Sometimes I like to travel for days on end, enjoying the visual feast provided by new places. Other times I enjoy digging in and exploring as I have been doing in the Grand Coulee Dam area while I wait for warmer weather up north. The only problem with staying 12 days is that attachments form…
While tent camping and cooking on a one-burner stove, I keep thing simple. Today is a classic: cereal and almond milk for breakfast and peanut butter on whole wheat bread for lunch. Later it will be my camping dinner classic: baby red potatoes boiled with diced celery then mixed with chopped walnuts and blue cheese…
As I prepare to cross into BC by car and then float into Alaska by ferry I wonder, yet again, if I can really live with limited access to the Internet. Like most of us, I am an information highway addict. In my own way. I don’t stream much of anything, however, I do a…
A house of any size requires cleaning and maintenance, even my tiny RV. However, I did not leave it behind on this trip to get away from household chores. My current house, a large tent, also requires my time. Besides cleaning, bedding needs airing out and holes need repairing. Today turned into a cleaning day,…
I have never scrimped on clothes when traveling. Ask my son who ribbed me forever about overpacking. For this trip, however, I needed to think carefully about what to take since the Honda Civic is so small, especially compared to my van, which has a clothes rack across the back. Other challenges that affected my…
Is it possible that I have been on the road this long?! Indeed. The theme this week has been hunkering down in the face of nasty weather – rain, then cold, then cold and windy. Yet, all is oddly quiet and peaceful for me and Tango. Here are this week’s award winners: Best gadget: Mr.…
Yesterday I drove to Omak, WA, which is about 60 miles north of me, near the Canadian border. As I drove around the last mountainous curve I was a bit awe-struck by the little town in the wide river valley that is surrounded by soaring mountains. Omak is definately a “movie’set” kind of place in…
Our morning routine is the same wherever we are. Tango energetically leaps from bed while I stumble out. I toss a handful of dog food in his bowl then make coffee. I dig around for shoes and a jacket, pour a cup of hot coffee. Then we are ready to go for a walk. In…
Today is payday so it is time to figure out my budget for the next 30 days. After two weeks I have some idea of what is realistic for me, especially for food and restaurants. I decided that I really love eating breakfast out every few days. Besides the hot food and good coffee, I…
“Oh, do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man,? Do you know the muffin man, who lives on Drury Lane? Yes, I know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man, yes, I know the muffin man, who lives on Drury Lane. I met The Muffin Man at the Grand Coulee…