by Kelli Donley | Jul 16, 2009 | Happy Hippie, Journal, Travel
Never a fan of cliches, this post kinda kills me. That said, the difference between Polly Pocket at Thomas the Train was apparently clear when Adam, I and the gang came upon a rather complex logging operation in the mountains. Where I was bored and ready to...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 15, 2009 | Happy Hippie, Journal
Said goodbye to Cody in Denver… and hit the open road for Wyoming. I was greeted by three giant happy dogs, a cabin full of friends I love and a garden bursting with colors. The cabin has a wrap-around porch, horses, a barn and a 360 degree view of some of the...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 13, 2009 | Happy Hippie, Journal, Travel
I met up with birds of the same feather yesterday — ladies I’ve long admired from afar but hadn’t ever met in person. We met at Denver Fabrics for a bit of excessive textile consumption (they watched; I acted like a fat kid in a candy store. A fat...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 12, 2009 | Faith, Happy Hippie, Journal
I can imagine hikers in the Rockies years ago, love sick and without Facebook/Twitter/Blogs/Cell phones/Texts to embarrass themselves with emotion. Instead, trees and bark met the need. There are fields of Aspens on the San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff that are...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 11, 2009 | Happy Hippie, Journal, Travel
Wandering in the Rockies yesterday on a lengthy hike with a friend, I stopped to admire the forest floor. The soft crunch underfoot was a quilt of characters — dark black compost covered with bright splotches of lime green moss, rust orange lichen, fading...
by Kelli Donley | Jul 10, 2009 | Happy Hippie, Journal, Travel
4:30 am: Leave Phoenix. I couldn’t get to sleep and by the time my alarm goes off, I’m running on excitement. 6:30 am: Arrive in Flagstaff, throw the sunroof open, smell summer. The scent of a cool breeze blowing through pine is one of my favorites. In...
