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About meanderingmomma

A retired school teacher hits the road

March 2024

March’s buzz word …..Go! Go! Go!  Starting on March 1st, my 70th birthday, and ending in Austin, Texas for the solar eclipse, this was a month of travel for sure. We did not have a lot of time for celebrating … Continue reading

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February 2024

February’s buzz word……fix, fix, fix!!! After about six years of nagging him, Joel finally agreed to let me get our dysfunctional bathroom FIXED – yeah!!  I wasted NO TIME in getting estimates and hiring a contractor(s) to do the work. … Continue reading

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January 2024

January was relatively quiet – as most Januarys are after all the holiday craziness. Roberta had her usual trip to Texas, we snuck away from the office one day to go to the annual Long Beach Fishing Show because we had … Continue reading

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November 2023

November began with Roberta still in Texas. Kevin flew home after the Austin Film Festival concluded, but Roberta stayed to enjoy a few more days with her younger son and granddaughter. Oh the joy of being 9 years old……. Eva often … Continue reading

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October 2023

After all the excitement of August and September October was pretty calm. Roberta settled back into life at Glen Eden and started a few new projects. Joel continued to work like a madman on his iTroll updating. First – Joel … Continue reading

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September 2023

After leaving Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming my route took me through Idaho and over the Snake River in Twin Falls. What a gorgeous surprise! From there I traveled through Nevada, stopping at the Fallon Rest stop on the … Continue reading

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August 2023

August was a month chock full of adventures! My first overnight stop as I headed north through Texas was Palo Duro State Park. But, although the humidity decreased as I traveled north, the temperature did not. At 118 degrees it … Continue reading

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July 2023

July 2nd I headed out to Palmetto State Park for a few days while waiting for my reservation to start on July 4th at Pecan River RV Park, only a bike ride from my son’s house in San Marcos.  It … Continue reading

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June 2023

My friend David, who is also the architect of my soon to be built home in Lockhart, Texas, lives in a tiny home that he constructed himself.  He had previously lived 10 years on his boat in the ocean much … Continue reading

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May 2023

Roberta’s first project this month was to redo the artificial turf in the backyard.  It had weathered so badly that the last windstorm had ripped holes in it, and the curious little bunnies & ground squirrels had not helped the … Continue reading

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