Author Archives: onewanderingspirit

One way to lighten your spirits is to give a Concert For Cows. I hadn’t planned it, but there were so many black cows on the way to Maple Grove Campground, I stopped to play some music for them….a CD … Continue reading →

This morning we leave Deer Creek State Park and drive a relatively short 100+ miles to Salina, Utah. I say ‘relatively’ because part of it is on I-15 and it’s never fun in the area of Salt Lake City and … Continue reading →

On October 6, after carefully packing up and hooking up (taking two days to do what usually takes less than two hours), we leave Idaho Falls, taking I-15 into: We drive all the way to Deer Creek State Park, about … Continue reading →

Doing a lot of this: Yeah, it’s taking awhile. Looking back to a week ago, I know that there has been improvement, but at the same time I feel like if I make a wrong move, I’ll have to start … Continue reading →

If I had to choose A season to favor Autumn would be The one that I savor. Kicking up dry leaves of red, orange and gold is something for me, that never grows old. The crisp ‘fresh’ in the air … Continue reading →

That’s how the healing is progressing. I have so-so days, and bad days. Today I’m moving on, and packing up and hooking up is going to be hard. I planned to do a little boondocking in the Beaverhead Dearlodge National … Continue reading →

Slowly. Which is how it usually is with backs, I think. I’ve been doing as much of nothing as possible…and that’s a lot of nothing! Yesterday the big accomplishment of the day was a short walk with the dogs. Much … Continue reading →

My back hurts! This is a chronic thing I’ve had over the years related to abusing my back as an RN. Since I retired though, flare-ups have been rare and usually mild. Mild until a few days ago when I … Continue reading →

From Quincy we roll on to Spangle, Washington. Isn’t that a great name for a town? So patriotic, in a ‘Star Spangled Banner’ sort of way. You may remember I was in Spangle a little over a year ago, visiting … Continue reading →

One Day….actually, a couple of hours….takes us from lush, green, moss covered trees, rolling green grass,fog and mist with gentle temperatures: To treeless dry and barren, golden-brown withered grass, harsh cliffs, with temperatures close to 100 degrees, along the Columbia … Continue reading →