by toby | May 29, 2013 | Life, The Writing Life
Off the deck and into the wild: when the desert storms. Tuesday 5/28/13 When the desert storms Morning dawned gloriously but settled into overcast as Mike and I took off from Moab to find Canyonlands. We’d been under the impression both parks were close, but only...
by toby | May 28, 2013 | Life
On Walmart and Arches National Park May 27, 2013 On the road to Moab Writing while driving, the laptop open on my lap and bouncing with the rough freeway leading out of Colorado into Utah. We’re doing 75 mph, the speed limit, and the Jeep starts to levitate when it...
by toby | May 25, 2013 | Life
Thursday May 23, 2013 Back to the desert Hiding in the AC in the Best Western overlooking the power plant above the dam of Lake Powell in Page, Arizona, where we paid extra for a “lake view” I reflect that this is all my fault. This trip is my fault. (It’s my “50th”...
by toby | May 20, 2013 | Life
Off the deck and into the wild: counting the cost at Bryce Canyon 5/20/13, Bryce Canyon I’ve been saving my quarters for the next Laundromat Adventure, and yesterday tried to pick one up on the asphalt of a gas station going out of Zion toward Bryce, our next...
by toby | May 17, 2013 | Life
Off the deck and into the wild–life on the edge of the Grand Canyon 5/16/13 Travel day to North Rim of the Grand Canyon I’ve become Camping Woman. Camping Woman with the wind-snarled hair filled with dust, ten broken dirt-encrusted nails and unshaven legs,...