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I own no land, instead I have wheelestate. I’ve been a full time RVer since 1997. Working summers as a Park Ranger takes me to many beautiful places and playing during the winter takes me to many more. This blog is simply the story of my life's adventures.

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Thank you for stopping by. Just to let you know, I'm still blogging but have moved to Geogypsytraveler. Hope you'll follow my adventures. Just click here.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Working with Wildlife

Have I mentioned I was an animal keeper?

Me & baby Gracie Bobcat
You can read about this incredible experience at Geogypsytraveler by clicking here.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Sky Watch Friday - Looking UP



Moon UP above Mesa Verde National Park

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is “UP.”

It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list.
But when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election. Why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends. We polish Up the furniture to brighten UP the room. We warm UP the leftovers then clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP an old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It may take UP a lot of your time, but if you don’t give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn’t rain for awhile, things dry UP. I could go on and on, but I’ll wrap it UP, for now because my time is UP, so.....it is time to shut UP!

Oh, one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning upon rising and the last thing you do at night before getting in bed? U P.

To look UP at more skies from around the world or to put UP your own sky check out Sky Watch Friday by clicking here.
A friend sent this to me years ago and it recently showed UP.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Always learning from Mom & Dad

Every time I visit my parents I learn life lessons. Usually not by the “do as they do” method, just the opposite. Like:

Don’t talk too much, allow others to speak and enjoy conversation, no monologues
Be a better listener, quiet the mind, save the comments
Take care of health issues, do research until understanding comes and healing follows
Stay active in mind and body
Keep learning and growing
Be myself with all honesty
Keep up with current events and technology
Don’t let fear hold me back
Choose to have no regrets
Be open to new ideas
Have friends older and younger
Don’t sweat the small things
Go for the gusto
Follow my heart and passions
Be nice to others and myself
Learn from the past, but don’t dwell on it
Live in the now

I don’t really have much else to say about the visit. Mom lives in the past and Dad lives in his head.

I took these pics of pics that hang in Mom’s bedroom.

Mom, her Mother, & her sister 1935

Me and Denver 1974

Change the things that can be changed, accept those that cannot, and have the wisdom to know the difference.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

My World Tuesday - Snow place like home

I flew out of Texas today at 4 am and 60 degrees.

Somewhere over either NW Texas or SE New Mexico

About 50 miles north of Phoenix

Heading home from Prescott

Snow place like home
For more views of the world click here.
Missed everybody and will be catching up soon.

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