February 18 2023 – an epic day filled with nostalgia, ashes, hummingbirds, Ole Bessie’s (our family Suburban) last hurrah, cheesesteaks, beer, exceptional desserts, song, dance celebration of our time here in Ridgecrest and John’s graduation from work. Where to start – the people are always the most important. But first the birds as there wereContinue reading “Epic Day in the Crust (Ridgecrest)”
Author Archives: Lisa Stenger-Smith
Cannell Meadow Trail, Kernville CA
Before we start the VanGo Adventure around the country, thought we had better do a bit more exploring in our own area. That brought us to Kernville one last time, and oh did we find a beautiful, never done before, Trail for this February hike! Shedding all outerwear as the day was beautiful, we didn’tContinue reading “Cannell Meadow Trail, Kernville CA”
First Sweet Spot Journal Post
This post does not have to do with the official VanGo trip that will begin in less than a month (February 2023), however since, retirement plays a big part. namely John’s on February 16th, I just thought I’d go back and write about the day I retired… Day 1 of Retirement was matching podiatry appointments Continue reading “First Sweet Spot Journal Post”
Learning WordPress
Just trying to squeeze bit of content out of WordPress before I get stuck again. You need to have content to do some of the cool thing in WordPress so here is my first blog post showing exactly how I feel. Evidently you can categorize your posts and be able to pull up all postsContinue reading “Learning WordPress”