Turquoise Trail and Tinkertown

I love how you have a moment after working all day in Kitten (the Airstream) and see a note about scenic drives in New Mexico and one of the is right outside of your door.  With no research at all, I get into Midnight and decide to drive.   Madrid was a wonderful little city that…

A New Adventure

I am excited to start a new adventure.  A trip that starts off in Santa Fe, NM for a Renaissance Faire and then picking up my best friend before hitting Mesa Verde, Moab, Glacier National Park, and then Yellowstone.  To top it all off with a cherry, I will end it with a visit to…

Irish Adventures – 10/30/2012

The morning was filled with breakfast and wandering around the wonders at the National Museum of Archeology. The gold jewelry, the history of the country is so wide and deep that the brain can barely comprehend.  With findings back to 3300 BC and Vikings, kings, faeries, and mythology I don’t think a museum can even…

Irish Adventures – 10-29-2012

With luck and karma, I was able to get situated into my first class seat and ready for take off.  Since I had the blessing of the travel gods and goddesses, I did not get stuck between Kansas City and Philadelphia as the hurricane came through. I landed in Dublin and caught a cab to…

Ireland Adventures – 10-28-2012

Life is a fascinating thing, one moment you are in stress working on your Bachelor’s degree, struggling to put together data analysis, developing a presentation and preparing for a trip to Ireland.  All while watching your beloved companion of 11 years getting ready to move on to his next life time. A world filled with…

Alaska – 09-30-2012 – Looking Back

Bucket lists are an interesting quandary, they are filled with expectations and dreams.  But, can anything live up to the a dream? I watched  Fellowship of the Ring this weekend and am reminded about what happens when you step out your door.  You change, you grow, you hopefully become more and not less than you…

Alaska – 09-15-2012

The morning arrives and time for breakfast and to leave the ship.  I will not miss my time aboard nor will I look back at it with nostalgia.  However, I was where I needed to be at that place and time.  I met people, I touched people and people touched me back.  I became more…

Alaska – 09-14-2012

Sitting in the lounge drinking water and live as I catch up on photo editing. Last night we moved down to the Misty Fjords where the sheer granite walls with the trees clinging to the crevices have mists streaming through them.  The sun and the blue sky is barely peeking through to add interest to…

Alaska – 09-13-2012 – Alaskan Adventures

There comes a time when you just need to admit that a trip is cursed, I am officially at that point.  Yesterday was spent travelling up the narrows to Wrangell where the flightseeing and fishing were cancelled as the weather was atrocious and the rivers were running too hard to fish in. I wanted some…