Travels with Quivera

Now What? Help is needed!

2012-01-06T09:12:00.000-08:00

Now that we have settled in gorgeous Oregon, I am perplexed on how and if I should continue Travels with Quivera. Our style of travel has changed from RV life to a combination of road trips via car or RV to cruising or flying to new places to explore. Then, of course, there is exploring the NW and life just outside our front door or up the mountain behind us. So I am open to suggestions!

Cox Family Visit in July: Fun!

2011-08-12T12:49:00.000-07:00

Visit from our friends: The Brays

2011-07-17T13:17:00.000-07:00

Northern Idaho Highlights

2011-07-05T12:30:00.000-07:00

Lowlands of Scotland, Castles, Genealogy, Favorite B&Bs, Sheep, Driving on the Left (Quivera would have been wondering what we were doing!)

2011-06-17T17:50:00.000-07:00

Edinburgh & Its Castle in Scotland (via Train This Time!)

2011-06-17T17:46:00.000-07:00

We Pilot a Canalboat on the Trent & Mersey in England (Quivera was jealous!)

2011-06-17T17:43:00.000-07:00

Chatsworth Gardens in England (Quivera stayed home this time!)

2011-06-17T17:39:00.000-07:00

Springtime in Oregon: Views and Visitors!

2011-04-25T16:47:00.000-07:00

Found Our Mountain Retreat! and.......It Is Ours!

2011-01-30T18:03:00.000-08:00

Jennings Creek CG, Alabama

2010-12-12T12:58:00.000-08:00

Behind on Photo Journal!

2010-12-04T16:13:00.000-08:00

Where has the time gone! The map (below) has been updated with our latest travels on the East Coast. Follow our progress noted with short comments rather than photos this time. BUT new photo blog coming up! Stay tuned!

Blue Ridge Parkway & Skyline Dr. (Shenandoah NP)

2010-10-14T09:34:00.000-07:00

Chihuly at Cheekwood....Incredible Glass Art

2010-10-14T08:48:00.000-07:00

Mom is 90! Amazing! Fun and as Feisty as Ever......

2010-10-14T08:45:00.000-07:00

Paducah, KY: Art, History, Rivers & Pecan Pie!

2010-09-17T07:17:00.000-07:00

Goodland, KS: Van Gogh Project and 1st Patented Helicoptor!

2010-09-14T15:57:00.000-07:00

Burning Man 2010 (Black Rock Desert)

2010-09-08T20:30:00.001-07:00

Hawaii, the Big Island

2010-09-08T19:00:00.000-07:00

Visiting Friends in Bellingham, Great FUN!

2010-07-27T20:33:00.000-07:00

Forks WA (Twilight Country!)

2010-07-27T20:31:00.000-07:00

Olympic NP, The Coastal View!

2010-07-27T20:29:00.000-07:00

Aberdeen, Memorial to Kurt Cobain

2010-07-27T20:24:00.000-07:00

Entering Olympic NP thru the "Back Door"

2010-07-17T22:30:00.000-07:00

Astoria, Washington...Mouth of the Columbia River

2010-07-17T21:55:00.000-07:00

Kayaking on Upper Klamath Lake: 10 M Canoe Trail

2010-07-11T09:37:00.000-07:00

The Lumpkin Clan.....welcome to the newest member!

2010-06-20T16:24:00.000-07:00

Grand Canyon River Raft Trip, 280 miles, May 21-June 9: World Class Adventure

2010-06-14T08:48:00.000-07:00

Collage of S. Utah Sites.....other than NPs!

2010-05-17T10:25:00.000-07:00

Zion NP....Canyon of Colors, Textures, Layers!

2010-05-13T09:30:00.000-07:00

Bryce Canyon NP, the Hoodoos

2010-05-12T09:55:00.000-07:00

Capitol Reef NP....Hiking up, up, up!

2010-05-11T12:10:00.000-07:00

Newspaper Rock NHS, A Return to a Favorite Place of Mine (2000 Years of Rock Art!)

2010-05-10T19:32:00.000-07:00

Arches NP is much more than arches!

2010-05-09T10:08:00.000-07:00

Canyonlands NP, Island in the Sky

2010-05-06T08:29:00.000-07:00

Sego Canyon Indian Writings....three cultures in one place!

