Grandpas Resting place We came to this land in June of this year, in the midst of a heatwave. We thought we could make a …
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South From Alaska | Backwoods Mom
We drove south from Alaska near the end of May this year on a whim. Maybe I’m just tired of the winters. The darkness gets …
My Kids Aren’t Learning Anything
“Mom, I need some more language arts worksheets printed,” said my nearly 15 year old this morning, who needs her world aligned at all times …
Where We Are
It’s February 20, 2014. I’m sitting on a barstool on an island, sipping a non-fat vanilla latte, casually, as if I’ve done this before. And …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 2-16-2014
Cutie Birds on the Boardwalk SISTERS! Sunset Pelican Steven Skates the Bowl Luke…the reason they make helmets… Robin wanted to try skating… But her skateboard …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 2-9-2014
HUGE Scenic Sunday full of BIRDS! And some Dolphins. And other stuff too. Dolphins leading the ship from the harbor… Dolphins SO cute! And look, …
Must Be Nice To Vacation All The Time… –
I’ve been asked the same question many times these past months as we travel. “How are you affording to do this? Must be nice to …
On The Road From Concan
This morning the kids and I planned to wake early and leave our little cabin up the Frio River here in Texas. Yesterday we packed …
Y’All Come Back Now, Y’Hear?
“Whaaaat the blaaaazes are Y’ALL doing in Teeeexas?” I keep hearing over and over. Well, they don’t say it like that exactly, but my ears …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 01-19-2014
Kids in front of Downtown Disney, drooling and wishing they were inside. We’ll go before we return to Alaska in the spring. Prickly tree near …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 01-05-2014 –
Placerita Canyon, California at the “waterfall”. Not. Kids had their FIRST ICE CREAM TRUCK EXPERIENCE! And learned about false advertising… Went swimming the day after …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 12-15-2013
This week we traveled over to Reno, spent two nights at Circus Circus in their mid-week absurdly cheap rooms, then we headed down the 395, …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 12-18-13
Cousin, Mary….”I dare you to take me out of this sink…” I can’t stop taking pictures of Mary… COUSINS!!!! Bagel and Beezie are SO happy …
Bison Of British Columbia
I’ve actually got nothing funny to say about today…which is good news since that means nothing bad happened. Good for us, bad for entertainment value. …
South of the Border (Canadian That Is…)
We bedded down last night in Tok, Alaska in a highway frontage hotel. If I have learned anything on this trip so far it’s that …
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig
We crested the hill just before our driveway in the backwoods of Alaska after six months traveling in the lower 48 and my girls jumped …
Life On A Boat
Last night some random stranger invited my niece Amy and I on an evening boat ride around the Ventura, California Harbor. Sure, complete stranger on …
California Adventure Week Two –
Yesterday Luke saw two black widows and a lizard…he has had enough of California and is ready to go home now. Actually, he thought the …
South From Alaska –
I was born a nomad. In my forty-two years I have lived in 18 different homes in four different states and yet I feel like …
Locked and Unloaded –
I’m not an avid gun handler. I mean, I grew up lugging around a BB gun and could take out a Budweiser bottle as well …
Just Another Scenic Sunday 8-11-13
Apparently we only have Sundays about once a month this summer…either that or I’ve just been TOO BUSY TO SIT AT THE COMPUTER! Probably, it’s …
Photo tour of Homer, Seldovia and Tustumena Lake | Backwoods Mom
They say you never really know your area until you have company…or at least that’s what it seems. This past two weeks my oldest daughter, …