Winter is nuzzling its way onto my dusty plot of Earth, though not via temperature drop. The time has changed — and times have changed — and darkness is bearing down. I am thus grateful to be going closer to the equator than I’ve ever been, with 12 hours of daylight in the land of … More Finding My Way Home
After years of kinda, sorta thinking about going to Costa Rica, the trip is booked! It had always seemed too complicated, with sprawling itineraries inevitably causing an exhausting vacation. The compromise was to plan within a limited section of the country, leaving the rest as another vacation opportunity. This first time around, we’ll be visiting … More Vamos a Costa Rica!
2019! That’s the last time I dropped anything into my minuscule corner of the internets. We all know what happened after that, but as the world starts to move on, I need to dust this thing off and start typing again. SO, here is a post that hopefully leads to more posts! We returned to … More More Notches!
Happy Saturday morning! My husband has guilted me into revisiting this tiny little webspace of mine. My posts have been few and far between for a few reasons, but primarily because we could only swing long weekend trips in 2018 due to limited time off. Of course, I’m grateful we could still do that, but … More Change, and More Travel!
I had hoped to return from NC to a warm Mid-Atlantic spring, but instead the snowflakes are sticking to the ground. My state of weather confusion is topped only by our daffodils, who exposed themselves in February only to be shamed back into their robes first by March, and then again by April. As an … More Less Freeze, More Trees (Camping Plans!)
I’ve never been so confused about travel-planning, so this is just me trying to work it out on my blog. Here are the competing factors that are impacting our 2018 plans: Lack of vacation days. We moved a couple of years back, and in finding a new job I took a major hit on available … More Overanalyzing 2018’s Plans
‘”Not all those who wander are lost.” ~Tolkien I do not define travel as a list-building exercise where I keep track of states or countries or continents to boast about here or elsewhere. Nor do I believe travel only consists of crossing man-made geographic boundaries. I wander near and far, both mentally and physically, to … More Notched, Part 7: I Wander, but Why?
The U.S. National Park Service made a few headlines this week. After angering its new leader by tweeting actual photos of inauguration crowds, it was then caught up in an attempt by the new administration to wipe federal agencies clean of climate change facts. In its futile efforts to wash multitudes of data from the national … More Support Our National Park Service
The dust trailing behind our summer of road-running has finally begun to settle. It wasn’t that we traveled extensively, but our various summer hobbies kept us on our toes enough to be a touch tired, and perhaps a bit grateful to watch as multi-colored leaves drop in abundance outside. Honestly, I get exhausted by the incessant whining … More Rethinking Winter
Our Jamaica trip is just days away, and I’ve risen from bed with thoughts of packing overtaken by some sort of high-level travel overtones, those which send my brain into a spin. All of this was triggered by an article posted by a FB friend (yes, occasionally FB posts inspire something besides unfriending) written by … More “It *Will* Change You.”
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