As I mentioned earlier, part of this year’s nomading includes folding in a few Trusted Housesitter gigs, and one of the sits I was selected for was for an 18 month old Great Pyrenees named Shiloh in San Luis Obispo. We strolled in the parks, we hiked in the foothills, we wandered the Thursday farmer’s… Read More Ten days with a fluff butt
We spent all day Saturday sea kayaking through the Channel Islands. There really are not enough words to describe the experience. So much flora and fauna. So much glorious sea and sun and surf. Then Sunday we visited Ojai, Solvang, and landed at San Luis Obispo. I’ll try to add more text later, but for… Read More A weekend in an incredible part of the world
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
After Larry picked me up at LAX we headed directly east to a town called Claremont so we could get acclimated with the newest element of our nomading: pet sitting. Through the website, Trusted Housesitter, we agreed to house sit (and pet sit and plant sit) for a lovely couple who were traveling for 11… Read More The Claremont Chapter
Hey there – a little guest post from your favorite Red Neck Faux Bird. I had a lovely time exploring Southern California after dropping off Kim at LAX. I promptly made my way down to Long Beach in the famous LA traffic where I ensconced myself at a lovely little RV park right on the… Read More Larry and Louie’s beachy side quests
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
Empty Nest Wanderings 