Labor Day Weekend

Months and months back, when it was still cold outside, a friend and I met for lunch, and we pinkie-promised that we would adventure over Labor Day weekend. Enter Labor Day weekend. Enter this camping. Enter a funky-fresh assortment of friends and family. And seven hundred million mosquitoes and one blessed bottle of 98.11% DEET.ContinueContinue reading “Labor Day Weekend”

You can take the girls away from the Camino…

…but you just can’t take the Camino away from the girls. A few weeks ago I wrote to my cousin and my Juli-YEAH, “Camping?” and they said, “YES.” so we tossed around dates and places and settled, quickly, on the one that worked for all of us. And then I made the reservation and tuckedContinueContinue reading “You can take the girls away from the Camino…”

Labor Day SHE-nan-ee-gans.

On Thursday I was like, “Huh. The weekend is open, and a holiday weekend, no less. I should find something to do” and “I’ve wanted to walk this 35-mile trail since I heard about it last summer.” So, I told my cousin, and she was on board for a Sunday-through-Monday hike. She did perform aContinueContinue reading “Labor Day SHE-nan-ee-gans.”

So, Camping was fun!

Thanks for your well-wishes, oh friends and blog-readers! Camping was a great decision (even though I didn’t have time to clean my shower this weekend. Small matters). We arrived on Friday, after having gotten ourselves lost not once but twice. We being my sister and I. We drove into the campsites in her car, scanningContinueContinue reading “So, Camping was fun!”