Category: Dear Grandma
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Wandering and Wondering
Hi Gram! We’re still having a fun, relaxing time down here in Tucson. We’ve had clear skies and sunshine most days, although it did get cloudy for a couple days and even rained a little. The temperature swings pretty far from morning to afternoon and back again at night, (sometimes a swing of 30+ degrees)…
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Goats and Ostriches
Hi Gram! We’ve been having a great time down here. The weather is cool, but moderate. We wear a hoodie sweatshirt and hat when we go out most days, sometimes a jacket, but it hasn’t been warm enough for a t-shirt or shorts yet. The temperature has dipped a little for the past few days,…
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Desert Hiking Everywhere
Hi Gram! We’re settled into a nice apartment for the next few weeks, and still tossing around ideas of what to do when we have to leave this place. It’s a really nice apartment, and I wouldn’t mind being here for the next few months, but he already has it rented out for the month…
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We’re Headed for the Sunshine
Hi Gram! We finally made it out of Illinois. Our original plan was to leave by October 1, but my contractors had to finish up the rehab on one of my houses. The house is wrapped up and in the hands of the management company now, we got to spend Christmas Eve with you, all…
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Sunshine State, then Home!
Hi Gram! I’m back home now, so this will be the last letter from my 2019 road trip adventures. In future letters, I’ll get back to telling you about my everyday adventures. I already have plans for most of this year between traveling, shooting video, attending training, and getting work done on my house, and…
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Every Mile is Longer in Texas
Hi Gram! You don’t really think about how big Texas is unless you’re driving through it. The sun is shining, there’s beautiful southwestern landscape all around, everybody you meet is friendly, and you’re having a great drive. Then the sun sets, the stars come out, and it starts to be further and further between towns.…
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Sunshine and Cacti
Hi Grandma! After a few weeks in California, navigating over what felt like every square inch, I pointed the car east and headed to Arizona for some much needed rest and relaxation. A head cold had started to settle in, giving me a sore throat for a couple days and a runny nose. I’d gotten…
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Zibby Go Bye-Bye
Hi Gram! We awoke both happy and sad. Happy because we’d had such an amazing time the last couple weeks. Sad because Zibby would be flying home to Chicago this afternoon and we wouldn’t get to see each other for a few more weeks. Happy because we were going to get tacos before going to…
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More than One Tree in the Park
Hi Gram! We woke up refreshed and decided to hit the road after seeing the big rock that we heard about in Morros Bay. We drove up to what we thought was the rock, saw some campers parked around it, and looked on. There was no way to get to it, and no placards or…
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Seeing Friends and Tolerating Tourists
Hi Gram, We got up in the morning and headed to breakfast with my friend Kevin who lives in Mountain View. His family and our other friends weren’t available on such short notice, so the three of us sat and recounted stories from college while we shared some great food. Well, to be honest, two…