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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Happie, I miss you and Lucas!
It was so much fun to have some time with you guys after so long a gap! Lucas is soooo sweet. I love a lap doggie!
See you next time!
Susan and Mike
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Yury
Mountain climber
T.O.
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Happiegrrrl2, have you thought about using silver or stainless steel wire?
What would be a price difference per pendant?
I am asking this question because copper wire has no appeal for me.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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I your van is limping along a more southerly route would be better, via Durango or even south of there
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 4, 2018 - 09:28am PT
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Susan - You too! And your Teddy is such a sweetie,too. Give her half a chance and she'll be your lap dog!
Yury - I do use Sterling Silver, but have just a few pieces available right now. Once I get settled back in NY I will work on adding some, but because the metal is quite a bit more pricey, and also has a much springier hand, I have to be feeling it to work with it. However, much of the cost to the pieces lies in the labor, so while an item of similar work will cost more in Sterling, it's not double.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, happiegrrrl...
happy good day... i loved DMT's story...
thanks so much, dingus, for sharing that, with your daughters...
what a wonderful father-daughter moment!!!
happy safe trails, happiegrrl, and may you find lots
of more neat things to enjoy, along the way...
you are in my prayers!!
:)
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 4, 2018 - 09:36am PT
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Thanks Joe - She's not limping, but I think the way I would go down 50 is a gentler pass than Wolf Pass, in my recollection.
I think, though, that I will forego heading to Glenwood Springs. I was thinking that I would be getting the rain/snow the night I was there, and could make a beeline out instead of staying over, if I got worried. But I got my days mixed up. It will precip there tonight, not tomorrow as I was thinking, and more/worse forecast for the weekend.
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 4, 2018 - 11:35am PT
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^Sounds interesting! I went up 24 last year, but going east at the north end of 12.
Because Capitol Reef is National Park, and thus unwelcome to my dog(they REALLY don't have squat for a place you can have a dog), I have no need to go into that park. And though nearby is interesting, not so interesting as to make me want to go up 24 to the east again. That was pretty desolate. Of both human activity as well as landscape.
Next year, I think I will be needing a van replacement. I'm going to have to work very hard this year to save up.
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2018 - 07:42am PT
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Caught is a bad weather system....yucky.
I knew there was snow coming for the rockies when I was looking a few days ago, and am REALLY glad I didn't go up 70 as I considered.
Nonetheless, as I am leaving Colorado Springs yesterday about 1pm, the sky starts to spit. It's foggy, and misty, and the tmep's dropping. My windshield begins to get icy, which was a surprise. Never had that happen before.
I thought it was that my defroster wasn't keeping up, but when I stopped at Limon, found out that the rods were going to get bad. I guess they call it "Freezing Mist." The water stays liquid, and then as soon as it touches something, freezes.
So I spent the night at the truck stop complex.....This place Ahimsa coffee has pretty good coffee, although it is kind of like being in somebody's house. But I need to get on the road, before it gets cold and freezes the road again.....
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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I NEVER get tired of reading your adventures.
Far more interesting than Travels With Charley....and the backstory I heard recently was that, while sometimes camping, he mainly was staying with friends or in lovely lodges along the way. Boy, if true, that shot a big hole in my heart of a beloved book.
You, on the other hand, I KNOW are real!
Hugs to you and Lucas.
Susan
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2018 - 12:30pm PT
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Thank you Susan. Well, I just drove 200 miles through what I guess were Colrado/Kansa wheatfields.
I don't know how to make that sound exciting, except to say the road followed alongside a railroad track the entire time. No moving trains though, but there was an interesting set of train cars(?) sidelined at one point. I think they were used for extracting in some way. The engine, which was smaller in size than what we think of as a regular train engine, was not new tech, and was orange with black accents. I think it said LOMAX or a similar name on it.
Other than that....well, I did see what I think was a snow owl flying off a rare tree(didn't get a good look, so not sure), and several hawks on the wing.
I'm at a travel center off i-70 and Colby, KS for a break, oil check, Lucas walk and gas up. Hoping to make it to Salina, Kansas tonight, So I had better get bck in the car and go.
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Always interesting to follow your adventures, not only across country and back, but through life. Keep on truckin'.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Safe travels Happy. Funny how Isa and I both like the places that people tell us to avoid because they are supposedly boreing or desolute. We loved Saskatchewan and Ontario as well as eastern Alberta. All that stuff is cool in my book. Love Alberta and Saskatchewan when the train rolls right along side you for miles and miles..
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Fond memories of Kansas. Head due north and you'll be in Atwood Kansas. My great grandparents lived there and my parents would bring me out in the summertime. I loved it when I was a kid. Wheat and corn fields + fireflies sunflowers and old buildings are endlessly fascinating when you are little. I read somewhere Atwood is one of the last places in the US you can still legally homestead.
One of these years I'm going to crash one of the family reunions.
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Hi Happie, I'm in need of one of your awesome chalk bags How does one do this?
Thanks!
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2018 - 06:04pm PT
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Joey F. You can see the current selection of chalkbags at https://www.etsy.com/shop/climbaddictdesigns
JTM - I did a quick look about homesteading and though it's not quite what we think of as traditional homesteading, it is pretty cool to know it's available. I love seeing these small towns, and drove through one today(I'd have to look at the map for the name) that made me so sad. Just a one-street "downtown" but the only active enterprise seemed to be the grain elevator. As I went through, I was thinking how the small towns that cater to the creative arts seem to be able to revitalize the best. That, and an stalwart refusal to let chain businesses come in.
It seems Kansas has several towns with opportunities to get free/inexpensive land, and the article I read said there are also some in Alaska and Texas, but when I followed the link, it said I didn't have access.
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Thanks, my original went by the wayside. Cheers!
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2018 - 09:05am PT
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^I just sent you a message via the Supertopo system, which doesn't work all that well. If you didn't get it - before you make your choice, can you please send me a note via the Contact button on my Etsy shop linked above?
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 10, 2018 - 05:16pm PT
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Allllmost there....Tonight I am in Springfield, Illinois.
The last few days I have been putting on more miles than I am used to, and by this time at night it's hard to keep my eyes open. But if I go to sleep too early, then I wake up in the middle of the night.
If anyone wants, I have been posting pictures from the travels on Instagram, at https://www.instagram.com/talismantoo/
Not much in the way of climbing-related there, fair warming. It's more a focus on little details I notice as I am in small towns, mixed with some nature images, mixed with images of my jewelry and in-progress videos
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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Apr 10, 2018 - 05:28pm PT
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Beautiful work and fair travels!
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Apr 10, 2018 - 05:59pm PT
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Hugs to you and that curly fur baby!
Susan
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