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Health, Happiness & ProsperityTerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.comBlogger447125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-12416269887075737452020-12-05T12:53:00.000-06:002020-12-05T12:53:58.697-06:00Colorado - Home BaseHello, anyone there...<div><br /></div><div>COVID - how has it affected you? Are you doing ok? I would like to connect to my RVing friends again through the blog, I have always enjoyed our conversations.</div><div>
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Am I still an RV'er? Yes. Part-time, now.<br />
Did I buy a house? No. I think about it - its hard to commit to something. Instead of a house, I still dream of a small piece of land with a barn or RV garage, something that I could leave unattended while I travel. Or maybe a lot in one of the Escapees parks, surrounded by like-minded friends.<br />
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I have been in Colorado for about 3 years. I still own my RV and I hope to trade it in for a camping van of some kind. Although I have always done long-range goal planning, we never truly know what the future will bring. So, I go with the flow, adjusting as I go along.<br />
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There are many places that are still on my bucket list. I can't see myself traveling any other way besides an RV or camper van. I like to have everything I need with me.<br />
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I now have a Subaru, along with my RV. Although, when I go on day trips around Colorado, it would be nice to have a van or RV with me. It would be a great place to rest after a hike, before the drive back home. My RV, although small, does not fit well in the parking lot of most trailheads. I think a camper van or a converted van, would be perfect for day trips around the state. It would take up a lot less space in the driveway, too.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglX92Z9W5xe7Kfz1QQ0yqaYAqsMkkR9dyTwTQLdZP9aAg_S9nyR7erNrmBdesRGCbtY2srLQjqI_5EhoXra78MFt-4wNXQNk3G1q4GiusAGnWwy2E3dTbVNdJBrVvbqwMmuKNlJxwMhbk/s2048/IMG-2489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglX92Z9W5xe7Kfz1QQ0yqaYAqsMkkR9dyTwTQLdZP9aAg_S9nyR7erNrmBdesRGCbtY2srLQjqI_5EhoXra78MFt-4wNXQNk3G1q4GiusAGnWwy2E3dTbVNdJBrVvbqwMmuKNlJxwMhbk/s320/IMG-2489.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Currently, I am exploring all of Colorado - starting with JeffCo (Jefferson County). My style of travel is changing. I hope to do some backpacking and more "camping".</div><div><br /></div><div>I still work part-time as a tax accountant (remotely) and I have a small biz selling small quilted items. And I help out my granddaughters 2 days a week with remote school, that is an adventure in itself.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are many, many trails and parks in Colorado and I plan to write about them, here, to provide information to you. Colorado is beautiful, but it is overcrowded with people wanting to enjoy the trails and camping.<br />
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There are many groups, in Colorado, devoted to hiking. I have joined a few - Meetup is a great place to find hikes and I am a member of "Sisters on the Fly", "Women Who Hike Colorado" and a few others.</div><div>Of course, with Covid, I have not joined in on any group activities lately - waiting, like everyone else to get back to some kind of normal.</div><div><br /></div><div>I hope you are all well and I welcome your comments.</div><div><br /></div><div>Teri</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br />
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<br /></div>Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-75832457226452655122017-11-05T08:00:00.000-06:002017-11-05T08:00:13.492-06:00Dalhart City Park - Texas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dalhart City Park was once a Texas State Park. The park surrounds Lake Rita Blanca. GPS can't find it, sends you to a dirt road on the opposite end of the lake. If you can get to the Rodeo Arena in town, you have arrived at the park. The RV sites are near the frisbee golf course.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>There is a private RV park in town, but it was more expensive and probably crowded. I would go there if no other RVs showed up, I did not want to be the only RV staying overnight in the city park.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The surrounding park has several trails and a frisbee golf course. The rodeo arena is on the other end of the park. Curfew in the park is 10pm, it was a quiet night </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">after the day traffic left.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I would definitely stay here again, when traveling through Northern Texas. </span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">There are restaurants, a grocery store and gas stations nearby.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: yellow;">In May 2014, I stopped at the <a href="http://www.xitmuseum.com/">XIT Museum</a> in Dalhart, check out that post on my blog <a href="https://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/05/dalhart-tx-and-lamar-co.html">here</a>.</b></span><br />
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<br />Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-67198931795794768932017-10-31T08:00:00.000-05:002017-10-31T11:29:03.503-05:00La Grange, Texas and Texas Quilt Museum<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Many homes in the town of LaGrange, Texas were flooded during Hurricane Harvey. This storm slowed down and stalled over parts of Texas causing massive flooding in Houston and small towns. On August 28, 2017 the Colorado River, flowing through La Grange, reached 54.2 feet, the highest since 1913.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Whenever I visit a town, I will follow the town's facebook pages to become familiar with the area and to learn of special events while I am visiting. I will also follow the county sheriff and local police pages to be aware of my surrounding.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Through facebook, I was able to watch the events that unfolded during and after the storm, the town square did not flood. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The residents pulled together and helped out everyone the best they could. I read amazing stories of people helping their neighbors</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>When I visited La Grange in January 2017, there was a cold front passing through. For one day we had freezing rain hanging from the trees and picnic tables, the ice looking like leftover holiday decorations. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I always try to plan extra travel days and was able to stay until the weather warmed up and everything melted. </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The <a href="http://coloradolanding.com/">Colorado Landing RV park</a> is within walking distance of the town square. </b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This beautiful park with walking paths and fishing piers </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">was right along the Colorado River.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://texasquiltmuseum.org/">The Texas Quilt Museum is in LaGrange, TX</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"The heart of the town’s square is the spectacular </span><a class="body-click-track" data-aid="1837" data-item="527" data-type="Content Click Thru" href="http://www.co.fayette.tx.us/default.aspx?Fayette_County/Courthouse" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Fayette County Courthouse</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, one of the best examples of Romanesque Revival architecture in Texas. The courthouse, completed in 1891, is a beautifully constructed three-story building that features limestone walls accented with blue sandstone and red granite, arched doorways and windows, and an ornate clock tower."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I am amazed with the wonderful quilts and works of art produced by the quilters. I dream of someday making a quilt worthy enough to be displayed.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>We often wonder - Where should I go? What should I do with my life?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Life has a way of changing your best thought out plans.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> " go where life leads you".</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I have been traveling and working from my RV, but I lost my desire to blog.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have not been using my laptop, I got hooked on using my iPhone for everything.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br />Now my iPhone is not working correctly. 2 years ago, it was a bargain to purchase with a loyalty program with Sprint ($279). I was hoping to keep this phone for many years. I refuse to pay an enormous amount of money for a new phone.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>This is a blessing in disguise, I will start using my laptop more. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Seems that the older iPhone stops working when a new one comes out.</b></span><br />
