For some reason, I really  didn’t like the campground on St. George Island.  Perhaps it was the man quizzing me when I first got there...

It is in part to help me process my own grief.  I needed/need to tell my story over and over in order for the story to lose its power...

I slept that night in a campsite in Henderson Beach State Park, Florida.  It is basically in the town of Destin.  It was a green campsite...

I am really starting to understand more about the travel part of this Grand Adventure.  This leg was 189 miles.  It would have taken me 3...

I am finding that I fight with Google maps.  Each morning before I start driving, I use Google maps to find the route to my destination. ...

I had the most amazing meal yesterday. For brunch I had a meal by a James Beard award-winning chef at Compere Lapin in New Orleans.  I...

I had to take a break from posting about my trip.  I took this trip last year, and only in editing the posts did I fully understand that...

I walked 12 hours yesterday.  I left the hotel at 9 am.  I had booked a walking food tour in old town New Orleans that started at 10 am...

I’m in New Orleans and I drove across the Mississippi river. These both have been bucket-list items for me.  It feels surreal, like I...

I had another time miscalculation.  I was planning on getting to my camping place yesterday by 4:00.  I thought I had it all mapped out,...

I drove from Matagorda to Crystal Beach, Texas yesterday. I got up after my eventful night and drove to the local park in case someone...

Padre Island to Matagorda, Texas I couldn’t stand sitting still any longer at Padre Island.  Sorry, turtle babies, but I must move on. ...

This is a long one. Grab a cup of tea and sit for a bit... Right after John died, I read every book I could find about grief, every...

Tucson, AZ to El Paso, Texas I had a wonderful morning.  I didn’t wake with the sunrise because I didn’t sleep well that night, either. ...

While in Oceanside, I got back to the van after my morning walk on the beach and found two women standing close to it and looking in the...

Second Leg – Santa Barbara, CA to the Sonoran Desert View from my window upon waking in Santa Barbara Breakfast in Santa Barbara I need...

I couldn't have gotten through the time after John and Mom died without help from my friends and family. To my family and friends, and...

Day 1 – Human Connection – Benicia to Santa Barbara Human Interest Story: I went for an hour’s walk along the beach.  When I came back,...

Disasters are terrible, tragic, grievous, and not to be desired.  The point is not to welcome disasters.  They do not create gifts, but...