Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
A much needed visit to New Mexico to check in on Alex. Texting & weekend phone calls just weren't enough especially since we dropped him off on Aug 17th and he wont be back in town until Dec 13th. I needed a visual in between those four months! The weekend was just perfect. I landed... Continue Reading →
Thanks to the previous day's bus tour, we had decided we wanted to head back into the foothills and explore the botanical garden & natural history museum. So Maryland mom arranged for a one day car rental and took off after breakfast to the airport to go retrieve what would truly be our own personal... Continue Reading →
Day 3 started out just like Day 2 - only this time since we had a plan in mind on how to start off the day, we got ourselves out of the hotel a little bit earlier 🙂  The shuttle dropped us off about 2 blocks or so away from where the bus tour was... Continue Reading →
Friday morning we met in the hotel eating area for breakfast and 8am.........and didn't move from our spot until after 11:30am!! With no set plans it was just so comfortable and easy to sit and talk the morning away, so we did! We did actually have loose plans - we knew there was a hop... Continue Reading →
This year there were five of us traveling to Salt lake City for our annual gathering. After having missed the last two years due to high school football, I was thrilled to be able to rejoin the group! I didn't care WHERE it was! As it turns out, Salt Lake City was an excellent choice.... Continue Reading →
Here's all my sightseeing pics from Detroit. I walked all over the downtown area from Greektown, to the Ren Center, along the Riverwalk and to the Cobo Center. It was a very walkable area even late at night. The People Mover (there are some pics of the track in the group) gets you all around... Continue Reading →
Day 3 of our Spring Break Road Trip was the primary reason for traveling – a group tour at the University of New Mexico at 9am Friday and then a lunch meeting with the Lobos’ Rugby coach and some players. UNM was the only school Alex ever considered in the US. By sheer stroke of... Continue Reading →
The visit on campus was great. The only pics I took were on the student square where they had the real life mascot for the school, Zorro out and about (they are the Lobos) and there was a booth for a Hawks Aloft group with actual birds of prey out! Right up my alley :)... Continue Reading →
Thursday April 10th we drove into the Grand Canyon south rim park and hiked down 1.5 miles into the canyon. Those pics on the main camera will come later. Here's the only phone pic from the top of the trail - yes, we kept saying we felt like we were in a post card: We... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 