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Adventures of Jim, Sherry and Lily
Whether at sea or on land, one thing is sure: We plan to live life to its fullest.
A place for family and friends to have a peek at the next chapter of our lives--"The Second Retirement"
A Memorial
Jim and I spent 14 cherished years full of love, beauty and adventure with a tenacious and energetic Parson's Terrier named Lily. In those 14 years, where we rarely spent a moment without her, she gave us unimaginable joy. In December while still at the marina in Guaymas, Mexico working on a few boat maintenance projects, Lily wasn't her energetic, happy self and was not able to keep food down. We drove her to the nearest big city, Hermasillo, to a pet hospital. Her kidneys h
Best-Laid Plans
Covid vaccinations, check. Family visits to Texas and California, check. Weather turning cold on our homestead, check. So, time for us to...
Cover Your Backside
In the fall we always make time to head to the Gila Wilderness for some backpacking adventures. The Gila is the first Congressionally...
Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall
During our extended stay here at home in Datil, we have done a lot of running. We run about 5 miles every other day, running early in the...
Stand Up and Be Counted
…or don’t, but just be nice to your U.S. Census worker. I applied to be a census worker right before everything shut down for Covid. Not...
A Walk on the Wild Side
While the Covid quarantine didn’t change our day-to-day life at our remote mountain homestead, it did prevent us from spending our winter...
Capturing an Illusive Member of the Meat Smuggling Cartel
We were still in Mexico for Valentine’s Day 2020. Jim and Lily went for a morning run in the desert while I chose to sleep late. When he...
Hello? Anybody Out There?
Well, it is hard to know where to begin when we have not posted a blog since we returned from the Appalachian Trail in the Fall of 2019....
Trail Running: The Great Cibola Bushwhack
This post written by Jim
Into the Wilderness
In preparation for a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail next spring, Jim, Lily, and I head off to the nearest entrance to the Gila...
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