We left the smoke of Island in the Sky and said goodbye to Utah as we headed into southwestern Colorado. I started planning things for us to do: with our CO-VID vaccines fully active, we finally felt comfortable enough to be out and about more in groups of people. While Mike worked, I booked us…
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Cedar City – 5/16 – 5/26
On our way toward Utah, we passed through the corner of Nevada and waved to Las Vegas as we went by. We spent one night outside of Mesquite, AZ and then moved on when we figured out it wasn’t going to be great for Mike’s word days – too hot, bad signal and just not…
The Florida Panhandle -3/18 – 3/25
When we left The Villages for good, we headed north and had a couple of days to enjoy before we met up with my brother Dan, sister-in-law Amie and niece Audrey in Santa Rosa Beach during their spring break. This meant we headed to Tate’s Hell. The Apalachicola National Forest and its surrounding area had…
Ocala National Forest – 2/4 – 2/14
We wound up returning to Hopkins Prairie a few times over the next few weeks. It really was a lovely campground, cheap, and Ocala seemed to have a lot to offer. We tried a few different sites at the campground and were happy with all, although the one next to the pit toilets offered a…
In and Around the Bay Area – 11/2 – 11/5
As we had been working our way north toward the coast over the last few weeks, we had been having several discussions about whether we should be there at all. Mike’s mom had been dealing with some health issues and despite his dad’s assurances that things were ok, we felt like we should be with…
The Southern Oregon Coast – 10/16 – 10/22
We made it to the coast at Florence and headed a little north to explore Cape Perpetua at Andrea N.’s recommendation. We got to the beach around mid-morning and warmed up in the sun as we walked down the beach finding little jellyfish, crab shells and even watching a seagull make breakfast out of a…
Into Oregon – 10/13 – 10/15
As we planned our course toward the coast, I once again took advantage of an old friendship for a mail delivery. I hadn’t seen Andrea N. since high school, but knew she lived in Eugene and connected via Facebook. We weren’t able to make much use of her hike suggestions as Mike’s back was still…
Car Work – 10/8 – 10/9
When we left the Zion area, we planned on heading north and wanted to take advantage of the larger cities in order to get some work done on the truck and trailer. Buying a five year old trailer meant that we had tires that were not brand spanking new and I had been a little…
Hiking with Friends – 9/26
We found a lovely place to camp just west of Capitol Reef, about ten minutes from our hike the next morning. We drove through Capitol Reef on our way to our site and again loved the changes in scenery along the way. We passed orchards near Fruita and worked our way back up a mountain…
Hiking a Ski Hill – 9/17
Looking at air quality maps, we decided that we would head down into Utah to hopefully see the sun again and get into air that made us actually want to be active again. We made it down to McCammon Idaho and found our first BLM land to camp on. We had watched the landscape change…