More Blogging and Tucson's Escapade

Many of us say we blog to be able to keep a diary or to let family and friends know where we are and what’s going on in our life.  That’s not to say that family and friends care what’s going on in our lives because they may be so busy in their own.  However, I know it makes us all feel better just to think that maybe someone does care.  If not, at least we do and we know the friends we’ve made in the blogging world care too.

Blogging is not just an outlet to others, it’s an outlet to ourselves.  I love being able to go back and check what we did, where we went or where we stayed in the past.  Sometimes I’m pretty sketchy on details and other times a little too wordy.

Blogging is a social media and it’s definitely entertainment.  I’ve met a lot of people I share an interest with.  I hope to meet a few more at the Blogger-Fest in Quartzsite in a couple weeks.    Isn’t it fun to meet the writers of the blogs we follow?  Notice a little update to the Blogger-Fest on the side panel.

BLOGGER-FEST INFO

You just never know when you’re going to meet someone you really connect with.  My reading list automatically populates every time a new blog is posted from someone I follow.  I’m not saying I read every blog I follow.  Sometimes there are just too many new ones so I pick and choose the blogs that interest me the most.  Maybe it’s because of the topic or maybe it’s because of the blogger.    

I’m sure everyone has a different reason for blogging, for reading and even keeping in touch with others.  I think it’s mostly our own entertainment.  It’s our diary.  It’s our bucket list.  It’s reaching out to others.  It’s our thoughts and feelings.  Blogging many times reveals what’s inside the person.  However, there are times when our interests change.  There are many different blogging circles and thank goodness we don’t have to just belong to one.

Catfish at Charleston’s

We can express how we feel, what we’re thinking and even show a few of our favorite pictures.  I can tell you it’s sure cheaper entertainment than the visiting I’ve done at casinos lately!   It also holds less calories than the places we’ve eaten at recently.   In the last three days we’ve visited Abuelo’s, Charleston’s and Claim Jumper restaurants.  I’m still carrying all those calories with me but had I been blogging instead of packing in the food,  I would have been working a few of those calories off.

Terry’s mom at Claim Jumper

Other than losing $$$ at the casino and packing on calories at restaurants, we’ve been pretty busy folks.  We’ve been doing a lot of visiting with Terry’s aunt, uncle and mother.  We’ve also had quite a few outings, shared many family stories and had numerous genealogy discussions. 

For the next two months we have a very busy schedule.  We’ve been marking up our calendar and plotting new adventures.  Between Hawaii, Quartzsite and a doctor’s appointment in Portland, there aren’t a lot of free days left on it.  We blocked out more February days yesterday when we discovered Terry’s brother will be arriving in Phoenix from Virginia.  We also added a rally even though we've usually avoided RV rallies in the past because of the crowds.  However, the Escapade in Tucson caught our eye.  It’s close, it’s cheap and the seminars look interesting.  So, we booked it too.  After that, it’s back to Portland for a week or so … maybe.

Terry with his uncle in a heavy debate

‘Tis a busy life on the road.

A pessimist sees the difficult in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.