We’re finally emerging from the physical and mental cavern that is winter. In Portugal, winter is the rainy season. For two months, our whole world sits under a somber gray blanket of rain. Our sleep at night is disturbed by…
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Cabo Espichel
Tagged with: cabo espichel, expat, explore, history, leisure, mountains, photography, portugal, setúbal, snapshots, travel, weather
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, Stay as long as you like, travel without stuff, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, Living abroad, Stay as long as you like, travel without stuff, writing
Journal post 9.26.15
On the road to Sante Fe. Objective – to get as close as we can and snag a hotel room so that we can begin to see Sante Fe in the morning. Great highways (Rte 40 is a trucking route)…
Tagged with: Albuquerque NM, explore, journal, open highway, Painted Desert, Sante Fe NM, the West, travel, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, road trip, travel without stuff, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, road trip, travel without stuff, writing
Journal post 9.24.15
We travel south through Oak Creek Canyon, lush, verdant. A striking contrast to the barren mesas we’ve been seeing. Same rocks but now covered with plush foliage. We dropped 2,000 feet and it’s different here. Then Sedona. We had a…
Journal post 9.22.15
Since there was no lodging in Page or Cameron, we head directly to Williams (AZ) so we are positioned for our train ride to the Grand Canyon. Great highway travel again, passing cars at 95mph. Diverse mountain formations to the…
Tagged with: Cameron AZ, explore, Grand Canyon, hogan, journal, Navajo Nation, Page AZ, travel, Williams AZ, writing
Posted in road trip, travel without stuff, writing
Posted in road trip, travel without stuff, writing
Journal post 9.21.15
What a rigorous in the car day! We left Cortez toward Monument Valley. Toured Goulding Trading Post then entered the Navajo Nation Park ($20 for up to 4). We then took the dirt road to the left for our 15…
Tagged with: explore, Goulding Trading Post, journal, Monument Valley, mountains, Navajo Nation, red dust, travel, writing
Posted in road trip, travel without stuff, writing
Posted in road trip, travel without stuff, writing
Journal post 9.20.15
The tour was exhilarating! I was nervous about my ability to climb the ladders and live up to any rigors of the caves. Of course I could do it all and I felt the love within the space directed specifically at…
Tagged with: cliff dwelling, cliff house, climbing, explore, Far View Village, guided tour, journal, ladders, Mesa Verde, mountains, Pit House, Pit Room, travel, writing
Posted in road trip, writing
Posted in road trip, writing
Embarking on the Grand Circle Day 1-9.17.15
Here it is the fourth entry into this blog and we’ve already gone three weeks without a post. We were distracted… Where we’ve been all this time is a long-planned driving tour of the Southwest, covering an estimated 2000 miles…
Tagged with: Colorado, explore, journal, leisure, mountains, photography, retirement, snapshots, travel, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, road trip, travel without stuff, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, road trip, travel without stuff, writing
Rocky Mountain Hi There!
Driving the scenic highway, US 36/Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, restrain yourself from stopping at the first few scenic overlooks. Do one or two of them, but don’t dawdle going up the mountain. The reason is that the…
Tagged with: altitude, Colorado, explore, journal, leisure, long weekend, mountains, photography, RMNP, Rocky Mountain National Park, snapshots, travel, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, road trip, travel without stuff, writing
Posted in Leisure travel freedom, road trip, travel without stuff, writing
Barbarams
Wayne
