wandering home

I've learned (and remembered) so much on this trip. I am so thankful for this whole adventure. God is good! Here's just a "few" of my random thoughts...

Bring a map. Bring a coat. Bring back-up shoes.

Read signs carefully. There is no gas on 20 in Eastern OR.
Driving through southern AZ is boring. Driving through Western CO is amazing.

There is no shame in using an air mattress. Camping showers aren't always hot. Bear-boxes sound scarier than they are. Pizza tastes really good reheated over a camp fire. Hotel ice-machines are VERY noisy. Sometimes the a/c is too. A spa can make up for a lot, though.

Drive-through coffee in NM doesn't taste very good. Truck-stop coffee (the big plaza ones) is not so bad.  Denny's coffee is still awful @ 4 am.

Single people without children can travel more on less money. $5 souveniers (and lattes) do still add up. Quickly!

It is possible to get sick of your own music. Actors do the best job reading audio books. Painting toenails in a moving car is not as easy as it looks on TV.

Goals are easier to live up to than ideals. What you like about yourself is usually what others like about you. 

Creation is beautiful - even in destruction.

I should've read the camera manual better. There are things I should've been able to do, but wasn't. Then again, there are some sights too amazing to capture in pictures.

Texas road crews must sweep for tumbleweed at night. It builds up on the barriers all day.
We have porcupines in WA. I saw one ]-er- on the road.


Good friends let you blow your top once in a while. They let you ramble on into the night sometimes, too. Interesting people attract interesting people. My friends are wonderful people. My family's not half bad either. :-)

We keep the people we love with us even when we are away from them.

I am a tiny bit addicted to technology.
Blogging is not easy to do when you are camping.


I love driving. I love visiting with friends.
I love vacation.
I love coming home.