sharing my thoughts through words and images
Traveling the coastal Route 1 through the Big Sur region of California has been on my bucket list for years. On our multi-month road trip this past winter, I made it a priority to detour through Big Sur. Often times, when visiting new places,… Continue Reading “Big Sur Coastline San Simeon Region”
Oh the joys of being back in a place where WiFi is available!! Taking up where I left off on our wild west tour, our next big outing in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument involved another road trip – this time along the South… Continue Reading “Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Part 3”
Based on a conversation with some fellow Vermonters who were camped near us at Hole in the Wall campground in the Mojave Preserve, we decided to make Valley of Fire State Park our next destination on our southwest tour. We have been past this… Continue Reading “Valley of Fire State Park”
Since I’m so far behind on my blog posts, I decided to alter my plan and post some more recent adventures interspersed with the earlier travels this winter. I’m so excited about the area we are exploring right now that I cannot wait to… Continue Reading “The Apache Trail”
Part 2 of our travels through Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe area: We moved to the Pine Springs Campground in Guadalupe National Park after our long day in Carlsbad Caverns. This was not by choice (that’s another story!) but it ended up being extremely convenient… Continue Reading “2 Days, 2 Parks – Guadalupe NP”
From our travels through Arkansas and Oklahoma several days ago ….. We passed an uneventful night at a nice rest area just east of Forrest City, Arkansas. The truck parking area was full so we opted to park horizontally across several spaces near a… Continue Reading “What’s in a name and other musings….”
Spending quality time with family is the thing most precious to me. It sustains me in a way that is indescribable. Currently, my two grown children live about as far apart as you can get and still be in the lower forty-eight. One son… Continue Reading “Isle au Haut Family Time”
I thought it would be fun to chronicle one of our road trips in a diary format to illustrate how we travel. Our current trip across country from Wyoming to Vermont is typical of the way we travel when we have a destination in… Continue Reading “Road Trip Journal – 9.14.17 to 9.26.17”