Day Four: Caves and Sand We headed out from Stevens Inn in Carlsbad, NM, straight to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Let me preface by saying that I’m claustrophobic. I’ve managed my anxiety through many caves, including Mammoth Cave National Park, Ruby Falls Cave, Fantastic Caverns and a half-dozen roadside cave attractions over the years. It’s […]
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A Happy Coddiwomple through New Mexico: Terlingua to Carlsbad
Day Three: A whole lot of highway We woke up at the Terlingua Ranch Lodge Resort, had breakfast at the Bad Rabbit Cafe and hit the highway, as we needed to get back up to Carlsbad. Marfa area This was a long leg of the trip – mostly a driving day – so we were […]
A Happy Coddiwomple through New Mexico: Dipping into Texas
Day Two: Off to west Texas We woke up and pet the host cats at Fiddlers Inn in Carlsbad, NM, and took a short walk to Blue House Bakery and Cafe. The Inn had given us a breakfast voucher, and we were excited to try a local bakery. Unfortunately, I made bad choices (I was […]
A Happy Coddiwomple through New Mexico: Roswell and Carlsbad
Day One I had hoped to break this up post up into a bunch of smaller posts from day to day, but so many of my evenings have been early to bed because we’ve run and driven ourselves ragged. I have a little gas in my tank, so let’s see how far I get. Roswell […]
Doing well and doing good
My artistic interests laid dormant for decades. I forgot I even had them. I got trapped in the matrices of spreadsheets and calendar and office buildings-among other square things. A friend introduced me to Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, where I learned how to journal again and work through traumas that I hadn’t realized were […]
Morning Pages from Pigeon Point Lighthouse
I’ve struggled to write in the past few days. We had our Christmas party at home, so there was the madness surrounding party prep. My husband and I have traveled to California for a week surrounding the holiday, so there was the madness surrounding travel prep. Now, here I am with the first quiet morning […]
From the Heartland
I used to write a travel blog. It’s gone, though I still have the text. Maybe I’ll reintroduce some of my better stories. Maybe I’ll just post an occasional travel pic. This is merely my first post with this new tag, which will get a front page link. I enjoy playing the part of tourist […]