Seen on a gray day at an auto salvage & steel scrap yard on the Navajo Nation Reservation in northeast Arizona.
Very eye-catching. These metal workers are artists and comedians! May they ever be thus…
– Jane & David
Seen on a gray day at an auto salvage & steel scrap yard on the Navajo Nation Reservation in northeast Arizona.
Very eye-catching. These metal workers are artists and comedians! May they ever be thus…
– Jane & David
Welcome to our blog!
David and Jane set out from Baltimore on May 18, 2025 for another big travel. This time, our “big” rig, The Tramper, is in temporary repose in West Virginia. Instead we’re in a 2010 Honda Odyssey, fitted out with a bed and lots of camping supplies. The Odessey, named Helen, is more nimble, frugal and stealthy than The Tramper. All good for a shorter trip.
In September 2012, David and Jane quit their jobs and traveled the country in their 1957 Yellowstone trailer, mountain biking, hiking, paddling, skiing and learning along the way. We carved out a 6 month sabbatical! It was AWESOME! Now, we’re back home and still blogging about the impact of our fabulous trip. And random stuff…


Hahahaha!
We think of you often; you old bird! Your eye for light and shadows too would be fun to have along. When’s the next camping trip? I wanted to go in that place and find a manual transmission for Marfa, but didn’t want them to get their talons in her.
-David
Like this a lot. spend a fair amount of time in junk yards and like the people but haven’t seen too much recognizable creativity. The guy I usually buy from is blind, does a great job on parts assessment but if his cash drawer is screwed up, really appreciates if corrected on wrong change. He knows me by voice alone and still try to beat him down on the parts. It’s an odd relationship.
Too bad the guys who made the vultures aren’t closer to Baltimore. It’d be nice buy parts from them.
– David
There is something very “ethereal ” about this, but I am not sure what. 🙂
I like the dangling parts, hanging from their mouths. They are delicate enough, although made of metal, to blow in the wind!
– Jane