Pine Valley Lodge
Travel Blogs from Pine Valley
Falling Into Place
You couldn't tell from the state of my room, but everything is starting to come together. Just not in my suitcase. It's liberating that the total weight of all my worldly possessions is around 25 kilos. That's about a kilo for every year of my life.
I'm glad I made the decision to come home from New Zealand before starting off on this new adventure. ...
Let It Snow, Let It Snow
... 8212;we just took off. I’ve got a window seat, no one in the middle seat, 68% battery left in this laptop, and my ears have remained desirably pressurized up to now. Quality stuff.
So here I am; I think I’m just about the happiest kid around right now. I’m so excited to get back to my family, can’t wait to see my friends, feeling good about my study abroad experience and coming back home alike. Saturday was about the worst day’s ...
PCT days 115- 123: I-10 to Campo (MX border)
... National Forest, we go through the worst section of thorn bushes to-date. Miles of painfully struggling to make forward progress while our legs become butchered. We are also low on food and have to ration what we have left to make it last until tomorrow morning. These two things put us both on edge and we have to be very careful with what we say to one another. By mid-afternoon, we decide to push another 12 miles to get to ...
Across the Mountains to San Diego
Don's birthday is Saturday and yesterday, on the spur of a moment, I e-mailed Scott to see if he would join us on the weekend for a tour of the aircraft carrier Midway and he agreed to fly in Friday night. So I booked a site in the Sweetwater Regional Park for the weekend. The day was spent organizing the motorhome for a roadtrip.
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A few days of sunshine!
I think there is a perception out there that being a full-time RV’er means you are in constant ‘vacation mode‘. In truth it’s not that different from having a stationary home. Laundry & housework must be done, meals cooked, maintenance performed and bills paid. Ken always has a ‘honey-do’ list going and his current projects include repairing a closet door, replacing a fantastic fan motor and adjusting ...