Miss SugarCookie

Category: travel

  • 2021-05-29 KC Road Trip Part 1: It’s All Going to Be OK

    2021-05-29 KC Road Trip Part 1: It’s All Going to Be OK

    This is new. My daughter is having her first “friend” road trip/weekend and I’m backseat chaperoning and trying not to backseat drive. She drives like a teenager—too fast, following too close, and extremely irritated when I offer pointers. I’ve seen what she calls her most social finger waving to me from the driver’s seat at…

  • 2021-05-16 Another Week in the Rearview

    2021-05-16 Another Week in the Rearview

    It’s been a strange week.  A few days ago I had a call with my friend HL who lives in Denver, who I haven’t seen since my wedding in February of 2020.. You know, that last month of what I’m now calling “The Great Before.” Before COVID spread the world and took over the airwaves…

  • 2021-04-24 Arizona Adventure Day 6: The Journey Home 🌵🌸

    2021-04-24 Arizona Adventure Day 6: The Journey Home 🌵🌸

    Day 6. Saturday. The journey home. But first, flowers!  One might recall 6 days ago when I arrived in Phoenix that had time to kill before getting on the road, that I tried to go to the Botanical Gardens, that it was “sold out”, and that I promised myself we would make time for it…

  • 2021-04-23 Arizona Adventure Day 5: Flagstaff Friday Funday

    2021-04-23 Arizona Adventure Day 5: Flagstaff Friday Funday

    Day 5. Friday. Much ado about nothing.  Much of our vacation to this point had been go-go-go. Lots of activity—tours, hiking, navigating, driving, stopping, starting, and exploring. We had nothing planned for Friday and when we got to Friday, there wasn’t anything in particular we wanted to do.  We talked about going to the Grand…

  • 2021-04-22 Arizona Adventure Day 4: Doing Sedona Take 2

    2021-04-22 Arizona Adventure Day 4: Doing Sedona Take 2

    Day 4. Thursday. Thirsty Thursday.  Thursday is what happens when something doesn’t go according to plan. Sometimes, it’s all wrong, but sometimes it turns out alright. My big plan for the day was a hot air balloon ride over Sedona. It was one of the things that Jim and I talked about after the big…

  • 2021-04-21 Arizona Adventure Day 3: Deep Impact

    2021-04-21 Arizona Adventure Day 3: Deep Impact

    Day 3. Wednesday. Hump Day. Free Skate.  Wednesday I didn’t have anything planned but did think we would end up having a longer visit to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. However, we also wanted to visit the Impact Crater near Winslow Arizona at some point too. And since we were still not adjusted…

  • 2021-04-20 Arizona Adventure Day 2: Sedona Escape

    2021-04-20 Arizona Adventure Day 2: Sedona Escape

    Day 2. Tuesday. On my “Grand” trip itinerary Tuesday was tagged as the day we would explore Sedona. In truth, all I really had planned was a late day (4pm-ish) couples massage followed by dinner at a nice restaurant. The scenery and slightly warmer temperatures are probably at the top of the list of reasons…

  • 2021-04-19 Arizona Adventure Day 1: Everything

    2021-04-19 Arizona Adventure Day 1: Everything

    Day 1.The question for day 1 isn’t what we did on day 1. The question for day 1 is what we didn’t do on day 1.  The answer is nothing… there is nothing we didn’t do which, as double negatives go, is the same as saying everything.  We did everything.  From the top to the…