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12/14/25 Goodbye oh so Lovely Ventura
Miss me? I'm still the same except much deeper in my God journey ... such a beautiful thing that happens when you begin a New Life! I seem to be starting to live in God's house. My life for the last nearly 2 months has been beach ... mountain ... beach ... mountain. So incredible. Ventura is a small beach community somewhat long and not very wide as its expanse begins at the Pacific Ocean and ends at the mountains that nearly reach into the sea. Top of the mountain ... P
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Dec 14, 20252 min read


10/31/25. Ventura, CA Surfers Paradise
What a gorgeous place. The ocean air is so pure at the beach, while was watch the surfers dancing on their boards through the waves. When I spent my life in CA before heading east 16 years ago, I lived in Northern California, Marin County, just over the Golden Gate Bridge. It was lovely ... but not a beach town. On my return, I have been led to the Pacific ocean, on the Central California coast, to the pageantry of the endless ocean. It is so refreshing and God-blessed. I
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Oct 31, 20253 min read


10/20/25. Santa Barbara CA I have arrived.
Hello All. The rest of the 5-day trip was so easy. No traffic, no bike rack issues, just complete joy. There's no doubt whether Jesus led me here since we followed this truck not once but twice! We're staying in a 500 sf rental in Ventura (half hour from Santa Barbara) and loving the CA weather. We'll be here until escrow closes 12/4 on our new home, a 700 sf condo in Santa Barbara. After 500 s', 700 is going to feel like BIG! It's not really the condo that's so wonderf
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Oct 22, 20252 min read


Albuquerque NM 10/18/25
Third day on the road. It's been quite the peaceful experience since the bicycle drop drama. Thank you, Jesus. Yesterday, somewhere along I-40, in one of the many states I've traveled, a convoy of very long airplane wings (4 of them) kept us boggled up as the load was wide and so were the wide-eyed drivers! In Oklahoma City, we passed a tent mall where tents with spirals through them shelter the Oakie shoppers. It was quite the sight from the freeway. Here's an arial pho
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Oct 18, 20251 min read


California here we come!
Hello Loves, We began our 5-day drive cross country 10/16/25 full of joy. It all went well until we detoured to a bike shop in Dickson, TN. This is why. The shoe on my very expensive Kuat bike rack, where one tire of my bike sits, completely broke off. We were happily flowing along I-40 with all the truckers at 70 mph when I observed my bike fall. Don't get freaked as the Lord brought me miracles every step of the way. I was able to immediately get into the right lane a
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Oct 17, 20252 min read


8/2/25-8/19/25, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park
Yellowstone is just a drive through. Gary had not been there, so he walked a boardwalk of geysers and saw Old Faithful spout, We were...
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Aug 16, 20252 min read


8/1/25 - 8/9/25 Waterton Lakes National Park, CA & Glacier National Park, Montana
Waterton Lakes NP in Canada is worth a drive through only. The highpoint is the Prince of Wales Hotel perched on a bluff overlooking the...
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Aug 9, 20253 min read


7/27/25-8/1/25. THE AMAZING: Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Columbia Icefields, Jasper National Park
Traversing our wide country in an interesting manner was our intinerary before ... Now we’re on the National Park Circuit! YAHOO ... ...
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Aug 2, 20253 min read


7/21-7/26/25 – Ontario, CA 🇨🇦 to ND/MT, USA 🇺🇸to Alberta CA to Carlgary CA 🇨🇦
Yup, we call this country hopping! The desolate stretch of southern Canada was boring except for endless fields of crop for vegetable...
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Jul 26, 20253 min read


7/17-7/20/25 Madison WI to Apostle Islands, WI, to Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Madison was super cool, the home of U of Wisconsin, such a beautiful campus and miles of hiking trails winding through the various...
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Jul 20, 20252 min read


Meandering from Greenville to Banff NP 7/14 - 7/17/25
All aboard. Rented a car, piled it up with stuff for 5 weeks, and off we went with Jesus on cruise control. Three days of driving and...
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Jul 13, 20251 min read
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