Monthly Archives: May 2016

Below…Zero?!? Part 3

[Our January 2016 adventure up north continues….] Snow moved in, dumping several more inches overnight and into the next day (here’s the view from our motel room): And the temps?

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Below… Zero?!? Part 2

[Our winter adventure from January 2016 continues….] Our second night, in Pueblo, Colorado, we found a room (pet-free! These are increasingly rare, which is too bad, given our allergies….) and walked to the nearby Cactus Flower restaurant, where Bob ordered … Continue reading

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Below…Zero?!? Part 1

Quite a few posts ago I promised to tell you what made this past winter unusual for us. Normally we meander south, the turning colors of the leaves our trail markers, settling into southern California and southeastern Arizona for the … Continue reading

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Where Wild Horses Run

Exploring the Spring Mountains in southern Nevada last November, Bob spotted something. We stopped the Jeep on the gravel trail, and I pointed my camera. Snap. Snap. But the view wasn’t quite right. We drove a little further, parked the … Continue reading

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Heading South

If you’ve been following the long and strange 2015 journey of Bob and Ellen, you know we wound our way around the Western states, backtracking sometimes, avoiding hot temperatures and wildfire smoke when we could (dealing with it with a … Continue reading

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Same Old… But New

When you live on the road, you learn pretty quickly there’s no such thing as “same old, same old…” as in “same old thing, over and over.” Even re-visiting now-familiar places gives us a chance to experience new aspects of … Continue reading

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New Spot

After our nearly traumatic experience with the dogs on the beach in Port Townsend, we were ready to move. Out to Marrowstone Island we drove where we made Smitty’s our new spot. Staying here gave us time to spend more … Continue reading

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