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-7060201926604477672017-04-24T08:00:00.000-05:002017-04-24T08:00:21.399-05:00A *FREE Vacation<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What does work-kamping mean to you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is a breakdown of my Cody, WY/Yellowstone <i>"<span style="color: red;">vacation</span> in 2014"</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">May 5 to August 5, 2014</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Total Gross Wages...$3488.00 Travel Expenses*...$1496.00</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Net $1992.00</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>the time I started out in Texas in May until the time I left Cody in August</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I worked approx. 55 days/11 weeks</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Note: this is the lowest paying workamping job I have had</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I wanted to visit Yellowstone, so I agreed to it</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>My job: phone reservations</b></span><br />
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The Rodeo was a $10 annual pass, less than a single day admission<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/05/baird-tx-and-abilene-tx.html">Baird, Abilene</a>, <a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/05/amarillo-tx.html">Amarillo</a></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/05/dalhart-tx-and-lamar-co.html">XIT Museum in Dalhart, TX</a></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lamar, <a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/05/winter-storm-warning.html">La Junta</a>,<a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/05/waiting.html"> Fort Collins</a></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/06/day-3-leaving-yellowstone-heading-back.html">Fishing Bridge Campground in Yellowstone NP</a></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/05/wyoming.html">Casper</a>,<a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/06/mouth-of-canyon-trail.html"> Cody</a>, Wapiti, Lovell</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/05/wind-river-scenic-byway.html">Wind River Scenic Byway</a></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/07/red-lodge-montana.html">Red Lodge</a>, Nye</span></i><br />
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<a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/06/devil-canyon-overlook.html"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Devil's Canyon Overlook</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2014/07/montana-state-parks-and-forest-service.html">Chief Plenty Coups State Park - National Historic Site</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">As you can see from my list above and from the photos in my blog posts during the summer of 2014, this is a beautiful area of the country to visit. My RV is easy to setup/move and I would usually pack up and go camping on my days off of work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you plan to visit this area, you will need a week or more to see everything in Cody, you could easily spend 2 days at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Depending on where you stay in or near Yellowstone, you will want at least a week, if not more time, to explore Yellowstone. The park is huge and it takes a long time to get from section to section. This is one of the reasons that I opted to take a bus tour while in Yellowstone.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It took some time to set up this list, looking back and reading my blog posts from 2014 to make the links.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I miss the big beautiful blue skies and open prairies of Montana. I plan to return to this area.</span><br />
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<br />Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-60712604857371374862017-04-18T06:00:00.000-05:002017-04-18T06:00:08.860-05:00The Lighthouse Lakes Park - Texas<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif; font-size: large;">to the blog last year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are several places around here that offer kayak tours or that rent kayaks. I have no way to transport a rental, so a tour is probably the best way to get out on the water.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This area is the launching point for kayakers to enter the<a href="http://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/boat/paddlingtrails/coastal/lighthouse_lakes/"> Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trails</a>, which take visitors through the back lakes behind the historic, <a href="http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=158">1857 Lydia Ann Lighthouse. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The lighthouse was on the other side of the channel and difficult to photograph</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The <a href="http://nuecesbeachparks.com/lighthouselakespark.html">Lighthouse Lakes Park</a> is ecologically important because of the great diversity of coastal habitats in this geographic area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This park is located on Harbor Island which contains one of the densest populations of black mangroves on the Texas Coast.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The park offers kayaking, fishing, birding and nature watching. Home to the largest kayaking paddle trail in the State of Texas. Established by Texas Parks & Wildlife, it is 6 miles south of Aransas pass along the Aransas Channel on the Redfish Bay Causeway.</span></span><br />
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Part of the reason that I am so far behind with posting to the blog, is a problem with getting pictures from my iPhone to my computer. My old iPhone stopped working and I purchased a new iPhone in September 2015. In the past, I would plug the iphone into the laptop and photos would automatically transfer to Picasa. But with the changes to iPhone and iCloud and Picasa not being supported by Google, I was not willing to struggle with all of this. </div>
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I still do not totally understand all of this and I am not so sure that I want everything to be in the cloud, but then again, I am putting my life out there with this blog.</div>
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I do want to record these moments and photos here. I have printed my 2011 blog posts to a book and plan to print all of the years. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My birthday is in November and Sophia loves to help in the kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sophia helped to bake a delicious chocolate raspberry cake. We had a tea party to celebrate and eat cake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She wanted everyone to wear party hats and found some things in her toybox and dress up box to use as hats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We were so happy that they did this, with everyone being sick, we never made it out to the mall to see Santa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Christmas was at home. Everyone seemed to be coming down with some type of virus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>These pages make it easy for you to find information about the places I have visited.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>I will try to add links for just about everything that I mention, making it easier for you to get additional information. </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>I must still work while traveling. I am not old enough to draw on a pension at this time and will probably work for a few more years, and then I will be traveling and volunteering more. </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Alaska is still my ultimate traveling goal................</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>So many places I have not been to yet - Maine and the North Eastern coast including Canada - then eastern coast of the U.S. - the Pacific Northwest - the desert in the winter, etc.........</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>I have traveled around the Great Lakes a little, but not in my RV.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I stayed at <a href="http://prospectrv.com/">Prospect RV Park</a> in Wheat Ridge, CO for 2 months. The park is adjacent to the Clear Creek Trail and Greenbelt area.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I liked the location of the RV park, the owners and managers are very nice, it is a laid back, quiet park. The drawbacks are that it is a very tightly spaced park, popular with travelers and residents so it is difficult to get a reservation.</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Many of the sites do not have full hookups, my site had electric and water. They have several private shower rooms and a nice laundry room. Luckily, I spent most of the time at my daughters and only had to move the RV two times to use the dump station.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A city/suburban bus stop is a few steps from the park, the bus will take you downtown, to different areas around Denver and also connects to the light rail system.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The first month I was here, we had glorious fall weather. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An area near the trail, under the highway on the west side of I-70, you are allowed to "pan for gold". Curious, I headed that way one afternoon and there were at least a dozen people in the creek, they had carts full of equipment, shovels, buckets, screens, pans, etc. Wonder if they had any luck?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All this week, I have been sorting and categorizing photos on my computer. This all came about after moving the photos from my phone to my computer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found that most of the photos are grouped by date, some just have a file name created by the phone app.