Posts by Gina Conroy
Portland Day 1: A Photo Essay, Really!
Portland is a beautiful, fun, eclectic city filled with college students, hippies and everyone else in between. I loved hanging with my old college roomie and seeing the sites in Portland. Here’s just a glimpse of why stay! A view from the balcony where I was staying! Imagine waking up to cool weather and eating…
Read MorePortland Fun
Call me lazy…This is a status update (start at the BOTTOM and read up) of my day yesterday! I’ve been updating fun happenings and thoughts from my phone to twitter which feeds to Facebook. If you want to keep up with my travels (and I wish you would because sharing via comments makes it that…
Read MorePhoto Essay: Midlife Road Trip
I’m having trouble loading pictures to my blog because the files are too big, but click here to follow the rest of my trip!
Read MoreChasing Lilacs by Carla Stewart
I’m currently reading Carla’s debut book and even if she wasn’t a writing friend, I’d still love it! In essence, it’s a coming of age story about a young girl and Carla nails the characters voice. Wish I could say more, but I’ve only just started it myself, but check out the first chapter below…
Read MoreFirsts: Mountains, Nature and Swing Dancing
Denver has given me a lot of firsts. Driving into Denver was a lesson in self control and driving safety as I couldn’t help gaze upon the mountains in the distance while singing “America…” Thankfully Danica did the driving around town and I was able to soak in the wonder and beauty of the mountains.…
Read MoreDenver on my Mind
I know that’s not how the song goes, but it being my last day in Denver, it’s on my mind. The beautiful, breathtaking Rocky Mountains which makes me question my sanity for living in the flat lands. The fun time I’ve had with friends Danica, Jessie and Susie. The wonderful teaching I got at the…
Read MoreRocky Mountain High: Day 2 Roadtrip
We took a drive through the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Breathtaking! Nuff said!
Read MoreRoad Trip Day 1
755 miles later and I’ve arrived safely in Denver! It was a pretty uneventful trip (thanks for the prayers.) Mostly overcast for the first 300 miles, but NO rain!! And the roads were empty. At times there were only a few cars in front of me. I guess summer travel has not begun yet and…
Read MoreLeaving in a Lexus…
All my bags aren’t packed, I’m not ready to go. A load of laundry I still need to do…okay, that’s my feeble attempt at rewriting the words to the song, leaving on a jet plane… Can’t believe my trip is finally here! In two days I’ll be headed out and I covet your prayers for…
Read MoreRandom Thoughts from a Writer…Interrupted
It’s been so long since I gathered my thoughts enough to post that I’m not sure where to begin. Lots of things going on as I plan for my three week trek across the western half of the United States. It’s a belated 40th bday present to myself and I’m excited to hit the road,…
Read More