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  • Drying Rack Project

  • #RiverVanGo ‘s First Dance

  • Spring

  • Birthday Party

  • Meet River

  • Honoring the snuggles

    Today is my partner’s birthday and so I want to take a moment to look back at our memories and feel lucky to know this person who I am hoping has a great day and another year of adventure. As you will see and know … she makes the world a better place. Happy birthday…

  • Van Shopping

  • Healing

  • 55th

  • End of March – Saying Goodbye

    In a turn of events that could rival any TV drama, here we are at a fork in the road, ready to buckle down and get serious. This whole State Farm settlement saga has been stickier than a batch of homemade toffee. But guess what? We’re flipping to a new chapter. Step one? It’s time…

  • Becoming Human Again

    We whipped this up with #magisto, and let me tell you, the tunes of “Like Heaven” by Oomiee really set the mood. After going ten rounds with State Farm—whew, what a saga—we just had to breathe some fresh air for once this year.

  • Another Week of Hell

    Week three into our insurance soap opera took a fascinating twist—imagine us, the underdogs, bringing in the legal heavyweights, giving State Farm a nudge, and lo and behold, they agreed to an independent appraiser. Feels a bit like a win in our household saga, though it’s anybody’s guess if we’re actually moving forward or just…

  • State Farm Saga Continues

    The State Farm saga is still going strong! Mo’s been on the phone so much, we’re half expecting the phone to start begging for a break. Mo’s merged these marathon calls with daily walks. Imagine Mo, strolling around, dodging squirrels, all while deep thinking about talks about insurance expectations. It’s turned every walk into a…

  • I am 55: 2 Weeks of Psychological Warfare

    Birthday cheers to me! These last couple of weeks have felt like we’ve been moonlighting as characters in a Kafka novel, playing phone tag with State Farm, engaging in a bizarre dance with lawyers, and trying to decode the mystical language of appraisers, all while not moving an inch closer to sorting anything out. It’s…

  • Insurance?

    Well, folks, our beloved van has taken its final bow, thanks to a lead-footed speedster clocking in at a brisk 70mph. Picture it: one moment, you’re plotting the route for your next escapade, and the next, your van’s body is more crinkled than a tin foil hat at a conspiracy theorist convention. Cue the insurance…

  • The Last Adventure

    In the chilly embrace of winter, with the sun putting up a futile fight against the snow, our trek across Bozeman Pass in “Buttons,” our faithful van, veered off-script dramatically. The snow, pretending to retreat, pulled a fast one, turning into treacherous black ice, queuing up an impromptu survival challenge. Then, out of the blue,…

  • Stranded

    Looks like we’ve got a classic case of winter surprise on our hands, caught on video! Here’s someone, decked out in what must be the warmest jacket and gloves combo this side of the Arctic, yet that face mask they’ve got on is practically broadcasting, “Brrr, why did I even step outside?” The clip rolls…

  • Paranoid

    I was taking my usual neighborhood stroll when suddenly the local police swooped in, seemingly chasing a drone. Before I knew it, I found myself in an unexpected chase, darting and ducking around like a city slicker ninja as I tried to evade the high-flying adversary. It turned into an hour-long, adrenaline-fueled adventure straight out…