I was reminded yesterday that I’ve been remiss in updating the blog. I guess once I got home and started opening the house again and doing the massive amounts of errands, chores, Christmas decorating, and mountains of laundry I forgot to record our last, unplanned, nomading get-away for 2025. So here’s to completion issues. We… Read More A brief stop in Savannah and then home
In absence of actual travel, here’s some ramblings on the concept of “home” that I started back in Colorado. The question that used to throw me when meeting strangers is “What do you do?” They are usually just making curious small talk, and I would try to reply simply that I am retired. But often… Read More Home
We enjoyed two days in Boulder after the pet sit. We stayed at a place called A Lodge, a very interesting type of accommodation. There are rooms, suites, tent camping, and van camping. There’s a pool, sauna, hot tub, outdoor cooking pavilion, lodge with comfortable seats, games, and provisions, and a gorgeous little river (or… Read More Dividing in Denver
Telluride is a picturesque town in a scenic box canyon, surrounded by mountains, lush and green, snow dotted, even in June, with waterfalls sluicing vertically down the slopes. It is home to the Telluride Bluegrass festival, an event that’s been going on for over 50 years. For as long as Larry has known music, he’s… Read More Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Utah seems impossible. Otherworldly. Utah is like no place else on earth. At least no place that I’ve seen. It’s a geological wonderland and an exercise in trying to grasp the concept of millions of years in the past. Our time here this year was brief, but absolutely packed with incredible sights. In a week’s… Read More One week in Utah
California is officially in our rear view mirror. We spent the entire spring exploring this great state, and I feel we’ve gotten to know it and ourselves a little better. We closed out our time here with a final week on Lower Lake, a nostalgic side quest to Napa Valley for a tasting experience at… Read More Home again on the open road
It was a hard choice, but we opted to leave our Palm Springs lodging to take a weekend in Joshua Tree National Park. This park was absolutely worth the trip over. There was so much to see and so many great hikes through two distinct deserts, the Colorado Desert and the Mojave Desert. We saw… Read More Side quest to Joshua Tree
We continued our march across the country and chose to stay a week in Tuscon, Arizona, in a rental home that abuts the Saguaro National Park. In fact, to get to the home we needed to drive through a winding portion of the park itself before getting onto a rutted dirt road for the last… Read More A week in Tucson and a night in Yuma
Our first week-long stop was Austin, Texas. We arrived after an overnight in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on a Sunday, and we are now departing on Friday. We managed to squeeze a lot into our short time here. We got to catch up with friends from Salem and friends from Virginia. We got to eat excellent… Read More Austin deserves more
I’ve not been great at keeping the socials current with our activities. But just because we are stationary at home for a few months, doesn’t mean we haven’t been exploring. We’ve been trying to enjoy our home state as much as possible this winter. And anytime we can combine Louie with playing tourist I am… Read More Florida Explorations
Empty Nest Wanderings 