A family of three drives an old VW bus from San Francisco to the tip of South America.
Posted on November 30, 2013 by jasonNo Comments
We've been getting lots of nice notes from folks who requested stickers a while back. France, Portugal, Brazil, Guatemala... even Taiwan. It's amazing how far a first class stamp can go.
Even though BodesWell World Headquarters has relocated temporarily, we've still got stickers and a local post office. Let us know if you want one....
Posted on November 29, 2013 by jason2 Comments
It's still early in the season and the only limited sections of the mountain are open. We're pretty much confined to the bottom of the hill for now. It's fine of course, we're having a blast and still figuring out which muscles are going to get sore first and how long our day can last. ...
Posted on November 28, 2013 by jason1 Comment
We haven't been on the snow since Chillan. We haven't been on our own gear for 5 years.*
Our first day back was a fun warmup.
Immediately after getting off the 1st lift, Bode says, "uh, I'm ...
Tags: Winter Park
Filed Under: Colorado
Posted on November 27, 2013 by jason3 Comments
When we pulled in to the lot, there was one RV parked for the night that led us to believe we wouldn't have any issues sleeping here. We went to bed early.
I woke up at about 1 AM and looked out the window. We were surrounded by about 10 custom vans - and another was ...
Tags: Winter Park
Filed Under: Colorado
Posted on November 26, 2013 by jason7 Comments
It was a damn cold night. We were pretty good in the bus - we have all new insulation. Still, it was below freezing outside. The campsite had hot showers and a semi-heated bathroom (tip: a hand dryer makes a nifty space heater - 20 seconds at a time), so that was a nice luxury. ...
Tags: Colorado, Lubbock, New Mexico
Posted on November 25, 2013 by jason2 Comments
It's exactly 1000 miles from Austin to Winter Park.
We had grand plans of leaving at 6 AM, but that didn't quite work out. Bode sat up in bed at 3 AM, said "uh, oh" and then vomited all over our friend Trisha's nice guestroom bed. Oops.
So, the day started with a load of laundry at ...
Posted on November 24, 2013 by jason6 Comments
The drive from Houston to Austin was a nice warm-up. The bus ran great and we got to hang out with more friends and family. As always, it was way too short of a visit.
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