This is #ProjectNomad

It happened very quickly.

Last Sunday evening I was in Toronto, boarding the train from downtown to the airport, when my friend Alexis called from a veterinarian's office in Vancouver.

At the urging of a local Facebook group for bully breed dogs, she'd taken Lucy in to h...

 January 14, 2018:

There would be no foaming today.

Lucy and I woke up in Fredericton, New Brunswick, just over three hundred kilometres from our final destination at the family farm in rural Prince Edward Island. 

And frankly, I think we were both really ready for the tr...

Is this just an excuse to post lots of pictures of my dog? Read on to find out!

This dog has changed my life in so many wonderful ways.

Both Laurence Gonzales and Victor Frankl write about how one of the keys to resilience is in finding someone or something to care about...

January 12, 2018:

This was a fun day.

We hadn't done much foaming through Ohio the day before, due to the crummy weather and general travel malaise and the like, but when Lucy and I woke up this morning in beautiful Olean, New York, it was like twelve degrees (C) above f...

The vet chose her words carefully. 

"Does she get lots of treats?" she asked, as she studied Lucy's hindquarters. "I mean, how often is she eating?" 

She was trying to be tactful. But I got her point. The hound has put on a few pounds. 

Not many, mind. The vet suggested L...

January 11, 2018:

Doesn't Ashtabula sound like a Springsteen album, or, like, a good and gritty piece of crime fiction? I came across a few towns like that in my January drive: Escanaba, Michigan, was one. International Falls. Ashtabula. Belfast, New York. Seneca Falls....

 January 9, 2018:

As much as I would have liked to have stuck around to explore Duluth for a few more days, I couldn't really justify staying. Lucy and I needed to keep some momentum up; the weather had been good to us, but it wouldn't stay friendly forever.

As it turned...

January 8, 2018:

This was my favourite day of the whole drive, I think. And not just because Lucy met a donkey and I got on the news--twice.

Okay, so I needed a mental health day. My near nervous breakdown the night before when trying to decide between an Arby's and a Pe...

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

Miles: 2440 

Morale: Great 

Munchies: Veggie burger, Hollander IPA 

It's been a good little run.

I've only had one event in the last couple of days, but I've been keeping pretty busy. Before Lucy and I left Chicago on Thursday, we dropped in...

Location: Deerfield, Illinois 

Miles: 2267 

Morale: Good, slightly loopy 

Munchies: I ate dinner at a Hooters-esque joint called Twin Peaks because there was nothing else open. The broccoli was good. 

I went through a big Steinbeck phase as a teenager. 

In fact, I can remem...