by Deonne Kahler | Sep 14, 2015 | Travel
I’ve driven a lot of roads in the U.S., and one of the very best is Highway One on the California coast. Or, as it’s familiarly known, The One. Which implies a whole lot more than asphalt, doesn’t it? Like Buddha, or Neo from The Matrix. Regardless,...
by Deonne Kahler | Sep 8, 2015 | Travel
I’m posting about this epic Scamp all out of order, so forgive me. I seem to be randomly inspired these days, but maybe a month on the road will do that to you. I’ve gone from all fire and smoke all the time, to rain and snow (!) and pervasive dampness,...
by Deonne Kahler | Sep 2, 2015 | Travel
I’m on the road and the McDonald’s manager is giving me the evil eye, so I’ll make this fast. (Apparently he thinks my one dollar coffee purchase doesn’t mean I can sit here using their free Wi-Fi forever.) One of the many delightful national...
by Deonne Kahler | Aug 26, 2015 | Travel
When I tell people I often stay overnight in the parking lots of truck stops, they either look appalled or concerned. I’ve stayed in a couple that seemed sketchy (meaning truckers watching me through the windows of their rigs), but generally I haven’t had a problem....
by Deonne Kahler | Aug 17, 2015 | Travel
Despite the fact that I grew up on beaches in San Diego, they don’t generally draw me in these days. I’m not that person who, when dreaming of travel, immediately pictures sand and surf. But. When you’re in California, like I am, you have to go to...
by Deonne Kahler | Aug 11, 2015 | Travel
On this last Scamp through Colorado, I was constantly awed by how green everything was. Green means water, and in Vail, on one hike, it meant a mud bog hidden under a patch of plants that Sam found irresistible. (I lost a bunch of photos in the switch to my new...
by Deonne Kahler | Aug 6, 2015 | Travel
Visiting the Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico reminded me of my Ireland trip, where people who know the area assume their directions will be sufficient. They are not. I got there at 7:45 a.m. and was second in line. They only have 12 walk-in...
by Deonne Kahler | Jul 29, 2015 | Travel
New Mexico doesn’t have the 14ers that Colorado does, but still, we’ve got some pretty great mountains like the Jemez, which I spent some time in a few months ago. (Jemez is just west of the weird and interesting Los Alamos.) Sam and I parked Sadie at the...
by Deonne Kahler | Jul 22, 2015 | Travel
New Mexico is nothing if not complicated. Just east of Espanola, a small town south of Taos infamous for its drugs and violence, sits El Santuario de Chimayo, a place of religious pilgrimage and healing. I’m not a religious person but have always been drawn to...
by Deonne Kahler | Jul 14, 2015 | Travel
It’s been quite a year. Terminal disease (my immediate family), not terminal but the same disease (me), plus medical procedures galore, funerals, and a breakup. Despite all that, there’ve been many great things, too. Like my camping trip in Grand Canyon,...
