My travels from Denver to Florida were long and annoying in the change-planes-and-gates-after-already-boarding kind of way, but relatively uneventful. I arrived back at our home just after dark and in the pouring rain and high humidity that only Florida in July can provide. Also, I had not eaten more than airport grapes since the morning,… Read More Back in New England
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
Don’t get me wrong, the weather has been fine. But Palm Springs ruined me. Ireland kept up the charade of sunshine, so that by the time I got back to Larry in Southern California, I was mentally ready for my sunshine and t-shirt weather, and I was left wanting. We did not really get great… Read More Beachy areas; not exactly peachy weather
We’ve reached the portion of our programming where we took diverging paths for a week. We checked out of the Palm Springs condo and parked downtown for a few hours so that Larry could finish his work week. I almost got to see a friend from Alaska whom I haven’t seen in person in 15… Read More We interrupt the nomading for some side quests
Palm Springs lives up to the hype. As an east coast person, I had only really learned about the famous Palm Springs through TV and movies. Glamorous, wealthy, fabulous. Perfect weather. Perfect tans. Perfect teeth. Everywhere perfect. That can’t be real. Surely. Nope. It’s real. Palm Springs is all that. Sure, it has some flaws… Read More Twelve days in a desert paradise
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
This past weekend’s travels and explorations practically defy description. I’ve been mulling it over, trying to figure out how best to convey what I experienced. I’m certain neither word nor image will do it justice. But as I am committed to try and capture our wanderings and ponderings here, I’ll give it a go. Part… Read More A dichotomy of nature
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
We are already a third of the way through our visit to New York. Last week was wonderful. Gorgeous weather, daily walks through Central Park, explorations of new neighborhoods, regular visits to the gym. City-wide celebrations of Halloween, Diwali, and the NYC Marathon. This week we’ve felt some added pressures and stresses, both work related… Read More New York as a state of in between
Empty Nest Wanderings 