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Weird Combination
Oh the places we'll go! (hat tip Dr Seuss)
Join me on my post-employment journey! In addition to travel posts, I'll share my opinions about movies, wines, music festivals, Sci fi, maybe even some science, etc, etc (the blog is called Weird Combination for a reason....)
My Latest Blog Posts....
Year One of Homelessness (OR, Unburdened by What Has Been)
AI’s approximation of our route from end of March 2025 to end of March, 2026. This week marks the anniversary of selling our home in LA, getting rid of most of our stuff and launching the Great American Road Trip (GART) . I wrote a little bit about this in the 1 year retirement anniversary post last summer, but we kind of really like having very little stuff. We’re still finding that to be true now that we’ve spent a full year as homeless nomads, although occasionally it ca
2 hours ago4 min read
Tucson: “Wintering” in Southern Arizona, Part 1
As part of our retirement planning, we needed to figure out what we wanted to do during the winter months. I do not like the cold. I’m one of those people who grew up in LA and always complained when the weather got “bad,” meaning below 60 degrees, days of rain, etc, etc. Although Craig is much more cold-tolerant than I am, our activity goals these days include so much outside time, that living in places with “normal” winters didn’t seem right for us. We also didn’t want to
Mar 74 min read
Phoenix: “Wintering” in Southern Arizona, Part 2
Lost Dutchman State Park If you haven’t read it already, check out Part 1 about why we decided to “winter” in southern Arizona. I have to be honest, we did not like Phoenix nearly as much as Tucson. It was fine, we did lots of fun things, but we probably won’t be back for a long stay. We did really like the area we stayed in, Chandler. It was a nice residential area, about 15-20 minutes from the South Mountain Preserve , which had decent hiking trails (but wasn’t as pretty
Mar 74 min read
Rockstars and Cacti
If you’ve been following my blog, you know that we’ve been hiking a lot - it’s our primary form of exercise and also we just love it for the variety of hiking locations, the fresh air, the views, etc. Most of our hikes have been in the woods, by babbling brooks or other waterways. We were not sure what to expect from Southern Arizona - was it just going to be dry desert? Were we going to enjoy the scenery? Or was it just going to be barren? Short answer, we loved it. Tucso
Mar 72 min read
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