actually writing blog: Portland, OR. The NW Portland Hostel.
2026-04-30 17:40 MDT
Welp, here I am! At the end of my 2-day drive, and checked in at the hostel. It's tempting to just settle in here, hang out all evening in their Commons or their Cafe - but I mean to head over to wander the Northwest District just as soon as I've figured o . . . .
actually writing blog: Pendleton, OR. Arrowhead Travel Plaza.
2026-04-30 11:24 MDT
I was right about La Grande being the next planned charging stop. However, shortly after I began driving, ABRP offered a route that was "7 minutes faster." I thought, sure, why not, and tapped START DRIVING. The new route had me bypass La Grande and head r . . . .
actually writing blog: Nampa ID, the Starbucks at 6th and Northside
2026-04-30 07:40 MDT
Good morning. I am in Idaho. Spent the night at a rest stop because getting a hotel room just seemed like a lot of work. Woke up around 5:30 when the birds started mouthing off. Watched the moon set orange over a different collection of mountains than I'm . . . .
actually writing blog: Salt Lake City UT, a Target on 300 W
2026-04-29 16:30 MDT
Excuse me. Coalville, not Coalton. And I wound up skipping it entirely. It turns out, if you keep charging your vehicle to, like, 80% or 90% despite ABRP telling you that 65-70% will be fine, eventually it decides you don't need one of the originally plann . . . .
actually writing blog: Rock Springs WY, Kroger Smiths 182
2026-04-29 13:26 MDT
Self-check assistant: "Would you like me to get your your bag credits?" Me: "Oh, thank you... I only have the one bag, though." Self-check assitsant: "Eh, I'll give you extra. I feel like I always miss you when you're here." Me: bites tongue and stares in . . . .
actually writing blog: Rawlins, WY, Pilot Flying J, Johnson Road
2026-04-29 11:07 MDT
Just kidding, last stop wasn't Fort Collins - it was just outside Cheyenne. It sure seemed to take longer to get there after passing Loveland than Fort Collins should have. Wyoming is famously the place with the great big sky. It's also got a bunch of rea . . . .
actually writing blog: Fort Collins, CO. Pilot Flying J, College Avenue
2026-04-29 08:24 MDT
I've reached the age where grocery stores and truck stops cater to my generation. The sound system was playing Laura Brannigan's hit single "Gloria," and the TV in the lobby by the showers and laundry was playing an episode of The A Team on BBC America. I . . . .
actually writing blog: In which the author wakes this journal up with some travel blogging
2026-04-29 05:46 MDT
Well, hi there. It's been a few months. Again. Now seems a good time to restart the ol' blogging habit. I just turned 50, for one thing. That's pretty auspicious. Also, I'm about to hit the road for a two-day roller derby road trip. I thought it might be . . . .
actually writing blog: In which the author consoles herself, after a medically rough day, with a spot of comfort cooking, and shares her recipe with you
2025-11-19 17:45 MST
So... yeah. Today. It wasn't so much "cut open and sewed back up" so much as it was "poked several times with a needle," but it was still in a very tender place. A speculum was involved, and much repositioning thereof, which frankly was worse than the bit . . . .
actually writing blog: The State of Me (after another radio silence)
2025-11-18 21:42 MST
Hi y'all, it's your not-so-regularly blogging correspondent coming to you live from what is my life even. Let's take stock. Physical condition: Pretty OK for just starting week 5 post-op from that Oct 20 radical nephrectomy I've been blathering about on F . . . .
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