The Royal Court Posts

I’d taken the opportunity to catch the morning news yesterday morning and the forecast called for rain early Friday morning.  It would be the first time I used the rain fly on the tent. It also meant dealing with the rain and moving camp sometime during the day on Friday,…

Actually woke to my alarm this morning, something that doesn’t happen a lot. I usually wake up before it goes off. Before crashing out last night I knew I wanted to eat breakfast at the restaurant next door to the hotel. No point in burning up a REI freeze dried…

I got off to a “late” start this morning because I “slept in” until a whopping 5:30. I slept decently last night only waking up once to use the bathroom around 3:30. Woke up feeling really good and well rested. Legs are a little stiff, especially the quads, but nothing…

Boats, gravel, bridges, and killer attack geese? Slept much better last night and I attribute some of that to the eye mask and ear plugs I picked up at REI. Unfortunately one of my ear plugs came loose and the day started early with birdsong at 4:15 a.m. I was…

I got up early this morning. One great thing about camping is you’re up with the sun and the birds instead of an alarm clock. Thankfully, I’m already accustomed to getting up early in the morning so waking up at 5:00 a.m. isn’t that big of a deal. First order…

I was up much later than expected last night between a late dinner and organizing/balancing gear. I didn’t turn out the lights until nearly 1:00 a.m., but not before drawing the shades tight to hold back the morning sun and setting an alarm for 8:00 a.m. My brain and body…

I’m sitting here at the gate ridiculously early. My flight is scheduled to take off at 12:50 and I sat down at 10:50. I’ve finished checking social media and started chatting with Dawn when I realized I need to write down my check-in experience. This is the second time I’m…