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tend to stay in one place for several months at a time, so I have been creating folders with names/locations and moving the photos into these folders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is not fun, but necessary, especially if I am going to continue to update my blog. I've had this computer since October 2011 - so that is a lot of photos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After creating the named folders and reducing the number of folders, it will be time to go through and discard duplicate photos and the photos that are "not so good". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why did I wait so long to do this? When the photos were stored by date and I was posting to the blog on a regular basis, it was easy to find the photos - but now, after 6 years, it's a mess and needs to be better organized.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other clutter is email. For some reason, I was not deleting emails on a daily basis. I think it was because I was using my phone, so did not "see" how many emails were piling up. I am going through and marking a lot as spam and also deleting several thousand emails. Such a waste of time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After leaving <a href="http://ksoutdoors.com/State-Parks/Locations/Cedar-Bluff" target="_blank">Cedar Bluff State Park</a>, it was time get on I-70 and make my way to Denver.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since I would be driving west on I-70 most of the way, I needed to find rest stops and diversions from interstate driving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e;">I decided to stop in Colby, KS "The Oasis on the Prairie" and visit the </span><a href="http://prairiemuseum.org/" target="_blank">Prairie Museum and the Cooper Barn.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In addition to the museum building with several galleries, you can walk around outside to see the Cooper Barn and other buildings that have been moved to the site. Historical houses, a schoolhouse, a church and a smaller barn.</span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">What makes the Cooper Barn, said to be the largest barn in Kansas,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"> even more fascinating</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The massive building was built in 1936 and was once part of the Foster Farms operation, headquartered 16 miles northeast of Colby in Thomas County, Kansas. The structure was built by men in the area using lumber from the Foster Lumber Company. Diagonal undersheeting was used for increased support and insulation. House siding was used on the outside rather than regular barn siding because it was more attractive and served as good advertising for Foster Lumber Company.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Benjamin Butler Foster, owner of the vast lumber yard empire based in Kansas City, Mo., had begun buying land in western Kansas and eastern Colorado between 1908 and 1938 during the <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B007VYEF04" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="70950cc2dca72ef6d6f0accbd72de393" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Dust Bowl" href="http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Burns-Dust-Bowl/dp/B007VYEF04/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=70950cc2dca72ef6d6f0accbd72de393&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_936388" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dust Bowl</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_936388" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=70950cc2dca72ef6d6f0accbd72de393&_cb=1488681820209" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /> period. But Ben Foster was a man of vision and faith and after buying up these large tracts of land, he introduced improved farming methods seeking to hold the soil in place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a beautiful fall day in Kansas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I stopped for the night at the<a href="http://koa.com/" target="_blank"> Goodland KOA</a>. I arrived early enough to walk around town a little. The Van Gogh Sunflower is a short walk from the campground.</span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">One of the world’s largest Van Gogh <a href="http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/9183" target="_blank">Sunflowers</a> paintings is in </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit;">Goodland</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">. The reproduction of Van Gogh’s classic stands on an 80-foot tall easel. Canadian artist Cameron Cross chose </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit;">Goodland</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> for his “Big Easel Project" The artist spent six weeks in </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit;">Goodland</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">, painting the huge fiberglass "canvas," with the help of some </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit;">Goodland</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "raleway" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> elementary students.</span></b></div>
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<span id="goog_825035965"></span><span id="goog_825035966"></span><br />Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-18113139574672383582017-03-08T08:00:00.000-06:002017-03-08T08:00:06.779-06:00Kansas State Parks - Cedar Bluffs<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">October 25, 2016 <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Salina, KS to E</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">llis, KS</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Next Stop: Colby, KS</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Note: It appears that the exclamation points on my photos, is iPhone's way of marking a photo that is saved in a way to save storage space on my phone. From what I have read, the photos are to be saved in the cloud in high resolution, but remain on my phone in a lower resolution. Whenever I transfer photos, I always check the box to remove them from my phone, so I will have to play around with the settings and see what I come up with. It appears that I am posting low-quality photos, I may have to replace the photos in the blog posts that I have been publishing. I have to figure out how to access the photos while working on the blog.</span><br />
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-47738678257464947462017-03-05T08:00:00.000-06:002017-03-05T08:00:03.244-06:00Seminars and Notes - Mother Earth News FairOctober 22-23, 2016 Topeka, Kansas<br />
<a amzn-ps-bm-asin="0760349851" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="fe3f51da27e2569e504fcc3e3591365e" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Mother Earth News " href="http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Earth-News-Almanac-Through/dp/0760349851/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=fe3f51da27e2569e504fcc3e3591365e&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_5597643" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mother Earth News </a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_5597643" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=fe3f51da27e2569e504fcc3e3591365e&_cb=1488651760121" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" />Fair<br />
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These are the notes, scribbled on the back of the fair schedule, from the seminars that I attended.<br />
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These notes may not interest you or make sense, but I want to keep them for reference.<br />
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I have included links to websites and <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B01LXC12GI" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="434bf7b43d7a3ec1590e58af5a1a26d0" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-eGift-Card-Birthday-Candles/dp/B01LXC12GI/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=434bf7b43d7a3ec1590e58af5a1a26d0&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_1555190" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_1555190" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=434bf7b43d7a3ec1590e58af5a1a26d0&_cb=1488651913896" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /> links for the books.<br />
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<b><u>Wildlife Friendly Gardening</u></b><br />
<a href="https://desertcanyonfarm.wordpress.com/about-us/">Tammi Hartung, author</a><br />
I have been following her blog, she lives/farms on 5 acres in Canon City, CO<br />
newest book: <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="161212660X" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="a564303f97437057867f67e137cc4056" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Moonshine & Cattails" href="http://www.amazon.com/Cattail-Moonshine-Milkweed-Medicine-American/dp/161212660X/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=a564303f97437057867f67e137cc4056&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_1333149" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cattail Moonshine & Milkweed Medicine</a><br />
Bats - night pollinators, Passion Flower<br />
Deers eat bindweed<br />
"OMRI" products - organic for pest control<br />
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<b><u>A Tiny Home to call your Own: Living well in just-right houses</u></b><br />
