Welcome to Tinytown!

I live a tiny life.  Since June of 2013 when my partner & I separated, I have lived full-time in my 1952, 14’x6.6’, canned ham trailer, (aka “Hammy”).  With me on the journey have been my two loyal compatriots, Jack & Bella the dogs.  Together over the past 2 yrs we have traveled over 25,000 miles around the country on hilarious, scary, exciting, educational, OH SO SCENIC, and just plain beautiful adventures.   It is my wish that you will join us on these and many more of The Gonzo Hunter - My View From The Road In A Heavily Fortified Vintage Camper.  

The whole series will be available on Kindle/Amazon Direct Publishing this spring, starting from that fateful, cop eluding summer of 2013 when I headed north into the wilds of Wyoming & Montana, then east to Ohio.  My rough chapters from last summer, 2014, you can read here in my Archives until they are removed prior to publishing (no more freebies, ha sorry!)

Since embarking on this journey of a lifetime, I have never felt freer, happier, more at peace, purposeful, loving, and filled with grace and gratitude for the world around me.  I can’t tell you how many times I have come up against people (even family and friends) who think I am absolutely insane for living this way.  When I gave up most of my possessions and put my heirlooms in storage and “just headed out”, people were aghast that I seemingly had no plan.  Oh, but I did.  My plan was to see just how simply one can live and be comfortable, happy.  What I found was amazing and in many ways I am never going to give up this gypsy lifestyle.  Why would I?  

I mean, yeah, I live in amazing Colorado, I want to build a home base, a home, a fortified bunker here where I can live off the grid when I’m not traveling, but really, WHO would want to give up a lifestyle in which you can go and do whatever you want, work your job a few hours a week, and then go out and have MORE adventures to write about?  I don’t know about you, but I am fucking having the time of my life out here - in fact I highly recommend it!!

So if anything, my series and writing about my “Lifestyle Design”, as Tim Ferris talks about in his book, The 4 Hr. Work Week (one of many books I devoured over the past 6 months), is meant to encourage the rest of you to do the same.  Follow your bliss.  Ask yourself:  “Am I happy, truly happy deep down to my soul?”  If the answer is no, then you seriously need to be asking yourself, “OK then what am I going to do about that NOW?”  Because NOW is all we ever have people.  There is no tomorrow, there is no yesterday, only this moment.  If you’re waiting to live when you retire or this, that or the other thing happens, you’re not living NOW.  And guess what?  You might not get tomorrow or even the next moment, so wouldn’t you rather just sit in this moment and let it happen and enjoy it and be happy in it?  Then when the next one comes, do the same thing.  Repeat for the rest of the days you ARE given, be joyous and grateful, and let me know how you enjoyed the rest of your life from here on out when we meet in Heaven, ok?  I promise.  You won’t regret it.  

Thank you to all of my wonderful family and friends who continue to support what I do no matter how bat shit crazy you think I am - my mental illnesses have been worth it and are paying off for me now haha!  I heartily endorse that I be given a reality TV series in fact, because I don't how many times I have told people, "if I wasn't living this life, even I wouldn't believe all the stuff that has happened to me".  Hope you'll buy the ticket and take the ride along with me.  

Until next time........living small and loving it largely.

The Gonzo Hunter