Strange Goings-On in the Woods
(Updated and republished November 2019) One night in July 2012, I was parked in the national forest and was the only person parked there at the time, when I heard […]
Category Archives: 2012
Things That Go Bump in the Night
(Originally posted on July 17, 2012) One night in July 2012, I had just fallen asleep in the back of my (then) Subaru, when I heard a strange noise; strange […]
How I Slept in my Subaru Outback (My home from 2010-2012?)
Written in August 2012, for my (then) blog, A Free-Spirited Woman. Some of you may be wondering how I go about sleeping in my car. Above: In 2010 I replaced […]
Lucky to be Living Outdoors–The Good Times
I’m going through some old posts, and I thought this was lovely enough to share again. Keep in mind that when I wrote this, I think I was living in […]
Anti-Semitism in the Night
This post was originally written in September 2012, and at that time I was camping in the national forest near Estes Park, Colorado. I’ve had very few scary experiences while […]
Evacuated by Smoke from a Wildfire! (One night in July, 2012)
I think that almost everyone in the US, and many people overseas, is aware of the horrible fires Colorado suffered during the late spring and early summer of 2012. One […]
A Room at the Inn (A Special Birthday in Hanksville, UT)
December 2012 Above ~ The San Raphael Reef (or Swell) ~ Click on the picture to view larger It was December 10, 2012, the day before my birthday. I’d […]
Lazy Day After Hiking to Jailhouse Ruin and Perfect Kiva at The Grand Gulch Primitive Area, Utah
December 8, 2012 I’m having a lazy day today, because yesterday I hiked to Jailhouse Ruin and Perfect Kiva, in The Grand Gulch Primitive Area. The guidebook said 4-5 hours, […]
Changing Views from my Bedroom/Living Room Window
December 9, 2012 – Formerly published on a blog I had called A Free Spirited Woman. Obviously I was living in Mitzi then, my Mitsubishi Montero Sport SUV. Each morning […]
Oops, That’s My Pee Bottle NOT My Water Bottle
I’m sure that many men who use a Nalgene bottle as their ‘pee bottle’ have experienced something similar to this little incident that happened to my traveling partner, Joe, one […]
A Nomad for Nature 