Gather 'round…
It's fall in Wisconsin. And once again the seasons take me by the hand and calm my soul. It happens every year. Summer comes, and I am filled with hope at the coming adventures. We saturate the months with more than the suspension can comfortably hold. There is down time, but it is barely enough... Continue Reading →
I'm home. Again. Pulled in late last night from driving home with Rachel from Oregon. I have crossed the bulk of this country three times this year, something I never thought might happen. I am more of a slow traveler, and until now, a 35+ hour drive to get to any destination, even one as... Continue Reading →
There are sunflowers out my window. Not because I am a sunflower farmer, but simply because I planted hostas beneath my birdfeeder. You see, the resident chickens really like to scratch there under that feeder in the spring, for no matter how many birds we have, even of the ground-feeding junco variety, the intended beneficiaries... Continue Reading →
So, my word of the year… Last year my word was empathy. It made sense right from the get-go. I knew it was something that I really needed to work on, and everything in my path helped me, guided me towards it. This year? I couldn’t pin anything down. OK, I probably didn’t try very... Continue Reading →
We never found Delaware. All those miles, and all that adventuring, and Delaware was nowhere to be see. We did hike with a lovely woman from Delaware, so maybe that counts for something. We even threatened to follow her back to her car, but--ridiculous her--she let her Rhode Islander friend chauffeur her across the country.... Continue Reading →
I spent a few years in Ames, Iowa, back in the day. Wallowed through a few years of school here, met my first husband in the vicinity, generally milled about some. Ames happened to fall directly on top of the need for dinner tonight, so we stopped in. While I would have liked to have... Continue Reading →
I've never had the experience of winding down from a vacation before actually getting home, and I don't totally hate it. We are pretty-well wasted, which doesn't lend itself to grand adventures with family here, but just hanging out might be even better. And maybe the vacation let-down will be a little bit less, having... Continue Reading →
Uff. We hit the end-of-trip wall. Started the day with big plans to go to the pool with the kids today, and then all run up to Rocky Mountain National Park tomorrow. Ended the day with a short trip to the park across the street with the kids, and maybe a jaunt to the pool... Continue Reading →
Wow. Bryce Canyon. Wow. But already I'm ahead of myself... The Airbnb was great. The beds were passable--let's be honest, they felt like heaven compared to the string of second-rate Intex--and, and as previously mentioned, the place was clean and cozy. A win. And after the refund from Utah's finest state park, pretty modestly priced,... Continue Reading →
You know that hiking in from the highway option if you miss curfew? Turns out people use it at all hours, and the quickest way back to any site in the campground is through our site. Thankfully none of them were putting forth any effort at being stealthy, so I had no fears that they... Continue Reading →
Up at the butt-crack of dawn and eager to get moving. From furnace to fire, but there is always hope that Utah's in for an unexpected cold front. How was the drive? Hot. Hotter than the fourth level of hell, where the AC is most definitely broken. Fortunate turn of events though... In a wave... Continue Reading →
Big Trees. Indeed. The little energy we had to expend today took up up to General Sherman, and the desperately-in-need-of-renovation Lodgepole Visitor Center. The Giant Forest Museum further down was quite nice yesterday, but the Visitor Center up by the Lodge is stuck in the wrong century. I can only hope it's next on the... Continue Reading →
Tales From the Nexus 