Retired & Roaming
Retired & Roaming
California RV Life on a Hillside Near the Pacific King and I have settled into our California life – having landed in the state the first week of November. We spent two weeks at a campground in Bonita before moving…
Are We Slowing Down Because We’re Aging? It’s Thursday evening and King and I are back in the trailer early this evening. Our grandsons had baseball practice, and we opted to head home rather than sit in a drizzle and watch. It…
It’s 4 a.m. and I’m not sleeping. I was lying in bed thinking about what I was going to write and decided there really was no need to wait until the sun came up to begin. If I get tired…
Reptile Foster Care: A Noble Cause in California It’s a quiet Sunday here in California. King, our daughter, and grandsons are helping their other grandmother, aka YaYa, move some reptile tanks in her home. She has quite a menagerie of…
It’s Saturday as I write this. A New RV Location with Stunning Views King and I moved to a new location on Monday. It’s ideal and it isn’t ideal. We are in the yard of a gentleman we met last year.…
Navigating Lake Jennings Campground Rules It’s the third day of the new year as I write this. I’m not certain it has any significance other than three days ago it was the first day of January 2025. I have to wonder when, in the…
I suggested to King yesterday morning that we take a road trip to Borrego Springs. As is his way, he didn’t respond, so I asked if he heard me. “I’m thinking,” was his reply. Two minutes later he snapped the…
This is my last missive for 2024. My how time flies. Why the Holiday Season Feels Like a Blur For me, the holiday season is over. Some contend the season ends with the New Year, but I don’t do New Year’s Eve…
I think I’m pretty tired. A Decade Ago: Life as a Nightshift Paginator I realized this when I looked at some old Facebook posts and realized just 10 short years ago, I was working as a newspaper page layout/copy editor…
Today was one of those days when our daughter definitely needed a few extra hands. One child had jiu jitsu classes and the other had riding lessons – at the overlapping times. Normally their other grandmother is available to help…