<a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B005F7IP2S" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="5de79e506de091d069569e827868f477" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="a tiny home to call your own" href="http://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Home-Call-Your-Own-ebook/dp/B005F7IP2S/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=5de79e506de091d069569e827868f477&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_9525732" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patricia Foreman</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_9525732" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=5de79e506de091d069569e827868f477&_cb=1488680750183" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /><br />
She has built<a amzn-ps-bm-asin="1612123538" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="4e5963c03e8c28f995fcdec69df50e2e" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword=" tiny houses" href="http://www.amazon.com/Microshelters-Creative-Cabins-Houses-Structures/dp/1612123538/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=4e5963c03e8c28f995fcdec69df50e2e&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_7579038" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> tiny houses</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_7579038" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=4e5963c03e8c28f995fcdec69df50e2e&_cb=1488680774241" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /> and she talked about her business and about how to get your tiny house built where you want.<br />
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<b><u>How to Produce Half Your Food in Less Than an Hour a Day in a Backyard</u></b><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/growyourowngroceries/">Marjory Wildcraft</a><br />
Listened in a little after the tiny home seminar, but she talked about raising rabbits, chickens, etc and I will not be doing that. I plan on growing plants - fruits, veggies, flowers.<br />
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<b><u>Grow, Create & Inspire</u></b><br />
<a href="http://www.growcreateinspire.com/about-us.html">Crystal Stevens</a><br />
CSA Farmer (7 acres) and herbalist<br />
A great seminar, by a young mom, hoping to make a difference<br />
* Refuse-Reuse-Reduce-Recycle<br />
* Share with others<br />
* Reach out to kids<br />
* Basis in volunteering<br />
* "Slow Food Chapter"<br />
* author <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="0865718377" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="b928908b5eb07553cabb6b9e90fb3a34" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Grow Create Inspire" href="http://www.amazon.com/Grow-Create-Inspire-Crafting-Abundance/dp/0865718377/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=b928908b5eb07553cabb6b9e90fb3a34&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_7806781" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grow Create Inspire</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_7806781" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=b928908b5eb07553cabb6b9e90fb3a34&_cb=1488649481339" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /><br />
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<b><u>The Road to Health is Through Your Stomach</u></b><br />
Dawn Combs, M.A. - Ethnobotanist & Author <a href="http://mockingbirdmeadows.com/">mockingbirdmeadows.com</a><br />
author of <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="0865717966" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="a9ce7726c62b91378e51dfb7ea9255a7" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Heal Local" href="http://www.amazon.com/Heal-Local-Do-Yourself-Healthcare/dp/0865717966/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=a9ce7726c62b91378e51dfb7ea9255a7&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_3211327" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heal Local</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_3211327" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=a9ce7726c62b91378e51dfb7ea9255a7&_cb=1488650871633" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /><br />
author of <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="086571780X" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="32431f55ed2e86e3eb6df48b1f38eb2a" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Conceiving Healthy Babies" href="http://www.amazon.com/Conceiving-Healthy-Babies-Preconception-Pregnancy/dp/086571780X/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=32431f55ed2e86e3eb6df48b1f38eb2a&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_910969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conceiving Healthy Babies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_910969" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=32431f55ed2e86e3eb6df48b1f38eb2a&_cb=1488650963460" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /><br />
nervines and bitters for digestion<br />
nervines are hops, chamomile, lavender, oat tops<br />
<a href="http://mockingbirdmeadows.com/product/headache-reliefextract/">headache relief tincture</a><br />
sage, gingko for memory loss<br />
mugwort is a moth repellant<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "playfair display" , serif;">"<a href="http://mockingbirdmeadows.com/study-with-dawn/mentorships/">Our Heal Local Mentorship</a> is a year-long program that involves two week-long stays at the farm along with homework oversight and hands-on volunteer opportunities during the months in between. The design is intended to provide an immersive study experience while being practical for those who will need to travel to the farm." </span></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "playfair display" , serif; font-size: 16px;">2017-2018 SESSION DATES </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "playfair display" , serif; font-size: 16px;">July 17, 2017 – July 22, 2017 and </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "playfair display" , serif; font-size: 16px;">June 18, 2018 – June 23, 2018</span><br />
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<b><u>Making a Living on 1.5 Acres</u></b><br />
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Grow Better - Not Bigger<br />
author of <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B01ER5H0BU" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="5d3ec2e05c4425353563e23860a3cd99" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="The Market Gardener's toolkit" href="http://www.amazon.com/Market-Gardeners-Toolkit-Jean-Martin-Fortier/dp/B01ER5H0BU/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=5d3ec2e05c4425353563e23860a3cd99&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_527305" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Market Gardener</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_527305" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=5d3ec2e05c4425353563e23860a3cd99&_cb=1488682573737" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"<a href="http://lagrelinette.com/">Les Jardins de la Grelinette</a>, an internationally recognized micro-farm known for its high productivity and profitability using low-tech, high-yield methods of production."</span><br />
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<b><u>Saving Resources and Money by Intentional Living</u></b><br />
Aaron Murphy and Dan Durica<br />
<a href="http://www.dancingrabbit.org/visit/">Dancing Rabbit EcoVillage</a><br />
interesting concept to living with shared facilities, everyone has their own little, solar powered house, but they share - cars, kitchens, tools, etc.<br />
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<b><u>Extending the Season at Both Ends</u></b><br />
Eliot Coleman, author - Maine<br />
<a amzn-ps-bm-asin="1890132276" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="8f5dd04c2d535a370f11a085eafa87c3" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Four Season Harvest" href="http://www.amazon.com/Four-Season-Harvest-Organic-Vegetables-Garden/dp/1890132276/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=8f5dd04c2d535a370f11a085eafa87c3&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_9703034" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Four Season Harvest</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_9703034" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=8f5dd04c2d535a370f11a085eafa87c3&_cb=1488652542317" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /><br />
<a amzn-ps-bm-asin="1603580816" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="0327b35b0c7b305d80b9f7ef26f7cf09" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="The Winter Harvest Handbook" href="http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Harvest-Handbook-Deep-Organic-Greenhouses/dp/1603580816/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=0327b35b0c7b305d80b9f7ef26f7cf09&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_8279424" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Winter Harvest Handbook</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_8279424" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=0327b35b0c7b305d80b9f7ef26f7cf09&_cb=1488652561115" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /><br />
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<b><u>The 7 Hour Business to Fund Your Family Farm</u></b><br />
