Stranger Than Fiction

Have you ever had a week that was so weird, strange that it just left you shaking your head? That was this past week for me. I can say one thing about it, I don't ever want to repeat it. Period.

Life is a very strange thing

I just realized that when things are difficult in life that laughter is like a salve, it soothes the soul, at least for me it does. Driving down the freeway listening to comedy on the radio and found myself literally laughing out loud always makes my day a littler better.

Feeling artsy fartsy

Oregon Coast

I never get tired of this place

In a Pickle

   How do some folks get themselves into a big mess and they drag their kids into it as well. The pic of the bus earlier was that of a family that had broke down on the Oregon coast and was standing on a corner asking for help. we drove by without stopping then later we saw this crazy looking bus that I wanted to take a pic of but I thought I should ask first, so I went and knocked on the bus and the door opened and there stood the girl with the baby on her back that we had saw earlier on the corner. I talked to her for a bit , super nice girl, down on their luck with engine problems and stuff. I wished her and her partner and their 3 kids well and walked away. My soul started to bother me, I told Scott wait, and I jumped out of the truck and ran back to the bus and knocked on the door...

   The young woman opened the bus door and I said I wanted to come back and give you something, she was staring at me now, I know it's not much I said and I handed her some money, and no it was not much but from the very bottom of my heart I hoped that this little bit of kindness on my part would help her little family in some way. I really wish I could have done more. I could tell she was quite surprised and moved by my coming back, she was very grateful and appreciative. Yeah I know some would call me a sucker but I never ever  regret being kind, but I often regret it when I am unkind.
  Has there ever been a time you wanted to help someone but just wasn't sure what they would do with your gift? Yeah me too, I just do it any way.
 

My How things Change

     I walked into my office today and went to get something out of the file cabinet and noticed piece of paper that said my vision board and on it I had taped a picture of two big beautiful homes . It was a few years ago when I hung those up and I had to take them down today because I realized that my feelings about stuff and things have changed drastically thanks to a few life altering events over the last few years.

   I have come to realize that I really only need a few things to survive and be happy, good friends, healthy food and good wine and I'm a happy girl. I know lots of people want lots of things and lot's of stuff but not this girl. I shall be content with a lot less the rest of my life, my how things are a changing. 

Today is my birthday,

Yup today is my birthday and someone said how come you didn't tell me that ?well, I have always felt that I'm not that special and the woman that gave birth to me should be who we are celebrating. So cheers to my mother.

Day three and hot as hell

Here we sit in the Central Oregon valley in scorching heat waiting for night fall to get some relief from the heat. 

  High light to our morning and afternoon was seeing antipope running around, they are truly beautiful creatures, I think I want to pet one.

Cabin Lake camp ground

Today we visited Cabin Lake camp ground, we thought because of the name that it just might be a decent place, but oh no, it was just as crappy as Hole In The Ground, who in their right mind is putting these kinda places on maps as places to visit? Crazy folk I'm sure.

  Cabin lake has no damn lake, in fact it has no water at all and it's not even an attractive boon docking spot. So once again, skip it save your gas and your time, big thumbs down from this gal.  

Hole in the Ground

Yes that is the actual name of this place that is on a map, though I feel it should not be on any map, it is just a big dirty 

un beautiful place, in other words it is as ugly as sin. Here is my advice don't waste your gas or your time on this place.

Worms in my fridge, boats in my yard

Strange things are a foot. Rafts in my yard and worms in my fridge, someone has fishing on the brain for sure, looking forward to catching a few trout and frying them up. It will be nice to open my fridge and find no worms, Summer has begun.

A different kind of nomadic mama

I travel this beautiful country because of my job, I'm looking to change that, I want to travel this beautiful country because I want to see more of its beauty up close and personal from my RV and not just from 40,000 feet in the air. America is an awesome place and I want to explore all she has to offer.

   I just returned from Cabo last night I like going there but I love coming home to green and clean smelling air, nothing beats home.

My view today

This Father's Day I'm laying over in beautiful San Diego Cali, great weather, if I felt better I would have taken my long walk to the bridge.

Tough week

This past week I layed over in Denver and Anchorage, couldn't wait to get home.

Anchorage AK

Had a long layover here today, met friends for breakfast at snow city Cafe, great food, long line but they do accept reservations, glad we had a reservation. If you ever get up this way you have got to try Snow City Cafe, you will not be disappointed.

Maui

Nice long layover in Maui today 

Fire in the sky

Finally some sun just as it starts to go down

Sky show

A very lovely sky show In

between torrential rain shower

Poker face

This is a pic of me playing poker at our neighborhood bar, I was doing quite well at that point.

Rain Rain go away

We have been at the beach for about 5 days and it has rained practically none stop, if we were in our old tent this camping trip would have been a disaster, a total wash out, but now that we are nice and dry and warm in our little RV, the rain doesn't bother me as much. I never considered myself a fair weather camper but a gal can only take so much rain in a tent camping before she has reached her wits end, those days are over, I'm one happy dry girl even though it's still raining cats and dogs here at the Oregon coast I will stay put.

Beer bread

Just made beer bread in our RV it turned out quite well, considering I'm not at all a bread girl, it was the Trader Joes box kind just add beer and pour melted butter on top, yummy

The Reason For This Blog

A few months ago I was chatting with a gal I met on a face book group for nomadic mama's and had a really nice conversation with her, I was new to the group and she mentioned to me that I should write a blog so people can get to know me, so, here it is.

  This is not my first blog, it's my second, I have one that is strictly related to all things travel, if your interested in that I can direct you to it. 

Crab time on the Oregon coast

Food Fanatic/Cooking Fool

One thing you will notice about me right off the bat is that I live and love to cook and take photo's of what I cook. I think food is a beautiful art form. The colors the textures, I truly love it all.

Oregon coast

Spending 5 days at the Oregon coast, I do love this place, so peaceful and serene after all the tourist are gone. Even though it's rained most of the time over this Memorial Day I'm happy to be here, something about the ocean air makes me smile.

Me me me, a little about me

I'm a simple kind of girl, I love simple things, food, drink and fun, I don't really need much in this life to make me happy, a few necessities and I'm good. 

  I'm at a point in my life that I am starting to feel that less is way more, I look around and want to simplify everything I see and touch. 

  

Where to begin

So many things to say, so many things to do in this life, where does one begin? 

  I suppose the main thing is just to begin.

  Here I go.

My Quirky Vista

This blog is just my little quirky view of the world and things in it, it is meant to be fun and none serious I hope, but one never knows with me.