a drive day. But it wasn't just any drive day: it was a day to face a fear.

There was no way around towing through the rain today and so Janice faced that fear. And, on the o…

This episode is not for the squeamish--but neither is pulling around a thing that you do bodily functions in. It goes with the territory.

For listeners of Season One, you'll remember that Dan lived i…

Recorded during a late night run to the campsite laundry, Dan and Janice look at a day that FINALLY brought them to Barton Springs Pool!

It was a marvelous day spent in the pool, eating BBQ and gener…

It's been hot in Austin (though locals will point out that it's been hotter) and so today was all about trying to stay cool.

Another attempt at going to the Barton Springs Pool to cool down was thwar…

Bellies full from some of the best tacos they've ever eaten, enjoyed with friends at a roadside taco/bbq joint in South Austin, Dan and Janice sit down to talk about the day. Life continues to be pr…

Everyone has settled into life in Austin: Dan is working full days, Janice is commuting into town with the kids.

Here in the third week, everything has settled into a routine. And it's pretty great.

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Week three begins with Janice and Dan starting to have some days spent in parallel instead of everyone together.

Living on the road means working on the road and as Dan settles in to a long stretch o…

Week two comes to a conclusion in Austin Texas, where Evangeline will be parked for the next week. After three days on the road, having a long visit in a great town is a welcome respite--plus the cam…

Maybe when you think of Waco Texas you think of the standoff at the Branch Davidian compound the 1990s. Well, there's a new compound in Waco that's getting all the attention now: The Magnolia Market …

Another drive day lands Janice and Dan and the family on the shores of Lake Waco in Waco Texas.

They had to back up again and, without the help of a nosy neighbor (but admittedly heeding his advice),…

After a long drive day crossing Arkansas diagonally, Janice and Dan finally get to their campsite located on a very high lake in the town of Texarkana Texas. And that would be that except for the nev…

It's the last night in Memphis and Dan and Janice sit on the porch of the campground laundromat and reflect on their visit to the National Civil Rights Museum. Listener, they both get choked up.

Loc…

Some days you set out with a clear plan and a destination in mind, other days you just set out and see what happens. Today was one of those days: no real agenda, a nice temperature, and a surprisingl…