Bye Cali, Hello Idaho

How many of you have had your 2020 plans revised and forget what plan version you are on now? Well that was us! We thought 2020 was going to be a full travel year via RV before we bought a house in a different state but each month we revised our plans due to the … Continue reading →

2020 Vision Recheck!

I guess I need my vision rechecked as man-o-man did 2020 have different plans for us and the world!  Here is the closing for the last blog post I did in 2019: “2020 Vison 2020 is a milestone year for us as we celebrate 20 years of marriage and both will be turning 45 years … Continue reading →

2019 Reflection & 2020 Vision

Tomorrow (or whenever you read this) is 2020!  Wait, wasn’t it just Y2K!? I’m going to take a trip down memory lane and reflect on 2019.  Big picture was there was so much good (personally, not worldly) that out weighed a small amount of bad and even the bad has transformed into good.  Overall thankful … Continue reading →

Glacier On My Mind

Glacier National Park was on our agenda on our travel itinerary but we thought it would just be a two day stop over before meeting Matt’s parents in Montana.  Little did we know that Glacier would wrap its charm around our hearts and we would extend our stay for a total of 7 days before … Continue reading →

2016 Swanson Adventure Recap

On the eve of a new year I’m happy to take a mental time machine trip through our adventures of 2016, which included 27 nights out in our RV, some plane rides and look forward to what 2017 has in store!  Click on the links below for more details and pictures!  Happy new year! January … Continue reading →

Things I know to be true

I now understand more what Hippie Triathlete wrote about a couple years ago.  I started doing tris in 2007 to try something new and challenge myself.  And up until recently I was just happy finishing and doing my best for the day.  Last year I improved my Ironman Oceanside 70.3 time so based on the … Continue reading →

Wind and sand training – check!

Last year after the Desert Tri race I stated, “never again”.  You would have thought I learned how volatile the desert can be after crazy wind before the race, rain during the race and even snow on the drive home last year! But no, I was swooned by our new RV that we wouldn’t have … Continue reading →

Roadtrip – Boise

Our 2.5 week road trip to celebrate our upcoming 15 year wedding anniversary started with a night in North Las Vegas before heading to Boise for five days for a half Ironman race and time with my husband’s family.  Our race was uneventful besides the heat (and surprise cheering section from San Diego friends that … Continue reading →

Taste of North Dakota

If I recall the only type of spices we had in our North Dakota family kitchen cupboards growing up was cinnamon, table salt, pepper and beef bullion (if that is considered a spice??).  Cinnamon of course was used for the frequent cinnamon and sugar toast (from Wonder white bread) for breakfast that was slathered in … Continue reading →

Below the line

In general I am an even keeled kind of gal and generally content and happy.  However this week I feel just crabby and on edge and no, I’m not PMSing (can you tell I’m on edge:))!  I had four hours on the bike today to think about how I am feeling.  My head was not … Continue reading →