Sort of dropped the ball on chronicling the rest of our meander through Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and onward to home in the Methow. Suffice it to say that we encountered a lot of wind, some heavy rain, but also some partly sunny days and lots of beautiful vistas of the Rockies and other mountain ranges [...]
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ANWG 2011
Posted in travel, weaving on June 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Stormy Weather
Posted in travel, weaving on May 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
After leaving Pueblo, Colorado our plan was to stay near Boulder for a few days, visit the Rocky Mountain National Park and then work our way up through Yellowstone on the way home. Well, it is snowing/raining in both national parks so that is just not an option. We drove up to Golden Gate State [...]
Seniora
Posted in travel on May 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday I turned 62, which in the eyes of the U.S. Government (Dept of Interior in particular) makes me eligible for my very own ten-dollar, good-for-my-lifetime Senior Pass to our nation’s public lands. Entry to national parks, half-price camping fees in certain areas, and most usefully to me, trailhead pass for hiking trails at home [...]
Island in the Sky
Posted in travel on May 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On our third day here we moved the trailer to the new spot, did laundry, and just kind of took it easy. In the afternoon we took off in the truck to explore the mesa top country. The access road to the Island in the Sky section of Canyonlands NP takes off just a quarter [...]
In the Land of the Utes
Posted in travel on May 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Utah, that is…. Here we are near Moab, Utah for 6 days, well-positioned to explore Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park. We headed south with our Aliner camping trailer on May 9, after a weekend in Seattle for various errands, visits and Mothers’ Day dinner with Rick’s mom and sister. The first night we [...]
SoCal sojourn
Posted in family & friends, travel on April 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I couldn’t write about this in advance, for fear of spoiling the surprise – but last week we flew down to southern California for a long weekend and 60th birthday celebration with best friends. We had air miles to use and figured, why not? It was planned out in advance with her husband, who picked [...]
Random Road Trip Notes
Posted in family & friends, travel on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We have returned from a road trip with our little camping trailer, down to Sacramento and back for a family wedding. It was great to get away for a while, see some sights (even though we had to keep moving each day) and have what amounted to a family reunion down in Sacramento. Near John [...]
Pendleton Tapestry Gallery
Posted in fiberarts, travel on July 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As mentioned previously, we recently stopped at the Pendleton Woolen Mill Store in Milwaukee, OR (SE of Portland) so I could pick up more selvage material for rug weaving. When I first started going there, the outlet store was in the basement of the building. In the last couple of years, they have renovated the [...]
Road Trip, Part 1 – Family Time
Posted in family & friends, travel on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We returned Sunday evening from a fast-paced road trip to southern Oregon and the Washington Coast. We had a great time, despite all the driving – and there’s nothing like a good audio book to help with that! We stayed one night in Sisters, Oregon on the way down. This is a pretty little town, [...]
Off to Orcas
Posted in spinning, travel on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m taking off today for the spinning workshop/retreat up on Orcas Island. I have been to this event a couple of times in years past, but skipped last year. It is organized by two women who live on Guemes Island, just off the coast from Anacortes. Our instructor is the wonderful Judith MacKenzie, a master [...]
