Breaking Camp

Today most people associate the name “Tesla” with the electric car company that alienated its entire consumer base because of its CEO’s political shenanigans, but the name actually belongs to the father of the modern electrical grid, Nikola Tesla. Tesla famously duelled ideas of electricity with Thomas Edison: Tesla the champion of “Alternating Current (AC)” which is electricity traveling at high voltages in either direction of a line and being stepped down right before running into a consumer’s home, and Edison was the proponent of “Direct Current” which was low voltage electricity that went one direction straight to the user… Read more: Tesla I am Not

In one of my favorite movies, The Martian, Matt Damon’s character is preparing to make a long journey across Mars from one base to another, but he knows he can’t just send it and has to take a methodical approach to preparing for this journey given his constraints. This was approximately what I was doing between May and July 2026. Every couple weeks I’d take the camper out on weekend trips. Using the app “HipCamp” (think AirBnB but for RVs) and RVLife I found suitable places where I could navigate the trailer to and get set up at and give… Read more: The Martian

By the time spring 2026 had arrived I had made the decision to fully commit to RV life and vowed not to take any half-measures in the process of buying and equipping a trailer that I’d planned on living in for at least the next two years. Initially I was immersed in the idea of the summer PCS road trip that would take me and the kids from Washington to Washington. Prior to the spring, the plan included having the girlfriend come with me on this move and beyond, but things were starting to cool down between us and it… Read more: (Wheeled) House Hunting

I knew I was probably not done journaling in the public forum after my last chronicle (CPT Cancer) and this project is that prophecy coming to fruition. In fact, its arrival is largely inspired by my friend Rebecca resuming her blogging career (I highly recommend you give her a read, she’s a funny and insightful lady). A lot has happened since I concluded CPT Cancer, and I’ll recount it in later posts because that timeline absolutely needs to be fleshed out to understand how your author got here, but this entry is meant to set the stage. Bottom Line: My… Read more: Breaking Camp