Tango is 11.5 years old! When we walk and explore, he seems like a much younger dog because he is spry and active. When you look closer, he is showing his age. I see a bit of cloudiness in his eyes and gray around his muzzle. I have been told that Aussies can live a very…
I don’t know if this is a positive thing or not: as I grow older I see through people’s pretensions when I first meet them. Life experience seems to give us X-ray vision into a person’s motivations and behaviors. When we were younger, I think we projected all kinds of traits onto someone new and…
I have thought about planting a small container garden a few times since RVing fulltime. This year, I decided to go for it. The growing season here is 240 days, which means you can start early and go late, which is quite a motivation. When I say small, I really do mean small. After a…
I had decided a month ago to move to an RV park across from the marina. The park itself is not as nice as where I have been staying, but the location is awesome. I have a kayak that I store in the van, and, when the days warm up to the 50s, I will…
One of the guys at the RV park finally cleared off the driveway, by hand! He used a metal rod to chip through the snow and then shoveled it off. It was a ton of work, and every time I see him I thank him profusely. I was able to get out! Other people in…
I thought briefly about leaving Sequim before the snow hit. I stayed because I figured we would get just the 6 inches of snow that the weatherman forecast. That would not be so bad! Of course, in the end it was 2 feet, so I should have driven down to the desert while I had the…
What does someone do when they are tired of snow and terrible weather, yet the forecast calls for more? How do you cope when your car and van are buried and there is no hope of getting them out or having safe streets for at least several more days? What do you do when you…
“It never snows in Sequim. At most, maybe 2 inches.” I heard that several times after I decided to hunker down here for the winter. I hoped that would be the case, but I never took people’s weather declarations too seriously. When it “never rains” somewhere, I end up in the worst rain on record.…
Locals have told me that snow comes in every few years. Well, this is one of those years!. Woo hoo! Schools in Sequim, WA have a snow day. Many businesses have closed due to weather. Sounds like a serious polar vortex event, but it is just a minor storm. Places that don’t get much snow tend…
All is well on the Olympic Peninsula! Winter is still mild compared to the rest of Washington, and Tango and I have done some exploring. The Olympic Mountains to the south are snow-covered, so I am only exploring the coast at the moment. Most recently, we went van camping a bit further west, along the…