Category Archives: ROAD TRIP

UN-BELIZE-ABLE

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

My inner twelve-year-old’s spirit for adventure soared a few months ago when a friend suggested I join her on a cruise. The Pirates of the Caribbean theme song immediately dropped into in my head as I envisioned the wind blowing … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HOLIDAYS, HUMOR, ROAD TRIP | Tagged adventure, Belize, crystal cave adventure, Donna Lambo-Weidner, Holistic Holiday at Sea, Indiana Jones, MSC Cruise Divinia, Pirates of the Caribbean, sea-faring adventure, vegan cruise, zip-line adventure | 12 Comments

WHERE THE LONE LOO LOOMS

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

After the last bout of rainfall, Black Angus dot a green Sonoma county field at the edge of the San Pablo Wildlife Refuge. A short distance further, a most curious structure looms in the vast marshland on the east side … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged CA Highway 37, Donna Lambo-Weidner, Richard Fresh Air Janson Bridge, San Pablo Wildlife Refuge, The Lone Toilet, Tubb's Island, Wally Lourdeaux | 6 Comments

HAPPY NEW YEAR from MY PLANET

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

If there were a planet between Earth and Mars that took 415 days to orbit the sun and we were blessed with living on it together, this New Year’s greeting would be on time. It would still be the evening … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, EVENTS, FAMILY, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, Agra, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Happy New Year 2020, India, Taj Mahal, Valentine's Day love story, wedding proposal | 4 Comments

IT’S DECEMBER? WHAT HAPPENED TO NOVEMBER?

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

I woke up this morning, with my back to a tree wond’ring how on earth my chin hairs had grown past my dimpled knees. The last thing I remember, someone cried out, “trick-or-treat!” Now it’s suddenly December? Are those gnomes … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, AWESOME PEOPLE, EVENTS, FAMILY, HUMOR, POEMS, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, Ann Rose, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Iowa Caucus, Jessica Garrison, Liberty and Justice Dinner, Mekisha Telfer, Mexico, Pete Buttigieg, poem, SCBWI Conference, Stephen Fraser, U.S. Presidential Candidates for 2020 | 23 Comments

ODE TO ME BONNIE BLUE PLAID WELLIES

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Oh, y’ve done me well, me bonnie blue plaid wellies, always keepin’ me from sinkin’ deep in bogs squishy, black, an’ smelly. I’ve enjoyed our strolls across lush fairy glens, twistin’ up trails o’ sweet smellin’ heather,

Posted in ADVENTURES, EVENTS, HUMOR, POEMS, ROAD TRIP | Tagged adventure in Scotland, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Loch Sunart Scotland, ode, ode to my boots, Scottish Highlands, seaweed, selkie, wellies | 12 Comments

KALAALLIT NUNAAT – Can’t Get You Outta’ My Head

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Extreme weather boots. Hat. Insulated gloves. Balaclava (baklava, optional) Back, neck, hand and foot heat packs Thermal socks…and…and…and. The list was long. About this time three years ago, I was packing for an arctic adventure. Thirty-six months ago, I had … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, ARCTIC WONDER, AWESOME PEOPLE, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, adventures in Greenland, D. G. Lambo, dog sledding Greenland, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Ittoqqortoormiit, KALAALLIT NUNAAT | 15 Comments

HEY, RAPUNZEL ~ SURF’S UP!

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

The only thing missing from the stone tower resting up against a craggy cliff side along the southern California coast is a sixty-foot silken braid trailing from the top window slit to the rocky beach below. Well, maybe the thick, … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, California coast, D. G. Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, La Tour at Laguna Beach, plastic pollution, Rapunzel, The Pirate Tower, travel vignette, Victoria Beach | 4 Comments

KALAALLIT NUNAAT – The Sun Sets on a Different World

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Quimmer. Stranded. Separated from his pack. About as visible as a grain of sand stuck to the smooth side of a seashell, the dog stands on a slab of sea ice floating atop the placid waves of Scorsbysund. Four days ago, … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, ARCTIC WONDER, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX | Tagged adventure, adventures in Greenland, climate change, D.G.Lambo, dog sledding Greenland, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, dp_/photo-challenges/rise-set, Ittoqqortoormiit, Scorsby Sund | 22 Comments

DESERT HIGH – Between Earth And Sky

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

“I’d rather be here, with you, than anywhere else in the world.” When the man in the mountain spoke, it wasn’t with words. A wave of warm air rippled across his furrowed forehead, crept over his craggy face, and burst … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HOLIDAYS, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, dp_/photo-challenges/rather/, high desert, New Mexico, Puye Cliff Dwellings, Santa Fe | 16 Comments

OUT OF THIS WORLD – Journey to the unknown

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Clouds of steam rise from bubbling pits on the pocked landscape. It smells like Beelzebub is venting a batch of burned hard-boiled eggs from his sizzling subterranean scullery far below our hiking booted feet.