Author Archives: kerrysco

August 6th, 2022 This day marked 3 months since I sold my home and went on the road. When you are mostly alone for that length of time, questions undoubtedly pop into your head. Sometimes, I find it helps to write about them and their answers. Putting things into exact words and sentences seems toContinue reading “Three Months”

July 28th, 2022 There have been a lot of times in my life, where I attempted to do something difficult that I had never done before. I replaced a camshaft in a 1968 Firebird 400 motor by reading a book. I learned to cast a fly line and how to do bicycle repairs from theContinue reading “Some Things You Can’t Describe”

July 26-28, 2022 After camping a few days at Camp Hale, I wanted to find a site with an electric hookup and perhaps a cell signal. I also needed a location near Steamboat Springs, as in August I will rendezvous with friends from Minnesota. We wanted a good spot in the backcountry for a fewContinue reading “Stagecoach State Park”

July 21-26, 2022 I left Turquoise Lake on July 21st. My next destination was northwest of Leadville, over on the north side of Tennessee Pass. Once you wind down from the pass, you come across a flat valley through which flows the Eagle River. My campground was on the floor of this valley and isContinue reading “Camp Hale”

Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 This morning I started a hike at 7am. I was at the western inlet of Turquoise Lake near Leadville, Colorado. I left the trailhead and started the climb to Timberline Lake in the Holy Cross Wilderness. The trail climbed for 2.5 miles, gaining 800 feet in elevation. That doesn’t sound toContinue reading “A First”

Saturday July 16th, 2022 I have been retired for a week now and am also camped along Halfmoon Creek near Leadville, Colorado. My campsite is known as a “dispersed” location. Dispersed: scattered in all directions, spread about, distributed widely. Essentially, this means it is free and not actually part of any official campground. Of courseContinue reading “Initial Thoughts”

Friday July 8th, 2022 For the last 19 months, my goal has been to retire, sell my house, and live in a camper full time while roaming the mountain and desert west. Today, I reached my goal. It was my last day of work, which ended at 2pm Mountain Daylight Time. I said goodbye toContinue reading “Goal Achieved”

July 1st, 2022 After a few days visiting with my mother and sister in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, I finally started the long drive to the mountains. My first destination would be Badlands National Park in South Dakota. I left the Minneapolis area the afternoon of June 30th, looking to overnight somewhere around Sioux Falls, SouthContinue reading “Travels”

June 23rd, 2022 Brooklyn Park, MN I am getting near the end now. On this day I turned in my notice of the final two weeks of my 35 year career in Information Technology. In those 35 years there has been a lot of change in technology as well as the ways in which peopleContinue reading “Getting to the End”

Mellen, Wisconsin June 12th – June 16 I met my friends from Minneapolis at the next campground I visited. I drove across Upper Michigan, stopping in Munising for fuel, and the Marquette Meijer grocery for food. It would be my last visit to a Meijer store. I was used to their products as I alwaysContinue reading “Beaver Lake USFS Campground”