Vanchella Vagabonds

By Chris True! I thought this water tank was quite cool - it had very interesting elements. The last two weeks of vagabonding have been a mixed bag. Staying in Bakersfield in the extreme heat has been especially challenging in terms of getting exercise and being able to cook, as well as being outside.* The air unit in our studio AirBnB has barely been able to keep up. Turning on the stove was unthinkable!  *Vagabond Learning for Chris: A component of outdoor living in my home is critically important! Why Bakersfield? So many friends have asked. Well, we're pensioners now, so we have a budget. We were looking for something within that budget to fill the two weeks between our last stop (Emily's place) and our next (July Santa Barbara AirBnB). We were looking within a 3 hour radius, because we didn't want to drive far from where we were coming from and returning to. Southern California was out for the time being because of curfews and general unrest (at the time we were reserv...

After our long journey West, it was nice to be able to visit with Emily for a few weeks, especially to be with her on her 25th birthday!  Emily liked her presents and John was happy with his early Father's Day gift. He had to surrender his pocket knife on our last flight, having forgotten to put it in the checked luggage. Since Emily was finishing up her (virtual) teaching assignment for the year, as well as continuing with work on her dissertation, and California was still under stay-at-home orders, we mostly just hung out and explored the neighborhood.  Surfer Van: We've noticed an increase in the number of female surfers. Here's one of their vans. Love the flowers (even on the wheel covers) as well as the phases of the moon! Where exactly Emily lives gets a little confusing! UCSB is not actually in Santa Barbara. It's in a city just north of SB, which is also where the airport is. That city is Goleta, which is the city of Emily's mailing address. However, Emily l...