One Year on the Road

Two women, their golden retriever, and an orphaned kitten hit the road in an RV for one year of "pretirement"

Llano, Texas

We first went to Llano on our way to Inks Lake State Park, and were impressed with their trust system RV parking in the city park for $15. It was a pretty park, right on the river, and included water and…

Jennifer Meyer June 3, 2015 On the Road, Uncategorized No Comments

Sunrise Beach Cabin

I always wanted to live in a log cabin. In my twenties I came pretty close. For eight years I rented a 1920s cabin in the Santa Cruz mountains. It had one main room with a kitchenette corner and a…

Jennifer Meyer June 2, 2015 On the Road, Uncategorized No Comments

Texas-Sized Weather

Coming from Oregon, I thought I knew rain. Hell, Oregonians don’t even own umbrellas. We just put on a hat and a windbreaker and keep on hiking or gardening or whatever. Now I get why. Oregon has anemic rain. It…

Jennifer Meyer May 31, 2015 On the Road, Uncategorized 3 Comments

Inks Lake, Texas

My sister lives in Sugar Land, Texas, near Houston. She and her husband, Don, also have a log cabin on Lake LBJ, west of Austin. So Texas was a draw for us, and we wanted to get there before the…

Jennifer Meyer May 28, 2015 On the Road, Uncategorized 1 Comment

Waylon Jennings RV Park

To make it through our year financially, we’ve got to take advantage of free and low-cost camping whenever we can. RV resorts typically charge $40-$70 dollars a night and offer full hookups, laundry facilities, and sometimes a pool. State parks…

Jennifer Meyer May 27, 2015 Uncategorized 3 Comments

Santa Fe, New Mexico

I’ve always wanted to go to Santa Fe, but the main draw there for us was our friend, Judith. Kate met Judith while volunteering at a teen parent program in Eugene back in 1990, and our families became good friends.…

Jennifer Meyer May 26, 2015 On the Road, Uncategorized 3 Comments

Bad Cuts

By the time I reached Durango, I was starting to look like Shaggy on Scooby Doo. (Without the scraggly beard.) In Eugene, one hairdresser has kept my impertinent cowlicks tamed for more than 20 years, and this trip is a…

Jennifer Meyer May 24, 2015 On the Road, Uncategorized 5 Comments

Continuing Dental Woes

Although the antibiotics I got in San Diego and again near Zion had eased the infection in my recently crowned tooth, things were clearly not right in my mouth. Any time my top-left teeth touched my bottom-left, it hurt. For…

Jennifer Meyer May 24, 2015 On the Road, Uncategorized 3 Comments

Durango, Colorado

I’ve been to this quaint little mountain city twice before. The first time, Kate and I drove through to visit my newfound half-brother and his fiancé. He was the baby my father had with his second wife. When my father…

Jennifer Meyer May 24, 2015 On the Road, Uncategorized 3 Comments

Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

We had two different friends push us to go see Mesa Verde National Park in Southwest Colorado. The park is filled with ancient ruins of early Native American dwellings, many of them built into the edges of cliffs. It’s just an hour…

Jennifer Meyer May 21, 2015 On the Road, Uncategorized 3 Comments

Antelope Canyon, Arizona

For years I’d seen photos of Antelope Canyon in art shows and was astounded by the color and texture of the rock, the way the light made smooth walls glow within the deep slot canyon. I’ve always wanted to go…

Jennifer Meyer May 19, 2015 On the Road, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Arches National Park, Utah

I’ve seen photos of Arches National Park, and it was one I definitely wanted to hit while we were in Utah. It’s known for its unusual rock formations, including precariously balanced rocks and naturally formed arches and windows. Most visitors…

Jennifer Meyer May 18, 2015 On the Road, Uncategorized 3 Comments

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