Though we’ve been back for a while, I’ll write about most of our trip in present tense. It’s more lively that way. Pretend I was sending back postcards and letters that got lost in the mail and arrive long after we’ve returned home. We arrive late afternoon at the Grand Canyon, just in time for lovely lighting. The overlook with protective railings … [Read more...]
RV Trip West: Route 66
Though we’ve been back for almost two weeks, I’ll write about most of our trip in present tense. It’s more lively that way. Pretend I was sending back postcards and letters that got lost in the mail and arrive long after we’ve returned home. Late at night, after negotiating an awkward turn onto a quiet side road in Oklahoma City, a police officer pulls us over. … [Read more...]
RV Trip West: Convergences
Though we've been back for almost two weeks, I'll write about our trip in present tense. It's more lively that way. Pretend I was sending back postcards and letters that got lost in the mail and arrive long after we've returned home. "Bugs and rainbows," my husband observes as I lean across the RV dashboard to get the shot. "That's life right there, isn't … [Read more...]
RV Trip West: Heading into the Unknown
A few months ago, I dreamed that I was driving our family's 32-foot Class A RV off-road, down a rugged mountain, bumping and thumping until I steered it across the road that curved along the edge of the mountain. I held onto the big black steering wheel as the RV shot straight out past the sheer drop-off and hung in the air a second, Wile E. Coyote style. Before we … [Read more...]
Curiosity Journal: June 20, 2012
Each Wednesday (or thereabouts) I’ve been recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the previous week using these tag words: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing.Care to join me? … [Read more...]
On the Road: The Maiden Voyage
When we had our first child, we started tent camping. By 1998, we had three little girls and no longer fit in a tent, so we upgraded to a pop-up camper. In 2001 we added a fourth child and somehow managed to continue squeezing our family of six into that tight space. … [Read more...]
