Trippin' with Susan Straley

 I said I wasn't going to write to you again until I got back to New York in September.  But, I couldn't do it.  It's too long a time to not touch base. I am excited for my friends Jim and Ann at are also traveling this summer.  They have made their way from Florida up through California and into Oregon.  They are spending time in each lovely place and enjoying the views.  We reach out to each other once in a while and send a couple pictures. Then I think of my friends that are working their way through health challenges and I send them love and Tinkerbell sparkles. Last I wrote to you I was near Niagra Falls in New York.  I was about to cut through Canada to arrive back in the USA north of Detroit.  I was worried about the crossing and my dog spray (pepper spray).  Well, as usual with worry, it was wasted energy.  I went early in the morning and they asked me if I had any weapons. Rather than explain my kitchen knives and pepper spray, I said, "Nope!"  Is that a

 I told you I was going to fill you in on the trip Steve and I did, canoeing and camping in the Adirondacks. Unfortunately we had only a window of one night to camp out in the wilderness because the weather report announced scattered storms.  The weather is unpredictable especially in the mountains.  But we found a couple days and one night all together with wonderful weather. Steve and his wife Margaret used to canoe/kayak and camp.  He love love loves it, especially if he can get to a beautiful spot totally isolated from human noises and where he rarely sees another human being. So he did the planning on this trip and I just followed along and enjoyed myself. He has these light-weight one-person canoes for carrying from lake to lake.  They are about 15-17 lbs empty. We left Steve's trailer parked in the campground. We drove a way (an hour?) to get into a place where we could park. Before we left the car we signed in and discovered there was one other couple and their dog that had