Trippin' with Susan Straley

Hello Readers of this-here journal!     Thank you for being here… there… along for the ride. Earlier today, both of Lilac’s side and back doors were open.   It is morning but still dark outside.   I was snuggled in the warmth of my cot with a slight smile, the quilt was folded double for added warmth.    I heard thunder and then a few drops pinged on the roof and thudded in the dirt outside.   I had to jump up and out of the trailer in order to shut the back doors.   (This is when conservative jammies come in handy.) Now I am sipping coffee and writing to you.   The rain is tapping on the roof.   All the windows and doors are shut.   I have paper towel stuffed into the groove of the front curb-side windowsill that leaked in the last big rain.   I am sitting at my lap-top, the lap-top is sitting on a TV tray, which serves as my desk in this trailer.    It is dark, the screen is bright. I have with me on this trip a larger folding table, but it doesn’t leave m

Saturday, July 11, 2020 Greetings from Madison, Wisconsin.    I am still thrilled.   This morning when I checked Facebook there was a picture of Peggy Tresenriter with Alzheimer’s Trippin’ with George .    She has zipped through both books since I rode with her in Goodfield, Illinois area.   She posted this lovely review on her Facebook page: “Finished both of Susan Straley’s books Alzheimer’s Trippin’with George .   Don’t let the size of the first book deter you.   Both books are quick reads with lots of cool pictures of places I’d like to visit.   But more than that; it’s a trike, hike, walk and crawl through funny and sad moments as Susan, George and their community travel through the debilitating effects of dementia.” Wonderful!   I am flying high.   Thank you, Peggy! That is the flip side of what happened Thursday night.    But before I tell you about that I had promised to share the pictures from my ride with Roger P. on the trails and down State

July 9, 2020 Hi there!  I made it safely to Madison, Wisconsin. I am sitting writing this in Kathi's den.  She has a separate window air conditioner for this room so there is less air exchanged with the rest of the home.  I keep having to remind myself to put my mask back on so I don't contaminate her space... just in case. She made me a lovely koozie for my water bottle.  Last I wrote I was at a campground with Wifi in Goodfield, near Peoria, Illinois. As I was packing up I saw this lovely bug on my van. As you can see my van got covered in dust at the Timberline campground.  There is a drought going on and a lot of four wheeled carts speeding down the gravel drives. First I drove the back roads to Janesville, WI.  My son Jeremy and his wife Mel live there.  They showed me around the yard where Jeremy has been working to clean out fallen limbs and Mel has been weeding the flower beds. Because Jeremy is sensitive to heat and it was over 90 degrees, they i