We had big plans for August. We did a lot of coordination to get five of us flying out of Boston on the same evening and in the same direction. Mer and Ewan had to return to Northern Ireland. Larry was headed to the Irish Republic for work, and would of course pop up to… Read More A Busy August
We headed to Boulder, Colorado, after Telluride. It was a rather long, but stunningly beautiful ride. We met the family and animals for our next house and pet sit in a charming neighborhood a short distance from the city center. We’ve spent the better part of the week simply being in the home, working, caring… Read More Rocky Mountain NP and Rocky the Tortoise
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
When we were in Munich, we made some incredible friends with four other couples. We all had kids of varying ages at the same international school and we all were living in the city of Munich (as opposed to the rural village where the school was situated). We had a lot in common: similar tastes… Read More Long overdue reunion
The first time I stood at Tunnel View, Yosemite brought me to tears. Again, on the valley floor, I cried in gratitude, craning my neck to look at the wild and dramatic waterfalls and the immortal, towering El Capitan. Never have I felt so small and insignificant and fleeting and been so joyful to feel… Read More Yosemite
After Pinnacles we headed to Salinas, where we had agreed to house sit for a week. Actually, we had agreed to house sit AND cat sit, but sadly the elderly cat decided the week before to stop eating. Her mom brought her to the vet who told her it was time to say goodbye. The… Read More A Summary of Salinas
We did not originally have Pinnacles on our bingo card for this year of nomading. But when the circumstances of our stay in Salinas changed (see the Salinas post for those details) we pivoted. We camped at a super interesting and beautiful ranch within striking range of the park. We woke at 6am and drove… Read More Pinnacles National Park side quest
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
Empty Nest Wanderings 