If you do it three times, does that make a tradition? SIL KC was with me for my 400th, 500th and now 600th geocache. While caching in the desert my junior catcher successfully searched between a dinosaur’s toes. Then we found a scorpion under a rock. We were’t actually looking for a cache, instead fulfilling the…

There were 19 members of the Wilboe families present in three houses in our snowbird community. There were a variety of levels of accommodation from one house dubbed the Taj Mahal, complete with elegant small swimming pool with seven mini waterfalls and spa… … to the garage mahal – the tent in a garage with…

The Wilboe Family Christmas Reunion produced many memorable photos. This one was meme worthy. Here’s the back story: the people at the table next to us noticed I was taking a group photo and offered to include me in one. Concurrently they read incoming texts as they appeared on my phone, hence the facial expressions.…

I’m partial to all things treasure hunting. Geocaching, mushrooming, bargain hunting in liquidation stores where items are returns from the likes of Target, Walmart or Amazon. Daughter M and I went to one last year that had heaps of open box Instant Pots. One whiff was all it took to realize they were after use…

I may have mentioned this in a prior post. I used to work with a wise woman, who would say “Everyone has a story. Some longer than others.” Complicated as it is, I’ll try to spare you length. Sooo, I followed the tracking of our Serrano ham, all 17.5 lbs of it. Presumably it had…

Most Canadians know the story of Dave and the Turkey, from the Vinyl Cafe, a radio show featuring sadly gone-too-soon storyteller, Stuart McLean.   Our family is developing its own true-to-life bizarre holiday food story.    Background: The name Wilbo is a mash up of our family name with that of Daughter M’s husband’s family…

It’s time for our art society’s 60th Anniversary art show. Anyone nearby, please come. Best part, it’s free and right in time for Christmas shopping. I spent the afternoon matting eight paintings and stuffing cards in cellophane envelopes, which was a feat as we had our second shingles shot yesterday, with accompanying side effects. My…

Living in the Pacific Northwest for over half my life, and well familiar with terms for rain, last night's weather report introduced me to a new concept, one that is due to hit within 12 hours. Meet the atmospheric river. National Geographic describes them as rivers in the sky, except that all that water, sometimes…

How much of a whirlwind was that? 63 days, six currencies, and 28 beds worth. We rode on trains, boats, planes, buses and cars and walked another 400+k of the Camino de Santiago. Now it’s home sweet home, which was well taken care of by son, Bryant, who came to the realization that White Rock…

We’ve had a week off grid because there is NO way I was going to pay cruise ship prices for unreliable internet. That appeals to the practical part of my nature, just as I’m not spending extra for on-board specialty restaurants for food that comes out of the same kitchen. Bah humbug. We left Southampton,…