Day 9 (8/7/2020)
We are up before 6 am and on the road. I am putting early hours in as for the late afternoon we have grand plans for the Grand Canyon. We pull into the parking lot of Petrified Forest but we are almost 2 hours early and the park is closed. We decide to continue our …
Day 7 (8/5/2020)
It is so very early morning for us because we have arrived in the middle of the night and I have meetings first thing in the morning. We are now on mountain time which means my day starts an hour earlier. While I am on my first meeting Sol has to turn our rig around …
Day 6 (8/04/2020)
We set sail straight after Darwin’s morning swim. We have to drive with the back of the Jeep rolled up as we need to dry him. It is chilly and girls declare that their goose bumps have goose bumps! We tell them to enjoy it while it lasts as we are imminently close to entering …
Day 5 (08/03/2020)
Easy day as it is Monday and a first official work-on-the-road day for me. I set up shop on a picnic chair near the river and only move to follow a shady spot. For the day’s meetings my background is Arkansas River and no, it is not MS Teams new fake background. The camp has …
Day 4 8/2/2020
Ambitious day. I attempt to not burn breakfast in the morning and we lift off to, first, meet Eric and Barry at the Nashville farmers market and eat ice cream at Jenny’s there (truly remarkable ice cream… I regret I did not try their goat cheese and cherry flavor) and then be back on the …
Day 3 8/1/2020
Tamara is in the bathing suit even before breakfast. Girls drag us back into the lake as we desperately try to finish our coffees. We are in luck. Everyone is still asleep and we have the whole beach and the lake to ourselves. We swim, meditate in the water. Girls spend some time chasing a …
Day 2 (7/31/2020)
Sol is up before 6 and we are back on the road with kids finishing their sleep on the back seat. Dog is happily tagging along with the plan. He is such a good sport. Another rest stop for breakfast right after we cross the Tennessee border and into Smokey’s! We pass straight through downtown …
First full day (7/30/2020).
Dog was too excited to sleep beyond 4 am. , so he woke up Sol. I fought to stay in bed till about 6:30. Kids managed to sleep in till 7:30 or so. In need of water and coffee Sol took the trailer to the water station to fill it to the brim for the …
Day of… (7/29/2020)
Original plan for lift off was at around 1pm, middle of my work day. This would put us to our first stop – Shenandoah – in the early evening. Easy breezy break into travel with enough of daylight to set up at a first camp site. Little monkey wrench in the plans: today was my …