Tag Archives: 2015

Huge Changes

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Leaving Santa Cruz, we trek northward, spending a night in Klamath Falls, Oregon and another in Redmond, Oregon, before landing once again in Coeur d ‘Alene, Idaho.

It’s all business this time, as the tenets who had been renting our house for the past umpteen years, decided to quit paying rent, and generally trash the house before skipping off.

Soooo, here we are. Many truckloads of garbage hauled off, lots of cleaning, scrubbing, and raking finds us now actually camping in a real house!

Amazing where life takes us.

I’ve temporarily traded in my camera for a paintbrush, and instead of hiking along beautiful rivers and canyons, we now are getting in our steps pounding the concrete inside of huge big box home improvement stores wandering the miles of aisles in air conditioned comfort.

A real change of scenery for sure.

I’m not planning on documenting this transitional part of our journey, I’m way too busy, and honestly don’t find it that interesting to share with those outside of our immediate family. But that being said, hopefully soon, we will have some opportunities to explore some awesomely beautiful country around these parts, and then I’ll be slinging the camera again and sharing the wonders of nature and rugged splendor.

We really are still alive and kicking…just kicking up different sorts of dust for awhile.

I’ll try to pop in here every once in awhile, hopefully with some birds, or bears, or bees, or some critters or natural wonders to share, but it probably won’t be real frequent.

And for fun, here’s where we were last year at this time. Crater Lake…ah…the memories! The people we met there, the blue lake, and lovely campsite we had.

 

Blue, Blue of Crater Lake
Blue, Blue of Crater Lake

 

Hoping everyone is enjoying their own journeys this summer!

And a few links to some past “bear posts” just because someone was asking to see Bears. 🙂

Waterton Glacier Peace Park – Part 2

Jake And Maggie

Yellowstone – The Wildlife

 

Greetings From Santa Cruz

 

Hello 2015.

We’re closing in on 300 days on the road. A little Unbelievable, but very True it is.

Holidays came and went. Lots of Fun and Happy times with Family and good Friends. Food, wine, and much beach time was enjoyed.

 

Four people looking across the bay.
Beach

 

The Rain that greeted us upon arrival home, turned into chilling Cold weather, which then turned into Summer like temperatures.

 

Young girl frolicking in the surf
Delight

 

In the midst of Happiness, some Grief was endured, more van problems were encountered, and then a hard drive that died a grizzly dark Death threw a loop into our visit.

 

Young girl walking quietly on beach
Moving On

 

Long walks along the ocean with Loved ones helped heal the wounds.

 

Marbled willet along the shore
Marbled Willet

 

Our Friends in Nature encouraged us to Look forward to new Adventures in the coming year. There are lots of Ideas for new Projects here on this blog and elsewhere.

 

Snowy egret with injured leg
Snowy Egret

 

We’re very Exited about all the new Energy generated in the blog world. Everyone seems so full of Enthusiasm.

 

Young seagull on the sand
Immature Gull

 

We’re quietly and Peacefully getting Miss Keevan fixed up pretty and Practical, before traveling onward.

 

kayaker heading out to sea
Heading Out 

 

Into the Unknown we Journey.

Hope we all make time in life for Renewal, Abundance and Hope in this coming year.

Journey Onward.