Along the Way

Stories & Scenes

Photographs, small adventures, and little discoveries from Richard, Molly, and Ethel. A place to share the things we see, the places we go, and the stories worth telling.

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Photograph from the road letter

Back from our travels

We spent a lot of time in Ethel the van this past month. Lots of stories, lots of photos, lots of adventure and meeting new people. We got back on November 2, and then of course, I was glued to the news for November 3.

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Photograph from the road letter

How not to get snowed in

We planned to go up to Hope Valley for the fall color. When we booked our reservation, it was 100 degrees here and 70 degrees there, seemed perfect. The day before we left, the weather changed and it was 70 here and 30 there. But we braved it anyway, at least for one night.

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Photograph from the road letter

When inspiration comes

Like many artists, I have shared my work on social media, mostly on Facebook. I like my friends to experience what my eye captured with my camera, and like everyone, I get a nice little dopamine hit with likes and loves and comments.

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What’s in the envelope?

I put as much as I can for subscribers on Substack, and I’ll be posting more regularly in the months to come. But the best is reserved for our Fellow Travelers. Watch this:

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Molly’s a genius

Molly started advanced puppy training this weekend. Our very gruff, no nonsense trainer has been doing this for over 30 years. She started calling Molly “Einstein” because every new skill took Molly just once to get it.

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Missed the moon last night

Even though Molly and I love to travel, and I thought we might drive up the mountain to catch the lunar eclipse, we didn’t have to go anywhere last night to see this. Best viewed full size.

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Me and Molly back together

In the Miles with Molly letter I mailed at the beginning of the month I wrote about missing Molly while we vacationed in British Columbia, so I wanted to post our reunion photo.

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Missing Molly.

We’re having a great time on our holiday in British Columbia. It was planned before we got Molly, and we flew here. No way to bring her along. So we asked our friend who had fostered her to keep her while we’re away.

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