This has been — without a doubt — the best summer at Camp I can remember. Even though the season was truncated, and even though our numbers decreased every week, it was more incredible than I could have ever hoped. The first two weeks, especially, were magical. We had glorious weather. Warm (sometimes downright hot)… Read More A perfect summer
Whoopsie. We landed back home in New Hampshire and I promptly forgot to make this post. Of course, as the time passes the details feel a little hazy, but I will do my best to piece together the last week or so of our whirlwind US/Canadian travel adventure. We had a few days to spend… Read More The Great Lakes and the last bit of travel
Our National Park system is vast and expansive. Its mission to preserve and protect the natural and cultural resources for this and future generations. It’s a tall order. And it, like many of our federal and national systems, has been facing cuts to budgets, staff, and morale. Still they are open and welcoming visitors from… Read More The Best of America
We left Alaska after five weeks of exploration. Our last stop in the 49th state was Chicken, Alaska, along the Top of the World Highway. We drove over four hours in pristine wilderness to reach the ferry to get into Dawson City. Admittedly the ferry had us both up a tree of sorts, wondering if… Read More Crossing Canada: Part 2
Five weeks. We gave ourselves five weeks to explore Alaska. So much time. Not nearly enough time. We also gave ourselves permission to treat this trip as the once-in-a-lifetime visit that it might be (tho we really hope we get to come back). With Larry existing in the liminal space of Akamai at his back… Read More Alaska: Indeed the last frontier
As an east coast gal, I’ve spent a fair amount of time in Canada. I’ve been to New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and many visits to a couple parts of Quebec. We even spent a weekend in Vancouver. But this trip allowed us to really spend some time crossing this vast country. Our… Read More Crossing Canada: part 1
Once we left Carefree, we picked up our pace again, bouncing quickly first to Acrosanti as it was somewhat on the way and fit the themes of counter-cultural living that we’ve been exploring. From there we passed through Jerome and took a stretch break in Sedona. Then it was onto the Grand Canyon. We scored… Read More The Great American Southwest Part 2: Greatest Hits, Goblins, and Gods
This post will attempt to capture our couple weeks bouncing around in the southwest. Or, as we came to describe it, letting our little piñon seed blow where the wind would take it. Picking up on the joyful spontaneity we experienced in Texas, we decided to let “yes” enter the chat and we allowed ourselves… Read More The Great American Southwest Part 1: Carefree Piñon Seeds
We left New Orleans and drove to Austin, Texas. It’s a familiar route for us, and it passed uneventfully. We did try to go through the area known for the famous Blue Bonnet flower fields, but alas, the season was every early this year, and there were none to be seen. Last time we were… Read More Texas Time
I don’t know what I can say about New Orleans that hasn’t already been said by people far more talented and observant that I am, but I feel compelled to capture our last visit before too much time passes and too many other cities fill my brain. We came in from Gulf Shores, Alabama, and… Read More The Allure of New Orleans
Empty Nest Wanderings 