Red Rock, TX - Marjory Wildcraft, author - <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="0578046725" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="ce7054f3fbea0b5b163098345c1a8350" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Grow Your Own Groceries" href="http://www.amazon.com/Food-Production-Systems-Backyard-Small/dp/0578046725/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=ce7054f3fbea0b5b163098345c1a8350&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_5171195" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grow Your Own Groceries</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_5171195" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=ce7054f3fbea0b5b163098345c1a8350&_cb=1488652274733" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /><br />
<a href="http://thegrownetwork.com/">THE GROW NETWORK</a><br />
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<b><u>Benchmarks of Truth</u></b><br />
<a amzn-ps-bm-asin="0892968206" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="45e49b79588538f5f23b858034d64cf3" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Joel Salatin" href="http://www.amazon.com/Folks-This-Aint-Normal-Healthier/dp/0892968206/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=45e49b79588538f5f23b858034d64cf3&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_3105189" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joel Salatin</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_3105189" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=45e49b79588538f5f23b858034d64cf3&_cb=1488653285018" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" />, author - I listened to the <a href="http://salatinsemester.com/portfolio-posts/tba-audio/">audio online</a> during my lunch break<br />
Permaculture - Amassing Natural Wealth<br />
1. model scale resistant / up or down<br />
2. appropriate in developed and undeveloped countries<br />
3. principle consistent: spiritually, ecologically & economical<br />
4. easy to enter, easy to exit, lower capital, portable<br />
5. everyone can do it ie:permaculture, pond building, irrigation<br />
6. "Innovations" should be easier, rather than harder (no franchises) (don't be a Tyson chicken farmer)<br />
7. Equity is in management, information & service, not infrastructure<br />
8. Builds "<a amzn-ps-bm-asin="051758512X" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="e98664acf80e75486d597817372a6c88" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="self'-reliance" href="http://www.amazon.com/Self-Reliance-Wisdom-Emerson-Inspiration-Living/dp/051758512X/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=e98664acf80e75486d597817372a6c88&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_4049756" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">self'-reliance</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_4049756" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=e98664acf80e75486d597817372a6c88&_cb=1488653383652" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" />" instead of Dependence<br />
9. Child Friendly - transparency, open source, charitable<br />
10. Building carbon onsite and not depleting carbon in the soil<br />
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<a href="http://notill.org/dale-strickler">Dale Stricker</a> is an agronomist for <a href="https://www.greencoverseed.com/">Green Cover Seed</a><br />
<a amzn-ps-bm-asin="1942934084" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="378cbfe2b4aad59f9b7567cc2d789d17" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="No-till" href="http://www.amazon.com/No-Till-Gardening-Backyard-Renaissance-Collection/dp/1942934084/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=378cbfe2b4aad59f9b7567cc2d789d17&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_3579434" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No-till</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_3579434" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=378cbfe2b4aad59f9b7567cc2d789d17&_cb=1488654267584" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /> Farmer - avoid the problems of the "<a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B007VYEF04" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="df8a3455c52f2373d3651dfe321524fe" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Dust Bowl" href="http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Burns-Dust-Bowl/dp/B007VYEF04/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=df8a3455c52f2373d3651dfe321524fe&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_8886111" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dust Bowl</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_8886111" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=df8a3455c52f2373d3651dfe321524fe&_cb=1488678671199" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" />"<br />
follow the "pattern of the <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="1609384091" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="ba533c31c3a7b3d5f26cac9cb3fd2b0d" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Prairie plants" href="http://www.amazon.com/Prairie-Seed-Identifying-Seed-Bearing-Midwest/dp/1609384091/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=ba533c31c3a7b3d5f26cac9cb3fd2b0d&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_2908959" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prairie</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_2908959" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=ba533c31c3a7b3d5f26cac9cb3fd2b0d&_cb=1488653720583" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" />"<br />
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Barley, Crimson Clover, Buckwheat - attract pollinators<br />
<a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B00W4MCB2M" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="c0f2dabd0c321cfbc73bb53bd67b33da" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Mycorrhizal Fungi" href="http://www.amazon.com/MycoBloom-Endo-Mycorrhizae-Granular-Inocula-Mycorrhizal/dp/B00W4MCB2M/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=c0f2dabd0c321cfbc73bb53bd67b33da&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_1603885" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mycorrhizal Fungi</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_1603885" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=c0f2dabd0c321cfbc73bb53bd67b33da&_cb=1488678340222" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_1169696" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=127f14540427c188a06879e7bae76264&_cb=1488678240428" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /> inoculated in plants increases minerals in the soil<br />
excellent information, the last seminar of the event, a great end to the weekend<br />
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Posting this information here, helps to keep my RV clutter free, now I can recycle my notes and the brochures and business cards that I collected at this event.<br />
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<br />Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-30712251297590108302017-03-04T08:00:00.000-06:002017-03-04T08:00:04.642-06:00Mileage Log<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you have ever owned a small business, your<a href="https://www.facebook.com/RVersIncomeTaxService/"> tax preparer</a> has probably asked you about keeping a <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B00006IC8V" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="6f40ff64144462cdc2741acde1df454e" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="mileage log" href="http://www.amazon.com/Mileage-Expense-Record-Inches-DOM750/dp/B00006IC8V/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=6f40ff64144462cdc2741acde1df454e&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_2635929" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mileage log</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_2635929" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=6f40ff64144462cdc2741acde1df454e&_cb=1488516050876" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" />.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In 2011, I purchased a mileage log book and have used it continuously.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now that I am getting caught up and writing blog posts again, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the information in my log book has helped me to reconstruct where I have been.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am glad that I started and continue with this habit, I did notice a few missing entries, but I record everything close to 100%.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Everytime I stop (every rest stop, gas station, campground, park, etc) I record the odometer reading, where I am at, why I stopped, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The book has pockets for gas and maintenance receipts. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I also record oil changes, RV maintenance, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's a handy item for any RVer to have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I decided to travel on I-70 for a little while (60 miles) to get to the </span><a href="http://www.konza.ksu.edu/Splash/default.aspx" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Konza Prairie</a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I walked on the trails for about 3 miles then I headed toward Salina, Kansas.</span></div>
