18.4.09

Our History


Our journey has begun, but first let us take you back a few years for a bit of history.  We have always loved to travel and explore, beginning with traveling by foot and a 40-pound backpack as we made the awesome trek around the base of Mt. Hood.  We learned a lot about ourselves and that we did, indeed, want to keep traveling, learning, and growing.  

Our Name

Our motorhome is called an Itasca Meridian.  Our chosen name of Meridian Meanderings might be difficult to say, but it has special meaning to us.  One definition of meridian is the peak or high point of development, so with our recent retirement, we are eager to begin exploring a new phase of life.  The whole concept of meandering connotates a river's slow journey, enabling us to discover the beauty around us.

17.4.09

Our Passion


I stand on the windy uplands among the hills of Down
with all the world spread out beneath, meadow and sea and town,

And ploughlands on the far-off hills, that glow with friendly brown.

And ever across the rolling land to the far horizon line,
where the blue hills border the misty west,

I see the white roads twine, the rare roads and the fair roads,
that call this heart of mine.

I see them dip in the valleys and vanish and rise and bend,
from shadowy dell to windswept fell,

And still to the West they wend, and over the cold blue ridge at last,
to the great world's uttermost end.

And the call of the road is upon me, a desire in my spirit has grown
to wander forth in the highways,

'Twixt earth and sky alone, and seek for the lands no foot has trod,
and the seas no sail has known........

The Roads, taken from Spirits of Bondage, A Cycle of Lyrics

Written by C.S. Lewis under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton

7.4.09

April 5, 2009 - Ready to go!


April 6, 2009 - Mt. Shasta, CA




April 7, 2009 - Bill & Mary, Templeton, CA





April 9, 2009 - Gordon & Linda, Riverside, CA






April 11, 2009 - Drive to Arizona City, AZ





April 12, 2009 - Al & Caroline, Arizona City, AZ




April 13, 2009 - Al & Caroline, Arizona City, AZ




April 14, 2009 - Las Crusas, NM



April 15-21, 2009 - Albuquerque, NM

The Rally - 2009, Albuquerque, NM

4,000 RVs and no chaos! Some snow, lots of sunshine and endless blue skies. We will definitely travel this way again. So much to see........



April 15-21, 2009 - Albuquerque, NM





April 15-21, 2009 - Albuquerque, NM





April 15-21, 2009 - Albuquerque, NM