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Midnight Angels–A Different Way of Bringing in the New Year

January 1, 2020by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography Leave a comment

  It was New Year’s Eve 2012, and I was camped with a friend at the Island In The Sky section of Canyonland’s National Park, near Moab, Utah. Earlier in […]

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2013 ~ The Year of the Floods, Canyonlands National Park, SPECIAL TIMES

Cooking In a Very Small Vehicle (Ideas and Tips)

November 27, 2019by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 3 Comments

When it’s very cold, windy, rainy, or I’m simply feeling spooked by my surroundings and feel safer locked inside my vehicle, I sometimes find myself cooking inside it. As you […]

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2013 ~ The Year of the Floods, HOW-TO'S, TIPS & MORE - How do I bathe, go to the bathroom etc., MY VAN (and previous homes)

Frozen Everything, Including the Icky Stuff

May 10, 2018by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 4 Comments

I wrote this on January 4, 2013, for my (then) blog A Free-Spirited Woman. I recently re-read it and part of it brought tears to my eyes because I was […]

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2013 ~ The Year of the Floods, OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, SPECIAL TIMES

How I Stay Warm in My Small Van Without Using Heat

April 20, 2018by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 4 Comments

This is a question I get asked a lot, and naturally, there are a lot of ways I can stay warm in my rig which is an AWD Astro Van, […]

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HOW-TO'S, TIPS & MORE - How do I bathe, go to the bathroom etc.

Getting Up When It’s -12 F… A Video

May 10, 2016by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 2 Comments

  One day in January 2015, I stuck my hand out from under my sleeping bag and immediately withdrew it when it touched a layer of ice on top of […]

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2015 ~ Sub-Zero Camping, Shingles, Utah and Heading South, OOPS! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

Birthday Campfire in the Snow

April 9, 2016by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 2 Comments

It was December 11, 2014, and I decided to camp in Rocky Mountain National Park; a birthday treat. I wanted to have a camp fire, some music, some wine, rather […]

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2014, LONELY OR NOT?

Misty Pond

March 2, 2016by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography Leave a comment

Mists of moisture rising from the pearled pond, Warm air mingling with cold. An airshow, Slow in motion, Swirling steam. Streaming ivory veils of mist riding the air waves, Wrapping […]

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ARTICLES, ESSAYS & POETRY, Estes Park

I’d Rather Sleep in my Car

January 20, 2015by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 3 Comments

January 20, 2015 – Originally Posted on a blog I used to own, called A Free Spirit This past week I helped a friend who was having surgery in the […]

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2015 ~ Sub-Zero Camping, Shingles, Utah and Heading South, Estes Park

Flotsam in the Wind

January 18, 2015by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography 1 Comment

  January 18, 2015 – Formerly published on my old blog, A Free Spirited Woman 60, 70, 80 mile-per-hour wind gusts, and constant buffeting. I’ve been tossed around like flotsam […]

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2015 ~ Sub-Zero Camping, Shingles, Utah and Heading South, Estes Park

Strange Beds and Too Much Luxury

January 3, 2015by Nomad for Nature ~ Tranquil Light Photography Leave a comment

(January 3, 2015) Over this past Christmas and New Year, I was lucky enough to get a couple of house sitting jobs. On Christmas Eve I visited a friend for […]

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2015 ~ Sub-Zero Camping, Shingles, Utah and Heading South, MINIMALIST & THRIFTY LIVING ~ How to live with less, PHILOSOPHY, THOUGHTS, MUSINGS & OPINION

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