Author Archives: Serene

I grew up with the story of Smokey Bear.  I even taught Smokey’s story as a kindergarten teacher. A bear cub was rescued during a forest fire and nursed back to health. He was named Smokey and became a messenger … Continue reading →

It’s Amazing!   That is what we said over and over again at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. We decided a year ago to meet Art and Beth at the Fiesta and coordinated arrival so we were parked side by side. … Continue reading →

The title sounds as though we went to Four Corners, whirled the spinner, and chose Colorado.  Although some people travel that way, we don’t. Colorado was pre-planned but Four Corners wasn’t. We had both been to Four Corners before, the … Continue reading →

Southern Utah is a favorite region for us because of superb scenery and interesting cultures. This week we visited an old favorite, Moab, and a new favorite, Monument Valley.   You may not have physically been to either, but you’ve … Continue reading →

Repair and Replace has been the theme of our month in Boise as Randy and the problematic things on our fifth-wheel have been “fixed.” Randy’s recheck and maintenance treatments went as well as we could have hoped. Physical results, chemical … Continue reading →

Randy had his bladder cancer re-check today and it went well. The doctor said “That’s a good looking bladder.”   We are very thankful! The second part of today’s exam was a urine cytology which we will hear on next … Continue reading →

On this last week of our road trip we made it to Colorado. We are now very intrigued with the idea of spending a lot more time in Colorado. We drove past a number of venues that landed on our … Continue reading →

Dorothy said “There’s no place like home” about her Kansas farm but I didn’t feel the same about my Kansas home. I lived 2 years in Salina while in high school, but routed us through Hutchinson and Dodge City instead. … Continue reading →

We were here for the Mariners-Royals baseball game and the RV park in Independence was the closest to the stadium. We knew a little about Independence. Most western migration left from Independence and Harry Truman was from here but we … Continue reading →

Randy named the blog this time because he (we) had a pretty big Oops!   More on that later… As we prepared to cross the western border leaving Illinois, I saw an interesting situation on the map.  We left Illinois, … Continue reading →