Monthly Archives: February 2016

Phew! Now that the holiday roller coaster is mostly over, we have one last little hill then slide into a summer of simplicity! Valentine ’s Day is such an odd duck: either people love it or hate it. Personally, I see it a lot like Christmas and think that we have fallen into the consumerContinue reading “Love in the Great Outdoors”

I feel the adult equivalent of taking a ‘time out’ is running away to a cabin on a Wednesday afternoon, and telling your boss you will see them sometime Thursday afternoon. Even if January was the first snowfall-less January since 1942, at least out the road still has snow on the ground. Town has beenContinue reading “Marten 24 Hour Stay-Cation”

I have decided that this is the year of the cabin. I can’t really say that this is some noble decision, or that it’s to support the Forest Service and DNR with my rental fees, or that it’s even to show others the awesomeness of cabin camping: it’s really just for my personal comfort. Well,Continue reading “Glamping in Cowee”

I’m sure everyone has had a moment where they look outside at the 33 degrees of gentle drizzle or the 35 degrees of straight downpour on the no longer totally frozen grass in the front yard, and wished it was either 3 degrees cold and snowing, or 30 degrees warmer and more tolerable to beContinue reading “If Only it Were 30 Degrees Warmer…”