Moving along…

Well, we did it again. We killed another perfectly good winter skiing and snowboarding in Colorado. The bus is packed. We’re finally back on the road. Alaska or bust.

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WipeOut 2015

The season is coming to a close up here in WP. That means… WipeOut! WipeOut was really fun. My favorite challenge was probably either the zorb or the pancake eating challenge. In the Zorb, contestants wore giant hamster balls. Two teams competed to try to kick as many small balls to their side as they […]

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C Lot

If you want to park right next to the ski lift and hang like a real ski bum, the The C Lot at Mary Jane* is the place. We camped because… you know. People started showing up at about 6 AM. The lifts don’t start turning until 8:30. The early birds are mostly from the […]

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Do the Hustle

We had the bright idea of getting out of town to avoid the crowds during the Spring Break rush. And, we figured we could rent out our condo for a little extra travel cash while we were away. It worked a little too well. With only a few days’ notice, we got a request for an […]

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The Numbers Are In…

With pie charts and everything. And it’s not even close to zero. That Frugal Challenge. Originally, the plan was to exclude all regular bills – basically just a challenge to our ‘optional’ expenses. The idea was to find our “minimum number” – what it really costs us to live a minimalist lifestyle in the U.S.  It also […]

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Failing into Golden

The frugality experiment has been really eye-opening. We’ve been really good about not buying anything non-essential while we are sitting around Winter Park during a snowstorm. But as they do, the bills starting coming in. We hardly drive the bus at all here, but both the bus insurance and registration were due this month, as […]

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Visiteurs

Several weeks ago we had an awesome visit from some familiar BodesWell characters. We first met Simon and M.C. on the road back in Argentina, then proceeded to travel as a VW bus and motorcycle gang to Ushuia and most of the way back up to Buenos Aires. Ah, good times. Seems like a long […]

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Still Here

We’ve taken a little break from the blog, but we’re still here. Winter Park for the ski season – exactly the same place we were at this time last year. The only recent bus adventures have been to the store and back. I don’t think we’ve bought a tank of gas since November. The free […]

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Back to the Centennial State

Nickname: The Centennial State Capital: Denver State bird: Lark bunting State flower: Aquilegia caerulea Motto: Nil sine numine State tree: Blue spruce Population: 5.268 million (2013) “I’ve been from Tucson to Tucumcari Tehachapi to Tonapah…” Little Feat

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