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Van Life Begins
We finally picked up our van and what an adventure we had… Continue reading
Posted in Life, Outside, Retirement, RVing, Travel, Uncategorized, VanLife
Tagged Camping, Travel, VanLife
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Sweeping out a lackluster week.
This is one week that I will be glad to whisk out the backdoor. Not that it was a bad week, no, I have had much worse. Instead, this has been of the wearisome variety, a wasted week. I have … Continue reading
Posted in About Last Week, Books, COVID-19, Family, Life, PetLife, Thoughts, Uncategorized, Walking
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Officially Fall, sorta…
It’s official, fall is here, at least meteorological fall (September 1-November 30). While we won’t see temperatures associated with fall until well after the autumnal equinox, fall is in the air. I can hear it in the chatter of the … Continue reading
Posted in Fall, Family, Friends, Life, Uncategorized
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Medicine Bow-Backpack #88
Almost every year for the last 20, we and a group of friends have taken a late August multi-day trek. Over the years we have hiked in areas whose beauty would have remain hidden to us had we not shouldered … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Friends, Hiking, Medicine Bow Wilderness, Outside, Travel, Uncategorized, Wyoming
Tagged Backpacking, Hiking, Medicine Bow Wilderness, Wyoming
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“Coming Around”
I am finally “coming around” after landing home seven days ago. My expectation of a quick recovery was highly inflated. With 10 days spent above 5,300′, five of those above 10,500′, I have been slow to settle back in my … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Backpacking, Colorado, Friends, Outside, Travel, Uncategorized, Wyoming
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Wilderness Road Trail-Bicycling
It was cool this morning after yesterday’s round of thunderstorms. As the dog and I walked around the yard looking for her “perfect spot”, I could hear a flock of Canadian geese quacking in the distance. I guessed they were … Continue reading
Vanlife…
This happened last week, in Ohio… We left her at the dealership for a while, we still have a foot trip to take before we can focus on van adventures. But oh, the places we will go…
Posted in About Last Week, Life, Outside, RVing, Travel, Uncategorized, VanLife
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Sunflowers in July
Every other year, and yes, this is an “other” year, a sunflower show comes to town. Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Knoxville, Outside, PetLife, Summer, Uncategorized, Walking
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Cycling, Walking and Art…
This past Tuesday, while our hiking group was scattered to the wind, we took our “dog free” day to go bicycling. I find extra motivation in destination cycling but we stayed in town and cobbled together 20-miles on local greenways. … Continue reading
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Hiking, Biking, Life Recently
I consider July to be the mid-point of summer and 4th of July the 2nd in a trifecta a summer holidays (Memorial, 4th and Labor). Back in the days when life centered around work, I looked forward to these 3-day … Continue reading