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Our First Hotel Stop!
Alright, so a couple of weeks ago I was so excited about the hotel, I almost skipped a campsite and national park! We got to the hotel and we were so excited! You could get up in the middle of the night without grabbing a dog leash to go to the bathroom! You could get Continue reading
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Travel Routines
Ok, I got a little ahead of myself last week. We had one more campsite to go to before we headed to the hotel. This was just outside of Capitol Reef National Park. We did not have a dog kennel or daycare reservation for the pups, so it was another drive through the park, stop Continue reading
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Taking a Break?
Traveling is hard. Even when you know where your next destination is going to be, it’s a bit different, when every few nights you are sleeping in a new location, even if you are sleeping on your own pillow and your ‘bed’ is a Thermarest! As we planned this trip, we knew that after only Continue reading
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Traveling with Dogs
We have two dogs. A Gordon Setter and a Shih Tzu mix of some sort. When we first started planning this adventure, especially the sailing part, a lot of people asked, “What about your dogs? Are they coming with you?” My first, obvious, gut reaction, was “Of course!” Then I started wondering, how does that Continue reading
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Camp Cooking
There are Amazon affiliate links in this post. If you follow the link and buy the product from Amazon, you will not be charged more, but I will get a portion of purchase. Leaving Sand Dunes National Park, we headed west to Mesa Verde National Park and the Durango area. I don’t know that words Continue reading
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Sand Dunes and Camping
Once we left Cheyenne, we headed south to the Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, in the southern portion of Colorado. I’ve seen sand dunes before, just north of Rock Springs, WY, there’s a batch of sand dunes. Great Sand Dunes is a bit different though. To see the mountains, trees, a couple of rivers, Continue reading
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Change your Question
When I was in the seventh, eighth grade, I bought a Canon T50. I had a 35mm to 55 mm lens and a 75mm to 200mm zoom lens as well. It came as a package is my recollection. I had that camera until probably the early 2000s when it finally died. As we have Continue reading
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Pirates!
One of the most frequent questions I get is, “Are you afraid of pirates?” or “I’d be worried about pirates, aren’t you?” Piracy is defined as the act of attacking or robbing ships at sea. So, what I think I’m being asked is aren’t you afraid of someone attacking you or trying to steal your Continue reading
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Loss
Last weekend we traveled to Connecticut to attend my grandmother’s funeral. She was 95 and died peacefully in her sleep. Although I hadn’t seen her in 5 years, I did talk to her several times a year, probably not as much as I could have, but we did talk. Reflecting back, her initial reaction to Continue reading
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One Lobster
About five years ago, a spearfisherman was fishing for lobster near his anchorage in the Bahamas. Diving in the turquoise blue waters that surround the Bahamian Islands, he had a very productive day. After returning to his catamaran, he and his wife knew that they had an extra lobster that they wouldn’t eat that day. Continue reading
The Great Wander 