Happy Trails

After 14 years of Museum Trekking, I've decided that this is the right time for my final post. Like most of you, I've refrained from traveling to remain healthy and slow the spread of COVID-19. During this time, many museums have had to shut their doors permanently which has made writing about museums and traveling very difficult.

Once fully vaccinated, I booked a trip requiring air travel for the first time in two years. I decided to do something different and special for my final post and so I put together a little video to say farewell. 

We flew to Las Vegas, Nevada where we rented a funky campervan called "The Flat Foot" from Escape Campervans. Then we drove to Utah and camped at Zion National Park for a couple of days before heading over to Bryce Canyon National Park. After camping in Zion, we drove down to Arizona and camped at Grand Canyon National Park. Most museums were closed except for a few that we went to at the Grand Canyon. However, the National Parks and campsites were busy as most people, including me, are preferring to stay outdoors where it is safer for the time being. It was so nice to get some fresh air and a change of scenery after being hunkered down at home for so long.

Thank you to everyone who has followed me around this wonderful world for the past 14 years. It has been an amazing journey. While this may be my final blog post, I still plan to carry on Museum Trekking and I hope you will too! If you'd like to continue following along on my adventures please find me on Instagram @kimwnolan. 

Happy Trails!

Kim

Arizona

Little K&D searching for waves in Arizona

I started writing this post about a month ago and I'm just finally finishing it now due to a complete system failure!! This will be a quick one just to let you know that, YES, I am still here!

In February I mentioned that my laptop had to be sent in for repair twice so I was missing in action for a little while. Well, "third time's a charm" as they say (knock on wood!). I had to send my Macbook pro back to Apple once again.

If your screen looks like this it is very bad

The logic board that was replaced four weeks earlier had to be replaced again, as well as the hard drive, the optical drive, the optical drive cables, and a bunch of other cables. My misfortune at least timed itself conveniently enough that I had two weeks left on my AppleCare warranty so my completely rebuilt computer cost me nothing to repair.

A little bit prettier but still very bad

I've had a similar effect on some of my other electronics lately. My cell phone had to be replaced and I'm also on my third Epson Workforce printer in three months. I bought it new the day after Thanksgiving and have had to send it back for replacement twice already. So far, printer #3 is cooperating.

In the midst of shipping my electronics back and forth across the country, I also took a trip across the country and crossed State #28 off my list!  I have only 22 more States to go before I reach my goal of visiting all 50 of the United States!

Here are some shots of my trip to Phoenix, Arizona last month

Where's the ocean???

My adorable little Fiat rental car. Beep! Beep!

Mountains!!!

Hopefully, my technology troubles are behind me and I'll be able to post again on a more regular basis.

Please check back again soon for more Museum Trekker updates!