Author: Annie

I scribble words onto the screen, I capture the images I see, I look for beauty in everyday life. I’ve been a sailor, a project manager, a tech writer, a programmer, and since May 2016, I have been a vagabond traveling in a 17-foot travel trailer.

Sunday Serenity: Quiet

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Not every day as a vagabond can be big and fabulous, full of adventures and amazing things to share. There’s laundry to be done, a kitchen to be cleaned, and, yes, even windows to wash. Other days are quiet, reflective, taking the time to think about life and things seen, and puzzle out, as all humans do, the whys and wherefores of the world. It was on one of those latter days, late in the afternoon, when I took this walk. Despite the pollen floating on the breeze (tree pollen is my personal kryptonite), I enjoyed the time to wander…

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Southern Tour: Charming Charleston

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Of all the places I’ve visited in the South, Charleston has to be up there in the top 10. Even though it’s a city, and I’m more of a trails and beach person, Charleston thoroughly charmed me in the space of three days. It’s a very walkable city, with good sidewalks. I recommend walking rather than driving because, well, city traffic, and because you don’t miss all the little quirky things that make Charleston special.  The independent bookstore, Blue Bicycle Books, had a clever Valentines Day-inspired piece of artwork that made every patron smile as they walked by. This appeared…

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Foggy Morning Fun

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Now you might think a foggy morning at the beach wouldn’t be that much fun and you might be right. Except that I have an iPhone app called Slow Shutter (meaning the camera takes longer, like 2-4 seconds, to capture an image). I played around with that app this morning, since it was so foggy all I could really see was the beach directly in front of me. I really like how these images turned out. They show the motion of the water: the surf breaking, the water approaching the high tide line, then receding. To see the essence of…

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Monday Playday: Colors

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I went out for a walk on the beach this morning, greeted by a damp chill that made me glad I had grabbed the warmer jacket and the fleece hat. There were few humans willing to brave the elements but the pelicans were having a great time soaring south on the wind. And then the light changed. Oh, man, the light was gorgeous.  All I had was my iPhone so I used it to capture what I could.  When I got home and downloaded the images, they were grainy but the colors were there. So I haven’t edited them at all….

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Update: Feb 13, 2019

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I’ve slacked off on the weekly updates in favor of a more ad hoc approach this year. Now feels like a good time to catch people up on where I’ve been… Mid-February I pulled out of Gainesville and went a whole 30 miles to Gold Branch State Park, which is about halfway between Gainesville and the coast. After been stationary for 2.5 months, I treated this as a shakedown cruise, struggling to remember hitching up then unhitching and setting up camp. tl;dr is that I figured it all out. I made it to the coast on my next stop, a…

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