A good ride......

Gearing up for a desert chase soon, although there is very little centerline in the sand. It has got him thinking about the different vehicles that have moved him about over the years.


Traveling rigs have a variety of characteristics that make them suitable for road trips. As you might imagine, nowadays gas consumption is a real consideration. But not in the past when oil was near free and ever flowing. Also, he always preferred a rig he could sleep in when necessary. And necessary was quite often actually.

Certainly cannot forget tunes, with speakers that play sweet and loud, even with all the wind from the glass drawn low. But most important to him was a truck, or if required a car, that was old, dirty, and fit in well with the local landscape. One does not want to standout as a tourist on the outside; even if you know you’re truly a traveler within.

There was a time when cars just stopped in their tracks, left for time to treat. After the vandals took the obvious, the sand, sun, and time ran charge. He always had a hankering to walk away from the confines of a car. Just leave it in a flood prone gulley, like Chris McCandless did, as described in “Into the Wild.” Then just stick out the thumb and see what the universe provides. It always has and it will for awhile more he suspects.

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