2010-05-05T09:35:00.000-07:00

Interstate 70 in Utah, a Scenic HWY!!!

2010-05-05T09:33:00.000-07:00

Lake Utah SP near Provo.......a pleasant surprise!

2010-04-28T10:47:00.000-07:00

Great Basin NP in Nevada...Can you guess which was my favorite photo?

2010-04-28T10:44:00.001-07:00

Scenic Hwy 50 across Nevada

2010-04-28T10:42:00.000-07:00

Rhyolite (Near Beatty, NV)....no captions needed!

2010-04-28T10:37:00.000-07:00

Joshua Tree NP......Incredible Spring Colors

2010-04-22T17:43:00.000-07:00

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, "A Desert in Bloom"!!!

2010-04-22T16:33:00.000-07:00

Clear Lake State Park, CA

2010-04-09T19:24:00.000-07:00

Pt. Reyes National Seashore, Part 3

2010-04-06T17:08:00.000-07:00

Pt. Reyes National Seashore, Part 2

2010-04-04T14:51:00.000-07:00

Hiking in Pt. Reyes National Seashore Park

2010-04-02T19:00:00.000-07:00

Redwood NP, Klamath, CA

2010-02-19T16:53:00.000-08:00

Mystery Solved......."Bone" Makes Tracks in Desert

2010-02-14T08:40:00.000-08:00

Three Rivers Petroglyph Site

2010-02-02T08:42:00.001-08:00

White Sands National Monument

2010-02-02T08:39:00.000-08:00

Waterfall Walk at Lake Catherine SP, ARK

2010-01-24T15:01:00.000-08:00

Christmas with Bammie 2009

2010-01-21T08:40:00.000-08:00

San Diego Birthday!

2009-11-26T12:15:00.000-08:00

Puerto Vallarta Sunsets

2009-11-18T14:24:00.000-08:00

Puerto Vallarta Favorites

2009-11-15T11:09:00.000-08:00

Cape Blanco State Park, OR

2009-09-29T17:53:00.000-07:00

Crater Lake NP...a different view!

2009-09-29T17:51:00.001-07:00

Collier Memorial State Park, OR

2009-09-29T17:49:00.000-07:00

Lava Beds National Monument, CA

2009-09-20T11:21:00.001-07:00

Blue Lake, Warner Mountains in NE CA

2009-09-18T20:04:00.000-07:00

Yosemite NP.....Return visit!

2009-09-16T09:51:00.000-07:00

Burning Man 2009 Theme: "Evolution"

2009-09-08T11:16:00.000-07:00

Trinity River Swim Holes....our favorites!

2009-08-20T20:51:00.000-07:00

Family Gathering in Sacramento

2009-07-31T10:40:00.000-07:00

Bruneau Dunes SP, Idaho

2009-07-28T11:28:00.000-07:00

Sawtooth Mountains NRA, Idaho

2009-07-28T11:20:00.001-07:00

Bev & Rod's Mountain Paradise, Montana

2009-07-28T11:18:00.000-07:00

Grand Tetons & Yellowstone NPs

2009-07-28T11:14:00.000-07:00

Fort Robinson SP, Nebraska

2009-07-28T11:12:00.000-07:00

Family History: The Search Continues in Iowa

2009-07-05T10:40:00.000-07:00

Winterset, Iowa (Covered Bridges, John Wayne, Mekemson History)

2009-07-05T10:04:00.000-07:00

Ft. Boonesborough State Park, Kentucky (Fascinating!)

2009-07-05T10:01:00.000-07:00

The "Bone" Goes Antiquing in Chicago (Fun with Janice and Helen)

2009-07-05T09:57:00.000-07:00

Camping near Gatlinburg...a first!

2009-06-29T06:31:00.000-07:00

The Wanderers Life, Year One!

2009-06-28T14:13:00.000-07:00

Curt and I began this road journey one year ago! And......Yes, we made the decision to keep on going. Sooooo....I would like to continue the photo journal blog but would like some input on any changes you think might enhance the blog. Now that we have explored 99% of the national parks, we will focus on other discoveries in the world of nature and beautiful places.

The last two months have included lots of family time and less exploration. I found it a little more challenging to find time to capture family time through the photo journal. Hmmmm....I thought retirement meant slowing down....NOT.

I will also clear the map to reflect year 2! We are open to suggestions of places that we should revisit or "must sees" and "must dos" so bring it on!

