Fleeting Expressions. Chronicles from the Road

Happy Friday, Reader! Words cannot express how much I have enjoyed my time here in the desert, at our little oasis with friends we consider family. We met new people that quickly became friends. We talked. We ate. We made future meet-up plans. Mornings start quiet here with soft light on the mountains and move through busy days to evenings with skies painted in orange and pink. As our time here comes to an end, we are soaking in these last peaceful moments before pointing the truck east and...

Happy Friday, Reader! We spent the week in Cancun thanks to my husband's work. It was a rough week. Just kidding. It was glorious to kick back and relax, listen to the ocean and simply recharge. If you follow the news (which I try hard to avoid) you may have heard about the issues with the cartel and how unsafe Mexico is. That was happening on the other side of the country, and if I had been in Puerto Vallarta I may have been pretty nervous but luckily it was (resort) business as usual in...

Happy Friday, Reader! Wrapping up a busy week that included a spontaneous trip to Mexico and celebrating Valentine's Day with good friends and good food! I hope your week went just the way you wanted it to but if it didn't, today is a great day to turn things around. As this newsletter continues to evolve, I am dialing in what structure works best to tell the stories I want to share with you. Last week I realized I was leaning back to an old format of sharing my favorite images and the...

Happy Friday, Reader! What do the Pacific Ocean, fish-shaped ice cream cones, freight trains, giant desert letters, and a nearly empty gas tank have in common? They were all part of our first stretch on Route 66. We set out chasing nostalgia and open highway, with surprises at every turn. We'll begin with the end in mind...the end of the route that is. I'm sharing bits and pieces of the behind-the-scenes parts of our adventure. The video will start coming out in the near future and I have an...

Welcome back, Reader! This week we took the trailer back to the dealership to have the ramp door looked at again. More importantly, we needed to motivate the service department to have the brakes bled like the company that installs them suggested. We believed this would fix the 3-4 second delay before they engaged. That may not sound like much, but navigating Phoenix traffic while pulling a 40’ trailer with slow braking ability is a white knuckle experience! The good news is that once we...

Hello Again, Reader! We made our way out of New Mexico and into the land of saguaros and sun-baked earth...ARIZONA! We made a pit stop outside of Apache Junction so we could get some warranty work done on the new trailer. I love the landscape here with the endless skies and mountain peaks. I will add that the dust from the holiday weekend OHVers was pretty intense and I'm glad it was only a couple of nights! Dirt bike rider getting in a few more laps before the sun disappeared below the...

Hello, Reader! After eight years of full-time RV life, you’d think we would have boondocking completely figured out. We don’t. What we do have is a process shaped by thousands of miles and countless campsites. There have been more than a few moments where we’ve looked at each other and said, ” Well…this isn’t going to work.” One of those moments happened recently. Don’t miss the photos below that give you a hint of the (mis) adventure and click the link to watch our video to really get the...

Hello and welcome 👋 If you are new here...hi! I'm so glad you found your way to my little corner of the internet. And if you've been around for a while, thank you for sticking with me! Either way, as we step into 2026, it felt like the perfect moment to pause, reset, and properly introduce (or reintroduce) myself. Here's the short version of who I am and why this newsletter exists. I am a photographer who captures what I find beautiful and interesting, especially waterfalls, which I will hike...

Hello, Reader! For the first time in a long time, our calendar is filled with names instead of campgrounds. It's so nice to be home for the holidays and have time to catch up with friends and family who have been cheering us on from afar. Between get-togethers, we're slowly taming the chaos in the new RV. Finding homes for camera gear, favorite hoodies, and that one skillet we use for everything has been like putting together a puzzle. It's a different kind of adventure! Being parked for...