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My name is Dawn and I'm a GenX Jesus follower who loves my family, a good adventure, and chances to be creative. This is my nomadic life!
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Category Archives: Real Life
Hiking Log Entry #2 – Devil’s Bathtub Trail
Location: Mendon, NYLength: 2.2 milesElevation Gain: 233 feet – some steps, some slopesPros: Pretty views, wildlife, picnic tables and outhouses at the trailhead, boardwalks built alongside some of the muddy areasCons: several trails connecting and overlapping – a bit confusing, … Continue reading
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Hiking Log Entry #1 – Corbett’s Glen
Location – Penfield, NYLength – 2.1 milesElevation Gain – 121 ft (so pretty flat most of the time!)Pros: Well-marked, parking available, easy trail with a few benches and boulders for rest breaks, not too crowded, pretty sightsCons: strange garbage pile … Continue reading
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Health and Accountability – Part 2
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas Edison Three months into 2025, so it’s time for a fitness update. How’s it going for you? … Continue reading
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There and Back Again – A Nomad’s Tale
“Not all who wander are lost”-Gandalf Future me may refer to these last few months as the Winter of Waiting. It certainly has been a time of waiting and upheaval and confusion and waiting and changed plans and unknowns and … Continue reading
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Health and Accountability – part 1
“If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything.”-Count Rugen, The Princess Bride New Year’s goals for improved health and fitness are pretty common, and I am no different. Gym memberships skyrocket on January 2, only to return to … Continue reading
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On to Ohio
PIVOT! So… I’m not sure if Kansas was a tornado or a non-event. Due to some issues with the site and with the calendar/scheduling, Barry never even went to the job site here. Instead, after just over a week, they … Continue reading
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Finding Christmas
“and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! ” – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol This … Continue reading
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Hello Kansas
Well, our destination for the next few months has been determined. Not the Arctic, and not the beach. (for reference, see my post “ok God, so what’s the plan?”) And now the packing has begun. One day we were told … Continue reading
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Hello world!
And a blog is born! This post is really not about anything; it generated automatically when I first reserved this website. I decided not to delete it because it marks the birthday of The Sunnydaze Diaries. You’ll notice there are … Continue reading
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