Friday I knew I would be here in Mexico another week.

I was looking forward to heading home on the weekend, but we're still waiting on a few maps and a legal opinion and we can't work on either one until Monday. So, a free weekend.

You know, a voice whispered in my head .... you could fly to Vegas.

I've always wanted to. I was there for a day when ( Read more... )

I tell people that I love traveling. But it's a lie.

I love the adventure of discovering a new place but the actual process of getting there? With few exceptions, it's a trial. Yeah, yeah, "The journey is the destination". Well, if the journey is an enjoyable, meaningful part of the experience, sure.  My motorcycle trip was all about the journey -- ( Read more... )

This weekend, BellaDawna and I headed out to the country house to help mom close everything up, since she's flying out to meet Dad in Barcelona and they're then taking a 29-day cruise through the Mediterranean. Yes, it's a hard life they live... *sigh*

Saturday night was soaked in red wine and laughter. We three spent much of the afternoon ( Read more... )

I feel so restless tonight.

Earlier I watched the sky crumble and break open. I remembered getting caught in a pounding rainstorm in the jungle, fists of rain smashing into leaves like wet grenades, me in the middle of it, mouth open, streams of rain pouring down my face, hardly able to breathe for the water.

I've got this montage of travel ( Read more... )

... oh Lady it was gorgeous yesterday. Buckets of sunshine. Finally.

Started off the day with an expresso float at Cafe Beano (expresso + good vanilla ice cream: it's not wrong) and met up Kirk, who decided to wander with me all along 17th Avenue, dipping into various little shops (as much to dodge the heat as to shop), where I found...


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