We’re Texans again

We’re Texans again

Lyn and Jay spent a lot of Spring 2024 in Lyn’s hometown at her mother’s house, doing a few technology upgrades, peeping at an azalea garden, making resin crafts, and getting thoroughly confused at how to become Texas residents. In this episode, Jay guided Lyn through a tournament bracket of what he thought might be her favorite things about nomadic life.

Between Wisconsin and Texas

Topics include: finding a proper bodega down the street in Albany [https://www.doordash.com/store/mike-deli-corporation-albany-26169035/], including a perfect chopped cheese sandwich two trips to New York City, with two different Eddie Izzard shows: the Remix Tour and Hamlet (abridged), and a Moulin Rouge-themed karaoke room [https://www.beastandbutterfliesnyc.com/event/moulin-rouge-the-musical-karaoke-experience/] Mott Street Girls Chinese food tour [https://www.mottstreetgirls.com/] Seeing Eric Kufs [https://www.erickufs.com/] play music live Halloween town festival in Saint Johnsbury Lyn’s evolving opinion of snow Befriending a stray cat Ethically stealing a stray (?) cat Oops, we finally got Covid-19 Leftover Chicken Express [https://chickene.com/family-meals/] fried chicken salad recipe

Lyn and her mom remember camping

Lyn and Jay do a fair amount of camping while they travel the USA, but when and where did Lyn pick up this habit? We sat down with Lyn's mom to discuss the highlights and challenges of Texas campgrounds in the 1980s.

Fall in Nice and Spring in Wisconsin

Content warning: at minute 37, we discuss suicidal thoughts for about 2 minutes. The rest of the show is very light-hearted.

282 days later

We’re Lyn and Jay. Middle-aged introvert nerds with no fixed address. When remote work became possible, we smushed everything we own (more or less) into a cargo van and drove out to meet the USA, spending a month or two in each town. This nation is huge, and full of new tastes, sights, sounds and feelings. We’ve been at it for 11 months, and we have a lot to share.