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A Life Less Ordinary

Category: Wordless Wednesday (page 1 of 6)

Swapping Truck Campers – #WordlessWednesday

Before (Cirrus 820)

After (Lance 830)

Curious about a previous ten-year chapter in our nomadic lives, which includes eight years aboard a 35-foot sailboat in the tropics, check out the travel/adventure/personal memoir I wrote:

Plunge – One Woman’s Pursuit of a Life Less Ordinary

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eBook: US$ 5.99

Paperback: US$ 13.99

Five Days in the Badlands of South Dakota – A Photo Story of Spectacular Scenery & Wandering Wildlife (& a Daring Dog)

Day One

We approach Badlands National Park mid-afternoon, after crossing the width of South Dakota. The burning question: do we buy the $80 annual National Park pass (what we usually have) or a 7-day ticket for $30? We’ve been doing without a pass for over a year. We are leaving the country soon. It’s nice to be covered “everywhere” and sometimes get discounts on camping, though. But, we usually camp for free anyway. If we have to spend another summer in the US (instead of heading to South America in 2022), we will need and use the pass… “We either lose $50 or we lose $30,” Mark says, “Your choice.” Life has become very expensive on the road. Eighty dollars is a lot of money. We buy the week-long entrance ticket.

That’s when we realize we didn’t even check the pet rules… A quick search online reveals that dogs are not allowed on ANY trails. As a matter of fact, they aren’t even allowed at the look-outs. Pets are only welcome to walk around in campgrounds and parking lots. Great! Did we just waste $30?

I go for a short walk. Mark is annoyed and takes Maya around the parking lot. We drive through a small part of the park to our first free campsite for the night, in Buffalo Gaps National Grassland. Much more dog-friendly!

We crest a little hill and pick a flat spot among smaller badland humps. Because of the underground (sticky clay and sand), you don’t want to park here during rain. Many cars and campers have gotten stuck here, doing just that. But, there is no rain in the forecast, so we should be fine!

We take Maya for a walk and then this happens…

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A Divided America – Let the Healing Begin!

Today, I’m featuring two towns in Arizona, less than 25 miles (37 km) apart. And a monstrosity in the same area. This is my contribution to this week’s #wordlesswednesday and a link-up to #weekendcoffeeshare.

(Hover over or click on photos for captions.)

Bisbee, AZ

Bisbee is an artsy, liberal, historic town in Arizona

Tombstone, AZ

Tombstone is an Old West, conservative town in Arizona.

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A Dog and a Plane – Two Photo Stories Set in St. Martin

Photo courtesy of Axel Busch

This is my photo contribution for #wordlesswednesday, Becky’s #kindasquare challenge, and Cee’s On the Hunt for Joy Challenge, as I combined wordless photos (“let the photos tell the story”) that are square and involve technology. 🙂

Have you ever been this close to a landing plane? Have you ever sailed in or visited St. Martin?

Hitchhikers on an Ocean Crossing – #WordlessWednesday

The setting

Sunrise on the open ocean

Heading into a nasty squall with rain and heavy winds.

 

Chilly but relatively comfortable

Hitchhikers during the day and night

A swallow holding on in strong tailwinds

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Caribbean Sunsets – #WordlessWednesday

From the Virgin Islands to Grenada…


… sunsets over the water are spectacular.


Especially with boats around, …

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Submerged in Memoir & Memories – #WordlessWednesday

Three Dogs and a Lake – #WordlessWednesday

Maya, Dixie, and Max cooling off in the lake of Island Pond, Vermont

Maya is still learning how to swim – awkwardly

Max LOVES retrieving balls – ashore and in the water

Maya, relaxing in the sand

Did I mention that Max is eager to play ball, all…the…time?

Practice makes perfect!

Wet and cooled off, but done playing with the ball

Just because I love sunsets, with or without dogs…

Until next time…

This is my contribution to this week’s (mostly) Wordless Wednesday.

On the Hunt – #WordlessWednesday

We spotted a groundhog in the back yard.


Keeping an eye on her flock.


A family with five adolescents… and more individuals in the front yard. So cute!


Maya smells the groundhogs. They hide in tunnels behind the rocks of the retaining walls.

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A Killer Logging Machine – #WordlessWednesday

When camping in Northern Florida, we saw this Tigercat in action.

This is my contribution to this week’s Wordless Wednesday link-up.

What are your thoughts on logging forests?

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