Tag Archives: misadventures

Twenty four hours in an 8 by 7 room

December 30, 2009 – 6:00 am

“You’re not going anywhere,” Joey announces as I am packing my overnight bag in the back of her RV.
I’m out of meds and really need to get home.
“It is snow, sleet, and ice all across Interstate 35 today,” she continues.
I slump down onto her couch and ask her to show me the weather radar. A [...]

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Donating in the Rain

October 9, 2009 – 1:42 pm

With the Lifeworks donation pickup scheduled for 11am today, I figured I could wake up early to get everything in the driveway ready to go. I woke up to torrential rain. Lounging around in my nightgown, drinking coffee, and watching the rain pour down, I really didn’t want to don the big blue rain parka [...]

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Grand Canyon kicks my ass, but I’ll be back

September 13, 2009 – 7:28 am

I made it to the Grand Canyon! The drive in was beautiful and strange. As I rounded the curvy road and got closer to the North Rim, I drove through acres and acres of burned forest.

It turns out it was a controlled burn intended for the health of the Kaibab forest, but still offers up [...]

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Psychotic Grandma takes me hiking

September 10, 2009 – 9:18 pm

Realizing I have crammed too much into two days, I have a hurried drive to Zion National Park, a quick camp set up (I feel like a pro at this point), and an early morning jump on the trail shuttle with very little preparation.  Sore from my previous day’s hike, and desperate to see a [...]

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We do need the rain

September 5, 2009 – 1:33 am

We’ve been stuck in quite a drought here in Texas, but this evening (before my departure) we got a nice soaking thunderstorm.  Unfortunately, my packing strategy had everything in the yard on its way the car -including my paper instructions on how to assemble my tent! Ugh! My confidence in my ability to be a [...]

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