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<a href="http://kpbs.konza.k-state.edu/" target="_blank">Konza Prairie Biological Station</a> (KPBS) is located on a 3,487 hectare native tallgrass prairie preserve jointly owned by<a amzn-ps-bm-asin="0787971588" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="0cf92b796cb1f9d35c17c24c3c40ec27" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword=" The Nature Conservancy" href="http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Keepers-Remarkable-Conservancy-Environmental/dp/0787971588/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=0cf92b796cb1f9d35c17c24c3c40ec27&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_647574" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Nature Conservancy</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_647574" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=0cf92b796cb1f9d35c17c24c3c40ec27&_cb=1487952282831" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /> and <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="0700601562" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="f79bcaba504cdd59d1558cbd69ffee22" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Kansas State University" href="http://www.amazon.com/Kansas-State-University-Quest-Identity/dp/0700601562/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=f79bcaba504cdd59d1558cbd69ffee22&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_7410321" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kansas State University</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_7410321" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=f79bcaba504cdd59d1558cbd69ffee22&_cb=1487952309913" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" />. The KPBS is located in the Flint Hills of northeastern Kansas (39°05’ N, 96°35’ W), a grassland region of steep-slopes overlain by shallow limestone soils unsuitable for cultivation.</div>
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The <a href="http://www.naturalkansas.org/FlintHills.htm" target="_blank">Flint Hills region</a> encompasses over 1.6 million hectares extending throughout much of eastern Kansas from near the Kansas-Nebraska border south into northeastern Oklahoma, and contains the largest remaining area of unplowed tallgrass prairie in North America. Hence, the vast majority of Konza Prairie, and the surrounding landscape, has not been plowed and retains its native characteristics.</div>
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KPBS is operated as a field research station by the KSU Division of Biology. The station is dedicated to a three-fold mission of long-term ecological research, education, and prairie conservation. It is a unique outdoor laboratory that provides opportunities for the study of tallgrass prairie ecosystems and for basic biological research on a wide range of taxa and processes. The station is open to scientists and students from throughout the world.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I would like to spend more time in this area of Kansas, the Flint Hills, the tall prairies, this is the 2nd time I have traveled in the RV through this area. But I did not stay long either time. Maybe this summer (2017), I will be able to travel more through this area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Link to my day at<a href="http://teristravelworld.blogspot.com/2011/05/windy-kansas-oklahoma.html" target="_blank"> The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve</a> in 2011.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I did some grocery shopping in Salina, found an <a href="https://www.aldi.us/" target="_blank">Aldi store</a>, would be nice to find more of these stores in the places I travel through. I stopped for the night at the <a href="http://koa.com/campgrounds/salina/" target="_blank">Salina KOA</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I believe that blogs are a great way to preserve family history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This article spoke to me, so I decided to post this now, so that I can refer back to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #343434; font-size: 13px;">Therefore, in the days before the eclipse, we can expect to sense these changes in the atmosphere and we will notice our emotions, thoughts and feelings reacting (and overreacting) until they find a harmonic balance. We will remain in this transformational energy phase for approximately six months until the eclipse season comes to an end on </span><a href="https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/02/eclipse-season-begins-february-10th-what-you-need-to-know-to-thrive/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="color: black;">August 21</span><sup style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #343434; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">st</sup></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #343434; font-size: 13px;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #343434; font-size: 13px;">Eclipses are doors that swing open wide so that we can enter a new, cosmically-charged, higher dimension. They signify the closing of the previous chapter of our lives and the beginning of a brand new one.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pisces is the sign of surrender and release, which means we should try to resist the desire to control and manipulate events and instead breathe deeply with faith that the universe will safely guide our souls on their way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pisces rules the oceans, so during this New Moon<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span>we will feel as though we are swimming in refreshing, renewing, cleansing energy. It is a reminder to go with the flow and to stop trying to fight against the current.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The overall message during this solar eclipse and New Moon:<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span>If we courageously open our hearts and choose love, despite our fears, our past has the chance to heal, and the universe kindly rewards us by offering us more opportunities to give and receive love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is recommended that intentions for new beginnings are set within 24 hours of the New Moon so that they can be carried with the momentum of this intensified universal energy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You may or may not believe in the "energy" that surrounds us, but it is still interesting reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do you read astrology or numerology, have you experienced Synchronicity?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #555555; font-family: "lato" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">For Scorpios: The solar eclipse will arrive February 26 in Pisces 8 degrees. This is a new moon on steroids, and so very supportive of your water-sign. It is also possible you will begin an important new creative project, something dear to your heart that you can’t wait to begin work on.<a href="https://www.astrologyzone.com/forecasts/scorpio-horoscope-february-2017/2/">https://www.astrologyzone.com/forecasts/scorpio-horoscope-february-2017/2/</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I am busy, I use my iPhone more than my laptop. I have not finished researching the problem with my photos yet. Another problem I have - is commenting on other blogs, while using my iPhone. iPhone defaults to Safari and I think I may need to use Google on my phone, before opening the blogs, then I should be able to comment. It is frustrating when I type a comment and then it just disappears, without an explanation or warning.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wonder how an Apple product will like me using Google as my browser???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Any techies out there that can shed some light on these issues? I'm thinking I need a book "iPhones for dummies". </span><br />
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-26612523982536194692017-02-24T08:00:00.000-06:002017-02-24T09:40:00.990-06:00At the Fair - Mother Earth News<i style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">October 22-23, 2016 </span></i><i style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Topeka, Kansas</span></i><br />
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<i style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: #6a6a6a; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-style: normal;">MOTHER EARTH NEWS</span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-style: normal;"> is the "Original Guide to Wiser Living."</span></u></span></i></div>
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<i style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I now subscribe to the magazine via my Kindle.</span></span></i></div>
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<i style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #545454; font-style: normal;">The Mother Earth New Fair was centered around more than a dozen stages, inside and outside, with the speakers changing every hour or two.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #545454; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">There was no way to listen to all of the speakers in 2 days. I do not have any interest in livestock and I wasn't planning on setting up my own sawmill, I could cross those off the schedule.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #545454; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I circled one or two speakers for each session and would decide later which ones to sit in on.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #545454; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">There were a few authors that I recognized and the author of a blog I follow, and I knew I did not want to miss those.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #545454; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://desertcanyonfarm.wordpress.com/"><b>https://desertcanyonfarm.wordpress.com/</b></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #545454; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">There was a huge bookstore in the center of the exhibition hall, I looked but I did not buy any books, hoping to find used books while I travel, or read them on my kindle or get them at the library. I was tempted to purchase the thumb-drive loaded with many years of back issues of the magazine, but decided to wait until I actually owned some property.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #545454; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">There were several food trucks outside, many of them offering up organic and/or vegan food. I chose some items from a food truck and walked back to the RV to eat lunch and take a break. </span><br />
