Roseberg, OR to La Grange, CA – 522 miles Go here to see the all the blog posts. The truck stop I boondocked at had no fewer than four score and seven trucks bedded down for the night. I wedged my vehicle between two big rig trucks that cycled generators every thirty minutes or so. […]
Feb 17 Castle Rock, WA to Roseburg, OR – 237 miles My plan for the day was Reset the trailer (removing things I mentioned yesterday) Build a little “desk” to put into my passenger seat Leave no later than noon To visit with an online marketer in Eugene (Hi, Renee) To visit with my cousin […]
Feb 16 – Pasco, WA to Castle Rock, WA 265 miles First, I want to start this by saying that my expectations of RadCon, while higher than my previous years, didn’t come even close to the reality. I appreciate how us book sellers are now out where people can see us. HUGE improvement over the […]
Castle Rock, WA to Pasco, WA (265 miles). First here is a short peak into how close I am packed inside the car. Mostly Full RAV4 Welcome to Pasco, WA. I chose to take the Columbia Gorge (I84) rather than going via I90 (over the aptly named Snoqualmie Pass) or near a similarly snow-covered Mt. […]
Even More Preparation! Fuel sources for all my different off-grid materials became a problem quickly. I need gasoline for my generator (backup for my car) and propane for my heater, I decided that I didn’t need to carry yet another fuel (white gas) for my Coleman camp stove. So instead I splurged and bought a […]
Episode 3 The trailer (a Backpacker 2 ), as I purchased it as an older model, had a couple of issues, not with its structure or operation, only in my needs and wants for a longer road trip. If you go to that link, remember that I have an older model without the WC area, […]
So I decided I was doing this long book tour. Where was I going? Could I find a route that made some kind of sense? First requirement, stick to what I know works – conventions. Limit that to SciFi, board/roleplay gaming, comic, book, and fantasy conventions. Throw anime conventions in there as well just to […]
Welcome to the beginning of an adventure for TANSTAAFL Press and me, Thomas Gondolfi. I will be chronicling the trip on this website / social media. I hope you will follow along. I’ll talk about the trials, tribulations, and more importantly achievements of this event. I’ve always wanted to expand TANSTAAFL Press’ range of personal […]
Time to compete with Amazon and all of the other sites that offer free shipping within the USA. But, as our name says, TANSTAAFL – There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. In this case for you this lunch is mostly free. Mostly. However we have been keeping our prices low despite the […]
One of the holes in our plan to offer something in every sub-genre of SciFi is High Fantasy, something many of you love. We have a number of urban fantasies, but haven’t checked the high fantasy box yet. I did offer a contract to an author, Verna McKinnon, who wrote an awesome story about a female, […]