National Air Museum, Dayton, Ohio (Dad was a "Hump" Pilot in WWII.)

2009-06-08T14:46:00.001-07:00

Wandering through PA and Ohio: Fun & Family (Click on album to read the captions!)

2009-06-08T14:10:00.000-07:00

"Bone"afide Heritage Collection (Click on album for captions!)

2009-05-29T08:23:00.000-07:00

Dry Tortugas National Park

2009-04-25T07:21:00.000-07:00

Everglades National Park....a giant, slow moving, shallow river!

2009-04-21T10:48:00.000-07:00

Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park: Manatees!

2009-04-14T16:22:00.000-07:00

Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge, Florida

2009-04-11T07:45:00.000-07:00

Natchez Trace Parkway: Tennessee to Mississippi

2009-03-30T08:49:00.000-07:00

Hendersonville Birthday and Serious Spoiling Time

2009-03-30T08:43:00.000-07:00

Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

2009-03-06T08:11:00.000-08:00

Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas Panhandle

2009-02-26T18:26:00.000-08:00

City of Rocks State Park, NM....Use your imagination and name the rock sculptures!

2009-02-20T11:06:00.001-08:00

The Fantasy Life of Bone, or Is It Real?

2009-02-13T09:05:00.000-08:00

BONE has many adventures. We recently caught up with him in Tombstone, Arizona having one. The pictures tell the story. Bone rides through the desert on a horse with no name, or body, for that matter. He arrives in Tombstone and stops off at Big Nose Kate’s for a beer. (Big Nose is Doc Holliday’s girlfriend.) One of Big Nose’s ‘working girls’ entices him away from his normally chaste life. Is that the Duke looking on? Having taken care of basic needs (he’d been out in the desert a long time), he becomes involved in a high stakes poker game and loses all of his money. No problem, Bone robs a safe. Unfortunately, Doc Holliday and the Earp boys capture him on Toughnut Street and cart him off to the OK Corral where Holliday threatens to shoot him. His fate is not to die in a gun battle, however. Marshall Earp delivers him to the Courthouse where he is tried by a jury of cow bones and faces his ultimate demise, for the second time. (The first time it was an alleged grizzly bear.) Bone is then fit with a coffin and joins his buddies on Boothill, desperados one and all. Is it all over for BONE? Is this the last chapter? No. When they are just about to plant Bone, his sidekick, Eeyore the Jackass, charges into the Graveyard in a daring rescue attempt. The two are last seen riding off into the sunset.

The Fantasy Life of Bone in Tombstone, AZ

2009-02-13T08:59:00.000-08:00

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ (captions)

2009-02-10T09:57:00.001-08:00

Painted Rock Petroglygh Site in Arizona

2009-02-10T09:13:00.000-08:00

Oatman, AZ, Route 66 and Wild Burros......R Rated!.... (captions)

2009-02-03T18:17:00.000-08:00

Death Valley NP: Badlands, Golden Canyon, Artist Palette (captions)

2009-01-26T09:36:00.000-08:00

Death Valley NP, Ubehebe Crater & Scotty's Castle (captions)

2009-01-26T09:25:00.000-08:00

On the road again......

2009-01-13T09:32:00.000-08:00

After spending time in San Diego spoiling our newest grandson Connor, enjoying a quick visit from Tasha and grandson Cody, and heading up to Sacramento to help Mom and Dad move into their new apartment downtown, visiting with the sibs and families, joining our BSBC friends for a picnic dinner, reuniting with our longtime backpacking and Burning Man friends for dinner and wine, Curt and I are back on the road headed for Death Valley NP, one of our favorite winter stopping haunts! Today is day 200 of retirement/travel and we find ourselves in the same place we were 200 days ago, Hawthorne, Nevada, enjoying a crystal clear day with views of the snow capped mountains (Nevada means "snow capped"!), appropriate. Next photo journal will be from Death Valley!

Holiday in San Diego.....Merry Christmas!

2008-12-24T10:20:00.000-08:00

Cruising the Baja...Anniversary Treat!

2008-12-05T10:30:00.000-08:00

Connor arrives on 11/18: Short documentary of the day!

2008-11-19T17:03:00.000-08:00

Pismo Beach, CA

2008-11-13T10:46:00.000-08:00