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<i style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-style: normal;">I am really happy that I decided to take this detour and attend the fair. It was good to take the time to learn more about something that I have thought about for a long time. I love to travel, but I really feel that having a place to grow food and flowers has a stronger pull on my heart than the love of traveling.</span></span></i><br />
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<i style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-style: normal;">Leaving my home state and traveling in the RV is/was all about discovery. Who am I after a major life changing event? What is it that I really want to do with the rest of my life? Where is the best place to have a homebase, if any?</span></span></i><br />
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<i style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-style: normal;">There are still so many places that I want to visit. Alaska is still at the top of the list, along with the east coast - Maine, Boston, etc. I have not been to the Pacific Northwest yet or to the southern parts of Arizona. If I purchase a piece of property, then a "camper van" may be in my future, so that I can continue to explore around the country. </span></span></i><br />
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<i style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I've recently read that there is a trend with<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/business/the-future-of-retirement-communities-walkable-and-urban.html?_r=0" target="_blank"> retirees wanting to stay in urban areas</a>, with convenient access to services and entertainment. A walkable community with a good public transportation system.</span></span></i><br />
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Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-82512126936595157672017-02-21T08:00:00.000-06:002017-02-21T08:00:27.857-06:00Topeka, Kansas <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">October 19-21, 2016</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Texas to Topeka, KS - over 800 miles in 3 days</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was washing the exterior of the RV a few days before I left </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">and saw these little frogs on the outside of the door</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Guess they wanted to go to the fair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Usually, I take my time traveling, stopping every few hours along the way, but I wanted to make sure I arrived in Topeka for the opening of the fair. I left the gulf coast on the morning of the 19th and drove as far as Salado, Texas, 237 miles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was following Google's advice to go straight north, up to I-35, big mistake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I ended up paying an expensive toll and getting into a construction zone on I-35 and it was difficult finding an RV park, north of Austin, that wasn't full - probably with highway construction workers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I stopped for the night at TranQuil Gardens RV Park near the highway and started early the next morning to get some more miles in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thursday morning, I got back on I-35, but the construction and traffic was terrible and I was driving north into a storm that was headed south. The skies looked terrible. I exited the highway near Waco and took the side roads northeast towards Tulsa, OK. I avoided the rain and wind and even had some sunny weather. I stopped for the night at <a href="http://www.tulsarvranch.com/" target="_blank">Tulsa RV Ranch</a> in Beggs, OK (407 miles today) - there were some tolls on the <a href="http://www.okhighways.com/indiannation.html" target="_blank">Indian Nations Turnpike</a>, but not anywhere near as expensive as the toll near Austin. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I would not recommend either of these RV parks, except for an overnight stay. I know that many of you would just park up at Walmart for the night. I like to arrive early enough to a site to walk around and stretch my legs - even if it's not a very scenic RV park. The Tulsa RV Ranch complex has a seasonal rodeo, steak house and grazing longhorns. There was plenty of room to get out and walk around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I pushed myself today, so I would have a shorter drive on Friday, only 231 miles left to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Friday October 21, 2016</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An easy, uneventful drive from Tulsa to Topeka, just stay on Hwy. 75.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After I exited the highway, I stopped at Walgreens to pick up a few snacks and then headed to the ExpoCentre. Just like at most exposition/fairgrounds, they allow RV parking on the grounds. Many of the exhibitors arrive with RV's, trailers or horse trailers. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The parking is convenient at a reasonable price. Some of the sites had electric and I saw a dump station at the end of the parking lot. I didn't ask if there was water available. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I arrived, I checked in with security and picked out a site, they needed to unlock the electric box and tag the site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Mother Earth News Fair was held at the <a href="http://www.ksexpo.com/default.aspx" target="_blank">Kansas ExpoCentre</a>. I did not visit any other areas of Topeka during my time here. Everyday, I walked around the neighborhood, a hotel and a wedding venue share the parking lot. There are some older, Art Deco style building, that may have been the original buildings of the ExpoCentre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A suburban-like area has grown up around the center, I wonder if it the center was originally "out in the boonies", surrounded by fields. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>Techie Question: I use my iPhone for all photos. I have 2 small cameras, but do not like to carry them around. I am having problems with all of the photos that I took during the last few weeks of October. I can not "share" them from my phone. I get an error message and then I have to take a "screen shot" of the photo, crop it and then I can email it to myself. When I copy all of the photos from my phone to my laptop, it skips those dates. </b></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>Did I accidentally turn something "off or on" on the phone???</b></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>I am still on the Sprint network, with free roaming, I wonder if this has anything to do with it. I am sure I was out of Sprint's zone during much of this trip and would have been switched over to Verizon's or AT&T's towers.</b></span></i></span><br />
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<br />Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-54205417869618272382017-02-19T15:38:00.003-06:002017-02-21T01:53:30.481-06:00Texas State Parks - Dinosaur Valley<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><i>January 3, 2017</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 16px;"><b><i>Abilene State Park to <a href="http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/dinosaur-valley" target="_blank">Dinosaur Valley State Park</a> - 143 miles</i></b></span></span><br />
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<br />Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-83025471670924933952017-02-16T21:34:00.001-06:002017-02-16T21:34:19.909-06:00Texas State Parks - Abilene State Park<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>January 2nd, 2017</b></span></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I forgot that some places would be closed on Monday for the New Year holiday, so I didn't get the inspection done. On shopping days I do not like to drive far between campsites, the drive was around 150 miles between parks. </span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since 2011, I have burned through 2 Garmin GPS units. So now I plan my route online, ahead of time, and keep a paper map on the passenger seat, just in case I need to stop and check things out.</span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I use a sticky note on the steering wheel, with a list of the major roads that I will need to look for.</span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cold weather, snow and ice were chasing me, so I would only spend one night at Abilene State Park, before moving south and east to get away from the winter weather.</span></b></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">"Abilene State Park is nestled around a beautiful grove of
oak, elm and pecan trees along Elm Creek.</span></i><br />
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of Texas and provide a wooded
oasis throughout the park.
