I'm a Baby Boomer (a person born between 1946-1964). I'm also a grandmother and after I visited my grandkids, I went shopping because that is what Boomers do. I live in a rural area so I decided to immerse myself in the big city life of Syracuse, NY. I went to Barnes and Noble …
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It was a week and a half after I returned from my 70/7000 trip and I will always remember how sunny that morning was. I walked into the office of my elementary school and saw my colleagues silently huddled around a TV. The images of the burning World Trade Towers were surreal but our feelings …
Labor Day Weekend 2001 Strange to be home. The rooms are spread out with many steps between things but I will get used to it again. I called my son and daughter, relatives, and friends. Unpacked, did some laundry, picked up my mail and went through it. Then I went off to school to set …
Days 63-68 August 27-September 1, 2001 Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ontario. Putting on the miles to get home before school started, I didn't set up camp each night but slept in the van. I used a chair by a campfire in the evenings and made coffee each morning on my vintage Bernzomatic stove. Down to the …
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Days 61 and 62 August 25&26, 2001 Put on some miles today, stopped at a campground, and put up my "cabana" (an open sided tent). I love my cabana. In storms I cover it with a very large sheet of blue plastic and it becomes a waterproof shelter, dark and cozy like a cave. I lit …
Day 61 August 25, 2001 I stayed in a campsite in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Two unsettling things happened there. First, the whole campground was filled with all types of flying insects. I asked if this was the norm and the people in charge just shrugged their shoulders. Forest fires were popping up all over …
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Days 57-60 August 21-24, 2001 Heading home but still taking in the sights. I took this picture of The Mint Bar built inside a church in Sundance, Montana. Ironic? Amazing? Amusing? "The Wild West" is quite the place! I stopped at the Cabela's Store in Billings, stood under a stuffed grizzly bear, and learned that …
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My apologies to my readers because I am interrupting the flow of my 70/7000 saga but this autonomous traveler needed to get away alone this week. Don't get me wrong, it's been a wonderful summer with camping, friends, home improvements, fly fishing, grandkids, and my first endeavor as a blogger. But whoa, it got way …
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Days 55 and 56 August 19 & 20, 2001 Stopping to camp in High River, Alberta for few days and realizing I'm getting anxious about going home. I had learned so much about myself on this trip. Would it stick after I got back to the real world? When I get back to my teaching …
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