Living Fossils, Lasting Love

This weekend was graced by the August full moon, known as the Sturgeon Moon, because late summer is prime sturgeon fishing season in the Great Lakes region, where these ancient fish have long been revered. Sturgeon are among the largest of the freshwater bony fish, with a lineage stretching back to the Jurassic period. Often…

And So It Goes

This weekend we enjoyed milder than expected weather, but with it came a change in the flight pattern into DFW International Airport, bringing disruptive airplane traffic and its resultant noise to Loyd Park. Over the course of Friday and Saturday nights, we watched part one of the revealing new documentary, “Billy Joel: And So It…

Lessons in Listening

This weekend we met Bud, a guy sporting a 45/47 hat, a reference to Donald Trump as the 45th and 47th president of the United States. As is our custom, we steered clear of any political conversation, talking instead about shared camping experiences, a common devotion to dogs, and our occasional bobcat sightings. Fluff. We…

Lessons in Campsite Etiquette

It may go without saying, but we’ll say it anyway. After more than a decade of camping nearly every weekend, we feel as though we’ve earned the right to offer a primer on campsite etiquette. Camping, for us, has always been about disconnecting from the noise of daily life and reconnecting with nature. But in…

Fire and Rain

We rolled into Loyd Park on Friday afternoon, laptops in tow, and wrapped up our workday remotely with the sounds of nature replacing the usual office hum. The Texas summer was in full swing with its high heat and even higher humidity, but the shade of the trees and the promise of a good meal…

A Fourth Unsettled and Upsetting

We headed to Loyd Park for the long July Fourth weekend, hoping for a few days of rest and renewal. Because our home fridge was on the fritz, we packed up most of its contents to keep in our Airstream fridge until the home unit could be repaired. Yet even as we tried to settle…

Summer Starter

As the first weekend of summer rolled into North Texas, we made our way to Loyd Park for a seasonably warm weekend. After setting up, we finished our work week before imbibing in Date Night cocktails. We toasted Cliff’s successful completion of a WGU Academy certificate course on artificial intelligence before turning to the grill,…

Here We Go Again

After a quiet start to a warm weekend, we awoke to a huge headline on the landing page of The New York Times: “U.S. Enters War Against Iran.” Well, that places everything in perspective. Suddenly, the problem Jon was having with his iPhone didn’t seem as relevant. In the dozen or so years that we’ve…

The Stories We Tell

We met some fellow Airstreamers this weekend who had traveled to Texas from California. As we typically do when meeting people for the first time, we started sharing stories about ourselves and our adventures. The stories we tell about ourselves come from our own experiences, but over time some have been embellished for comedic effect,…

Discovering a Decade-Long Secret

We arrived on Friday afternoon and quickly set up camp, enabling us to work remotely for the remainder of the day. Date Night cocktails and hors d’oeuvres were followed by a delightfully grilled New York strip with grilled asparagus, baked potato, and a glass of FAT Bastard cabernet. A phone call to our friend Bud…