Trips that start in one place and end in another.
Modes of Transport / Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published January 9, 2023
Having a fat-tire electric bike is great. It’s able to handle the desert terrain. From deep, soft sand to rough gravel. So I’ve spent a lot of time riding around the desert and checking out some of the RVs parked out here near Quartzsite, Arizona. My favorites are all the...
Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published February 26, 2022 · Last modified February 20, 2022
I read the book Forrest Gump long before it was made into a movie. These days I like the movie but when it first came out, I despised it. Forrest went through so many more adventures in the book. It was much more of a farce. I felt outraged at...
I’ve been hiding out from winter in Mobile, Alabama. The rainiest city in America, as it turns out! (It’s true! I didn’t believe it when someone told me. Then I looked it up. Mobile gets 67″ of rain per year; easily enough to submerge most 5th graders.) One rainy day,...
Logistics / Moderately Active / Modes of Transport / Off-the-beaten-path / Strenuous / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published August 31, 2021
This story will have more twists and turns than a goat path through the Ural Mountains. It will also be a really long story. For those who don’t want to read the whole thing… TL;DRRV’s engine broke down. I fixed it. The end. First, a key take-away:When I was involved...
Active / Activities / Adventure / Nature / Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 13, 2021
After packing up a large house and two-car garage into two storage containers, I helped SB drive over 2,800 miles from Washington state to upstate New York. After cramming three semi-feral bunnies and her large hunting dog into her small SUV-type car, we only had room left for one backpack...
Nature / Off-the-beaten-path / Strenuous / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 23, 2018 · Last modified July 5, 2018
Right in the back yard of the place where I’m housesitting sits the Wallowa Mountains. Literally. The entrance to a state park is four houses away. I go walking in there almost daily. I have hiked 9,000 feet up into the mountains, ending up well above the snow line. They...
Nature / Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 20, 2018 · Last modified July 5, 2018
Until I came through Idaho and eastern Oregon, what I knew about the Snake River Canyon was that Evil Kneivel tried to jump over it on a rocket-powered motorcycle in the 1970s. Having now ridden my own motorcycle along some 100 miles of the Snake River, I can say
History / Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 17, 2018 · Last modified July 5, 2018
Of course all these photos from the ghost towns I’ve been visiting were originally taken digitally and in color. However I Photoshopped them to be black-and-white, sepia, silver toned or sometimes with strange colors because the subject matter seems to demand it.
History / Modes of Transport / Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 14, 2018 · Last modified July 5, 2018
Ghost towns aren’t just about the old, dilapidated buildings. For reasons unknown, people sometimes left their entire lives behind. Including cars, trucks, furniture and many other things. Here are some of the cars and trucks I found while touring the ghost towns.