Midnight Angels–A Different Way of Bringing in the New Year
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 […]
Tag Archives: cold
Cooking In a Very Small Vehicle (Ideas and Tips)
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 […]
Frozen Everything, Including the Icky Stuff
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 […]
How I Stay Warm in My Small Van Without Using Heat
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, […]
Getting Up When It’s -12 F… A Video
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 […]
Birthday Campfire in the Snow
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 […]
Misty Pond
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 […]
I’d Rather Sleep in my Car
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 […]
Flotsam in the Wind
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 […]
Strange Beds and Too Much Luxury
(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 […]
A Nomad for Nature 