Jumping back in time a little bit to share our Christmas adventure. This year, we were invited to spend the holidays with family in Prescott, Arizona. We decided not to drive the RV out there, mainly to save on gas. But we had a decision to make — how would we deal with all of the…

I realize that I am going about this a bit backwards — but it makes sense in my head to do it this way, so bear with me. I want to start by sharing about our New Year’s celebration and the end of 2017. What can I say about 2017 that hasn’t already been said?…

Happy New Year everyone! Lots to share from the past week. I haven’t forgotten about the blog — just working out some issues with media storage space on the site. Stay tuned for news about our recent adventures!

It’s been a busy December for the Wandering Dolphin crew! Here’s a quick catch-up from the past week or so… We celebrated an early Christmas with Andy’s aunt Kris. It was a nice, relaxing night in. We went to two other Christmas parties over the weekend. One ugly sweater party: And one party with my…

On this day, three years ago, we bought our home. It was a cold winter day when we drove it home from the dealership. We could hardly believe what we had done. We had a celebratory beer with our parents after getting it back to Andy’s dad’s house. It would be months before we’d hit…

With the recent fire scares and nerve-wracking weather, we haven’t strayed too far from home. We’ve been busy getting ready for the holidays — shopping for gifts and figuring out how to send things. Our weekend was filled with running errands and helping out in the park. The local garden club decorated a few things in…

Snow and ice storms, thunder and lightening, tornadoes, torrential downpours — these are all things I have dealt with in my life. And though none of them make me feel particularly comfortable, they are things I understand, things I grew up with. We’ve dealt with wildfire scares in Oklahoma and here in SoCal before, but…

December is here! But it certainly doesn’t feel that way with today’s high of 75 degrees. That’s a bit of a difference from our family and friends dealing with Minnesota’s 20 degrees (and they recently got a bit of snow). We’ve had a busy start to the month, with Andy working his new job and…

The day was cool and overcast, the sun barely peeking out from behind the clouds. I could smell the ocean before I could see it, that salty sea breeze that beckons me closer. We rounded the corner, the tires of the Jeep slowly crawling across the sand as we neared the water. The undulating waves…

Happy belated Thanksgiving from the Wandering Dolphin crew! We had a nice day yesterday. We went down to Encinitas to take photos for an event I am writing about, played with the dogs in the park, rested, and then dropped the dogs off at home before heading down to Aunt Kris’ house in Oceanside. We…