From the woods of Northern Wisconsin to Upper Peninsula of Michigan, we consider Lake Superior, what is “home,” the challenges of ranger housing, and everything in between. Continue reading
Quills – Part 2
Tales and videos of our resident porcupine, confessions of a word nerd, a new room, and best wishes for 2021. Continue reading
Quills – Part 1
On porcupine quills, poetry books, and publishing. Continue reading
Reaching Out
Hello! I’m Adrienne! I am a poet, a photographer, a grant writer. I am a potential a-symptomatic carrier who works from home. I am a daughter, a grand-daughter, a wife, a sister, an aunt, a friend. I am a cousin, a niece, an in-law, a coworker. We are all the wearers of an astounding variety of … Continue reading
Of Bridges, Bear Safety, and Cartoon Rangers
May 9th, 2016. 7:20 a.m., 45 degrees – Mammoth Hot Springs Campground, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. It can be challenging to sleep in at a campground situated on a spit of land surrounded by a loop of road. Especially when that road is the only way to travel between Yellowstone’s Historic North Entrance and the … Continue reading
A Spring Day in Yellowstone
Sunday, May 8th, 2016 – Canyon Campground, Gallatin National Forest, Montana 6:30 a.m. – 42 degrees Bright eyed and bushy tailed, we were back on the road to Yellowstone. The morning sky was a bright blue pallet on which we would paint our day. (24 minutes later…) 6:54 a.m. Historic North Entrance, Yellowstone National Park, Montana We … Continue reading
Getting to Yellowstone
Saturday, May 7, 2016 – Moraine Park Campground, RMNP – 7:20 am, 41 degrees We woke to small clicking and crunching noises outside of our tent. Having heard these sounds before in the Rocky Mountains, we had a pretty good idea what it was: foraging elk. We sat quietly in our tent, listening. Hooves casually click-clacked on the … Continue reading
Hammocks and Hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park
Thursday, May 5th, 2016– Estes Park, Colorado We took a morning dip in the hot tub on the porch before checking out of our favorite Estes Park lodging. The juxtaposition of the cool mountain air and the bubbling hot water made for an intense sensory introduction to our day. The sky beamed bright blue making the … Continue reading
From Fossil Bed to Mountain Peak
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Campground Site #67, 6:48 a.m. – 37 degrees The sun was just beginning to stretch her glow across the dunes as we broke camp and made coffee. It was a still morning, a few songbirds and snoring neighbors the only sounds in the campground. … Continue reading
The Great Sand Dunes
May 2nd, 2016 – On the road from Northern New Mexico to Southern Colorado It was almost 1:00 p.m. when we crossed state line into Colorado. Within the hour we entered Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. We visited this park for briefly in 2013, climbed one of the tallest sand dunes, and then … Continue reading