Trippin' with Susan Straley

  Sometimes you start moving forward or your are just plodding along with your life and then you encounter something that surprises you, thrills you, feeds your heart, and reminds you what is great about living. Heather Cox Richardson has been writing a lot about our political landscape lately, but today she paused and instead of the news she shared a picture of a woman in red, on a dock, by an old white fishing boat, playing her cello.  A bit of beauty in a world in turmoil.    I left you last time after my sister and I had visited my grandparent's homestead.   After that, I had a few fun things to do, but I felt like my summer was coming to an end.  I had all my reservations for my journey home, I had even reserved some campsites for after I get home! One day I had a date to visit some friends from Waukesha that have a summer home about an hour from my campsite in Minoqua area. Diane and Rick had visited me in Inverness a couple years ago and we wen...

 Hello hello, I am still in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.  I can't believe it!  September already and my departure day is fast approaching.  I have had such a great time, I don't want to leave here.   For those of you just checking in, I have been staying at a campground in Rhinelander, WI about six miles from my sister's home.  I am camping my first season in a little Weeroll camper.   It has been great to spend time with Mary and her husband Dave.   It has been great to be in one place to work out the kinks of staying in a small space. It has been great to escape the heat of the Florida summer, to meet new people, to be outside and enjoying life even during a pandemic. The beauty of the north woods is sometimes like stepping into a fairy tale.  There was a moment when my sister and I were on a walk in Holmboe Preserve .  We were on a rise looking down at the dirt path in front of us onto a board walk over a brilliant green m...