A Week in Alaska

May 03, 2022  •  Leave a Comment
A Week in Alaska An Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear walks in the pre-dawn hours along the low tide area of the Cook Inlet in search of clams An Alaskan vacation is unforgettable in many ways. The days are long, the flowers are plentiful, and the wildlife can be observed throughout the state. The summer of 2021 was a perfect time to fly to the land of...
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Weekend Adventuring in Navajo Land

March 31, 2022  •  Leave a Comment
The West, East Mitten Buttes and Merrick Butte In March of 2021, my husband, mother in law and myself traveled across the four corners region of the western United States, specifically the Utah/ Arizona border. That trip brought me right back to childhood memories of watching all those old classic westerns on TV. As a child, I fell in love with th...
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Bears !

September 01, 2021  •  Leave a Comment
My Alaskan Bear Encounter Recently returning home from a vacation to Alaska, I took some time to reflect and process the recent vacation to the Last Frontier. An unforgettable trip and experience but what I keep reflecting on was the spiritual experience that revealed just how much GOD protects me. Let me explain. My close friend Natalie and...
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Cowgirl Up in Big Sky Country

September 12, 2020  •  Leave a Comment
Cowgirl Up in Big Sky Country There are so many beautiful landscapes to explore in America without a doubt, but there was a western landscape that I had set my sites on in the autumn of 2019. Just eight months prior, I pondered my upcoming plans for a vacation. I knew for sure that I wanted to check an item off of my bucket list. Time keeps tick...
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A Tale from the Trail

January 11, 2020  •  1 Comment
A Tale from the Trail Nature definitely hands out “here’s your sign” moments in life. One would think that a person who has reached their “golden years” would have learned enough from the school of hard knox to make them wiser in those years. Let me be the first to say, sometimes common sense flies out the window or should I say, that in my case...
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Lake Superior, Whitefish Point and the Edmund Fitzgerald

September 25, 2018  •  Leave a Comment
November can be a treacherous month on the waters of the Great Lakes. Storms and hurricane force winds often visit the lakes. On November 10, 1975, The Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter measuring 729 feet long and weighing over 13,000 tons,loaded with iron ore, wrecked killing all 29 men on board.The storm that day is reported to have whipped up 35 fo...
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Four Days in Sedona

April 25, 2018  •  3 Comments
Four Days in Sedona Let me start off by saying that Sedona Arizona has found herself on my list of most beautiful places that this gypsy has ever visited. This planning for this four day trip into the northern Verde Valley region of Arizona began the month before. As usual, I combed through travel guides, googled travel sites and called the Nation...
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Wild Ponies of the Grayson Highlands

February 26, 2018  •  Leave a Comment
The winter in North Carolina has been damp and fairly cold which has chased many folks indoors to seek the warmth of wood burning stoves and fleece blankets. The television sets are working overtime and the electronics are in our faces constantly. A couple of weeks ago the weather cleared and warmed to a pleasant 47 degrees and the sun shone bright...
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When Unexpected Trials Come

February 05, 2018  •  1 Comment
I am have returned from a stormy trial that came around the corner into my life in early December 2017. My oldest son became very ill to the point of respiratory failure and was placed on life support. As a mother, you always fear but never want to get word that one of your loved ones is in critical care fighting for their life. This is exactly wha...
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