long before pioneers arrived,
native americans, such as the Tonkawa and Comanche, camped along Elm Creek while hunting
buffalo as the herds migrated
through nearby Buffalo Gap. In the early 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps built the
original stone structures. the
masonry arches and intricate stonework of locally quarried
red sandstone and native limestone are an </span></i><i><span style="color: blue;">enduring legacy"</span></i><br />
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<br />Terihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01019364333876469130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292333714015045003.post-15862445885081023542017-02-15T09:10:00.000-06:002017-02-15T09:10:13.443-06:00Mother Earth News FairMany, many years ago when I was a newlywed (1976) new mom (1977) and new homeowner (1978), I subscribed to the <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B01LBVLRZ8" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="3d29cbf708c797cc54ebf48e581af980" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Mother Earth News magazine" href="http://www.amazon.com/MOTHER-EARTH-NEWS/dp/B01LBVLRZ8/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=tertrawor-20&linkId=3d29cbf708c797cc54ebf48e581af980&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_8169284" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mother Earth News magazine</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_8169284" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=tertrawor-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=3d29cbf708c797cc54ebf48e581af980&_cb=1487131712967" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" />.<br />
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Many weekends I would drag my husband and daughter to look at an abandoned farm or small cottage, I wanted to move to the country. We lived in Chicago and would travel to rural areas of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. In later years, our road trips took us farther away from home.<br />
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Last fall, I noticed an ad for the <a href="http://www.motherearthnewsfair.com/" target="_blank">Mother Earth News Fair</a> in Topeka, Kansas, the dates were October 22nd-23rd (2016). I would be finished working on October 17th and decided to take a detour to Kansas on my way to Denver.</div>
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Attending this event fueled my desire, again, for a small farm. One of the goals of full-timing is to find a "home base". I still have not figured out where that will be, but I plan on searching for a place while traveling this summer.</div>
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My work schedule is January 15th-April 15th and again from August 15th-October 15th. This allows me a lot of time for visiting with family and exploring. Instead of working a summer job that requires a commitment of 6+ months in one location, I will work this split schedule and free up the summer months for exploring.</div>
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<b><u>I will continue to travel in the RV</u></b>, there are many places to visit, I am not ready to sit in one place yet. It will take time to establish perennial plants and small fruit trees on the property, it will be a work in progress, a place to hang out and make plans. </div>
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*Traveling to Topeka and "at the fair"</div>
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I planned to stop at several Texas State Parks after leaving Colorado. I purchased a Texas State Parks Pass last summer and wanted to make sure I used my camping discounts before they expire.<br />
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While traveling, I was posting some pictures on Facebook. I have joined many Facebook groups - camping groups, widow groups, healthy eating and fitness groups. It got to be too much, so I took the FB app off of my phone. I still belong to the groups and I still can check in when I am using my laptop.</div>
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I was concerned about the weather in Colorado and northern Texas. It may not have been a smart thing to drive to Colorado for the holidays. I was in Denver from October 27th to December 27th.<br />
I love visiting my family, I have 2 granddaughters now, but RVing in Colorado in the winter can get tricky.<br />
After Thanksgiving, Denver had colder than usual weather and I ended up winterizing the RV and spending nights at my daughter's house. There was some snow but it melted before I left, they did get more snow a week or so after I left.<br />
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I was very fortunate and had good traveling days, no rain or snow and not too much wind, considering the high plains area I was traveling through. </div>
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Happy New Year to me, camping at Copper Breaks State Park. Copper Breaks is in a remote location with 10 miles of hiking trails. It is designated an International Dark Sky Park.<br />
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In the early morning hours of January 2nd, I opened the curtain next to my bed to wait for the sunrise and was treated to a spectacular starry sky. The stars were huge and looked close enough to touch, I had never seen anything like it before. And there were a few "shooting stars". No pictures, I was just taking it all in. Not sure I could have taken a decent pic of this anyway.<br />
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I was cleaning out the closets in the RV today and came across a book of my blog posts that I had printed. The book is from the start of my blog and travels in 2011.<br />
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I was reading it and decided that I miss blogging and communicating with my blogging friends through comments.<br />
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I am still living in the RV fulltime. I am still working. I am in south TX working tax season again.<br />
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After finishing up tax extensions last October, I traveled to Kansas and then stayed in Colorado for the holidays. After Christmas, I headed back to TX.<br />
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I am writing this from my iphone, but I will put together some pictures and blog posts about my recent travels. I stayed at several Texas State Parks in January.<br />
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Ok, stay tuned, I will be posting to catch up to where I have been and to write about my plans for the future.<br />
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My new "house" backed into the driveway of my old house. I'm glad I found this picture because I don't think I took any during that time. </div>
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<b>Just found this image on Google Maps</b></div>
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<b>Bought my RV in April 2011 and sold my house in November 2011. </b></div>
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