How did this happen?
Well, I retired from work at the Department of Mental Health of CT last July. I was used to the routine of getting up at 6:00 am, and I found myself wandering aimlessly ‘round my little home looking for ways to find my own rhythm. I thought of getting a part time job but felt deeply a new freedom and dreamed of traveling. I had lived in Europe and traveled there in my youth, however, I have never traveled around the United States. I really wanted to see the different cultures and awe-inspiring nature in this great country of ours so I asked my daughter to give me two years for a great adventure, then promised to settle down to assist with raising my delightful granddaughter.
I drove as far away from the fires as I could get and found myself parked right on the sand of a beach in South Padre Island, Texas. This was my first experience with the Gulf of Mexico and I delighted in beach-combing and talking to the local vendors. I met lots of wonderful folks, caught up on the internet at the town library and visited Mexico with a group of women who offered to take me along on their trip.
Then I visited Quartzite,AZ for a couple of months, an unbelievable place.
Many different groups meet up here, my favorite being Sister’s on the Fly, women who organize fun events, I was shocked at how many people live this way, snowbirds even from Canada.
On I drove to the West Coast and dipped my toes in the Pacific at Carlsbad, CA, this is a fun little town with points of interest like Legoland and the Gem Institute of America. Then off again to the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree National Parks and a Navajo reservation to see the little houses called hogans. I took my niece to the artist Georgia O’Keefe’s home called Ghost Ranch and we had a blast climbing the canyons.
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Thanks for writing. You'll be back before I take off in my tiny house built inside an old bus. I live near Hartford. Would love to meet up with you sometime.
That looks like awesome fun. I don't think I will never have the courage to travel alone like that.