Day 3 Meridian to Ogden

Day 3 Meridian to Ogden

Day Three Brandy and I started the morning with a walk before hitting the road. Though we saw the sign for J.M Kleiner Memorial Park, we ended up taking a longer walk at Meridian Park. We stopped at the small town of Bliss before heading to Ogden. VERY high winds....
Day 2 Walla Walla to Meridian

Day 2 Walla Walla to Meridian

Day Two I didn’t stay in Boise. Meridian is adjacent. The My Place motel was pleasant and easy to manage. Numerous small restaurants are just a stone’s throw away. We ended up at a Mexican restaurant, which served margaritas in punch bowl-sized glasses. At the...
Day 1 Samish Island to Walla Walla

Day 1 Samish Island to Walla Walla

Day One Washington State is the 18th largest in the country, 71,300 square miles, and I traversed it today from the northwest corner to the southeast corner. The drop down from Snoqualmie Pass to the Palouse is always a stunner. The Palouse is beautiful. Its name...
Road Trip 2025

Road Trip 2025

I was introduced to the road trip when I was twelve. My family lived in Prairie Village, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. One evening my dad took me aside and told me we would be moving to California. I was twelve, the oldest of five children. The reason for our...
Solitude

Solitude

The devastation of a divorce in 2017 ended a forty-year marriage. That dislocation and the sale of our home precipitated a series of moves. First to a sweet apartment across the street from my former home. Then another move to a 700 square foot apartment—new and sexy...