Trippin' with Susan Straley

7/18/2020 Greetings from Lake George Campground! It is Saturday morning and it is raining.    My neighbor here had warned me last night that there were severe storms in the forecast including possible tornadoes.   She said between 3:00 a.m. and 5:30.   It is now 5:28 and the Weeroll isn't rocking yet. I imagine if I were in my tent-cot I would be stuck in the prone position.     But I have coffee made and I am sitting at my little desk writing to you!   How cool is that!   Smiles. I arrived in Rhinelander on Monday and drove right to my sister’s house.   I disinfected my hands with the hand sanitizer I keep on the console, I put on a paper face mask.   And as I step out of the van I hear my sister running toward me, her arms outstretched.   Oh my!   Oh my!    We sat on her beautiful back deck, overlooking her yard.   It was clear she had been keeping herself occupied during the COVID shut-down by planting flowers.    This is Only the Lonely plant

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