glacial views between
gorgeous mountains, green-blue lakes,
two national parks
Canada has it
whatever weather or view
you’d like to drink on
Road Trip 2026, Day Five
road trip
Road Trip 2026, Day Four
hiking to high tea
(a different version of high)
altitude wins sips
perfect alpine lakes
to start and finish the day
as we drink in views
glacially made mirrors
waterfall motivation
for the long walk down
Road Trip 2026, Day Three
a glass reflection
to start Canada travels
cold, bright, beautiful
Banff captures the crowds
who come to see Lake Louise
with its glacial blue
pup’s living the life
that most dogs only dream of
lake dips and air licks
Road Trip 2026, Day Two
sighting a grizzly
second day of forty-two:
not bad for this drive
but the paddle board?
early morning peace moment
to make Montana
views look like postcards
a photo could never catch
how perfect, Glacier
Road Trip 2026, Day One
ten thousand miles
begins before the sunrise
red, ready for us
two and a half states
bring us mountains, skies, and lakes
blue, gold, crimson calm
life isn’t parking—
adapting to site unseen
from a computer
but look at this lake
and this brown-eyed, sleepy pup
Montana, my heart
Road Trip 2026, Day One
ten thousand miles
begins before the sunrise
red, ready for us
two and a half states
bring us mountains, skies, and lakes
blue, gold, crimson calm
life isn’t parking—
adapting to site unseen
from a computer
bug look at this lake
and this brown-eyed, sleepy pup
Montana, my heart
Soft Petals
our road trip return:
too many blossoms to count
(spring inside the house)
even outside blooms
just planted last September
have welcomed us home
Burned Trees and Snow
Colorado roads:
beautiful mountain vistas
scarred by wildfires
Morning, Noon, and Night in Prescott
javelina hike
to a cactus-filled Thumb Butte
to start the morning
a Whiskey Row lunch
Watson Lake under blue skies
for the afternoon
my daughter’s new friends
soon to be her new roommates:
a perfect evening
Bucket List Day
Monument Valley:
the perfect sunrise rest stop
to light our faces
snow at Grand Canyon:
surprise bucket list side trip
to catch her snowfall
all three together:
it feels like a bucket list
to let them g(r)o(w)
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