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Continue reading →: Beautifully Ornate
I remember that trip as if it were yesterday. I was sixteen years old traveling by myself to a foreign country. I boarded a plan in Chicago bound for Frankfurt, Germany, where relatives I barely knew picked me up at the airport. That summer was an enlightening adventure beyond my…
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Continue reading →: Therapy comes in many forms
The intoxicating beauty of towering red rock sandstone monoliths and buttes…. rocks aptly named Coffee Pot Rock and Cathedral Rock…. equal parts of rugged and luxury…. a small town blessed with an abundance of beauty and surrounded by National Forest land….. These words barely begin to personify stunning Sedona, Arizona. Sedona served as stop…
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Continue reading →: A hauntingly good time
October! With a briskness in the air, it’s the time of year to enjoy fall colors, carving jack-o-lanterns, sipping pumpkin spiced lattes, and embracing ghosts and goblins. Halloween is one of my daughters favorite holidays and since this October finds her living in Phoenix, Arizona, I knew just the place to take her…
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Continue reading →: Delightful Desert
This past week I’ve taken full advantage of daughters time off; time before she starts her new job on Monday. I want her to love the desert as much as I do, or at least embrace the delightful uniqueness of the land. She’s not quite sure how she feels about…
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Continue reading →: Plan A, B, or C?
Moving! Does anyone look forward to this arduous task? Some people seem to move often while others have only moved once or twice in their entire life. My dad has lived in the same house over fifty years while hubby and I, however, have moved a dozen times. I’m not…
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Continue reading →: Mommy does a happy dance!
It was the middle of September when we arrived back at the Cherry Creek State Park located near Denver, Colorado. We had an enjoyable and enlightening seven week sojourn that took us to the Midwest and back (I put a map of the trip at the end of this post).…
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Continue reading →: Stinky Feet and a Bust
Whew!!! The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind, keeping hubby and me on our toes. I’ll share more about our shenanigans in an upcoming post. For today, I’ll focus on getting caught up on our travels. In my last post, we were working our way south through western Nebraska; America’s Heartland. …
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Continue reading →: Crickets, Mooing & Stars
We hit the road bright and early the day after Labor Day (Sept. 8) waving good-bye to the Black Hills. With South Dakota in the rear view mirror, we vowed to return another day. The roads appeared to be rather quiet this Tuesday in early September. Just the way we like it. …
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Continue reading →: Wildlife is the Best
We thought a week in the Black Hills would be enough time to see all the sights that were of interest to us, and although we touched on the ones at the top of our list, we could have easily spent another week exploring. Al and I were both curious…
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Continue reading →: Skilled, Adventurous, or Crazy?
My reminiscing didn’t end in the Badlands. The memories continued as Al and I moved on to South Dakota’s Black Hills and Custer State Park. Not only did my childhood family of five visit this area umpteen years ago in dad’s new Motorhome, but five years ago my daughter and I visited during…
