Blogs authored by 'btower'


  • Have We Really Been Home 6 Months Already?

    Posted by  Brooke Tower on Wednesday, January 27, 2016

    I just realized that tomorrow marks a milestone of how long we have been home--half of a year! Time is a funny thing--it flies and drags simultaneously. The days are often long, but the months and years seem to disappear so quickly. So, of course, in some ways it feels like we have been back longer, and some ways much shorter than 183 days.

    I recently worked on a map project that included a photo from each state in the shape of each state. I am hoping a large canvas with a well-printed map arrive

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  • Dear Sundance aka "the RV" aka "Home,"

    Posted by  Brooke Tower on Thursday, November 12, 2015

    Dear Sundance 3300CK aka "the RV" aka "Home,"

    Yesterday, we handed your keys over to new owners. It is bittersweet relinquishing our title and rights to the place that we have spent so much time in, and was our home for over a year. You saw us at our best and worst, making decisions, working, schooling, cooking, cleaning, sleeping, relaxing, laughing, crying, washing dishes, and constantly putting things away so the space didn't feel any smaller. You shook with us when the washing machine ran thr

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  • We visited 19 National Parks and 9 National Monuments in our 2014-2015 travel adventure. At the end of this 408 day journey, we each gave a score on every place using a scale of 1-10. I can say that visiting ANY National Park is a wonderful experience--the National Park Service (NPS) does a phenomenal job with managing the roads, educational programs, visitor videos, and answering questions. We spent $80 on the America the Beautiful NPS pass and it was more than worth every penny. It gets you in

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