It’s Labor Day. The annual end-of-summer holiday. I can’t believe that soon we will be feeling the crisp autumn air, eating pumpkin pie, and getting ready for Halloween. Our travels have motivated us to ‘wander’ in the places we visit. We wander to parks, visitor centers, forests, and towns just because there is something interesting…
Travel Dates: August 23-29, 2014 Every week when I do these posts I think, “Holy crap. We get a whole lot done in one week. We’re nuts.” Every. Single. Week. Ashland, Medford, and Valley of the Rogue Oregon State Park hit a chord with me. The area is beautiful – towering mountains, golden hills, interesting…
“Much of education is oriented, for better or worse, towards making a living rather than making a life.” My thoughts about public education are seemingly on a roller coaster. Some days I want to hand off the education of my children to someone else, some days I’m ready to keep them by my side forever,…
Travel Dates: July 16 – 22, 2014 As we were driving the scenic highway in Jedidiah Smith Redwoods State Park the kids in the backseat were getting a little carsick. The rode was pretty narrow and unpaved, but it wound through some beautiful Old Growth Redwood Trees and Sam and I (at least) were enjoying…
“Mom. Do you want me to take photos? Lots of them?” Cara asked. “Yes, Cara. As many as you want!” I answered. “Okay. And then after I can show them all to you. Except they are invisible.” This week we haven’t moved much and moved a lot all at the same time! We’ve stayed near…
We wandered to Arkansas 🙂 One of my favorite places to go! We had never been to the SW so everything was new to us though! It was in June but felt like summer so I am counting it 🙂 Other than that it has been the year of lakes. We have never swam in the lakes here but this year we did and it was not too bad! My husband is from MN so he is used to clear lakes but these brown lakes are okay also 🙂 I get travel guides for our area and for those we grew up at (before we make a trip to see family). I try to pretend we are tourist visiting 🙂 I get to see so many amazing things in Oklahoma that so many people have no clue about!
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Danielle – That’s so awesome!! Secretly (or not so secretly) I’m dying to go to Arkansas. I’ve heard its absolutely gorgeous!! It sounds like we’ll have to hit you up for ideas when we make it to Oklahoma. 🙂
Our Labor Day adventures led us to Great Basin to the bristle cone pines. Your pictures were an inspiration. We had been before, but we could not make the hike because of all the snow on the ground. Your blog has helped inspire me and my husband to go back to RV living. We did it the first four years of our marriage, and we miss it. Thanks for sharing your adventures!
We had a great summer of Wandering. We got home in late April after 8 months on the road and spent May and June wandering in our own northern backyard – Yukon (Canada) and Alaska through our adventures.
July and August have seen us out and about again and we’ve hit Nelson (BC), Regina (Saskatchewan), Kawartha Lakes (Ontario) and Ottawa (Ontario). Some for family, some for road schooling and all for fun!
We head home tomorrow for a month before we hit the road again for our winter adventures!
Lee, Tim & Hunter
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Nice! I love hearing about your adventures in Canada! I also love how you balance time at home and time on the road. I’m hoping we can find that kind of a balance in the future. Thanks for sharing!
We just got back from Great Sand Dunes NP and Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP in Colorado. I highly recommend both parks, the canyon for the scenery, peacefulness and very dark skies, the sand dunes because it is a giant playground for the kids! Our boys loved exploring the dunes! Many more adventures to come!
Oooh!! Colorado is SO high on our list. High enough that currently (haha)it is the “go to” place to settle once we are done. Glad to hear you loved it!