The Turtle Takes Off on August 6th, 2011

The Turtle, my 1981 Toyota Sunrader Mini Motorhome, will be taking me on an almost 8,000 mile journey to Glacier National Park and beyond. Wish us luck and tailwinds!

Friday, September 11, 2015

Turtle Trials






It's part of the road and The Turtle does it well. She has the luck of the Irish and the pot of gold  in her sweet little heart! Four thousand miles for this trip to Maine and Nova Scotia. More repairs that usual. I think the Turtle really likes the attention. W e never had time to pretty-up. Please Lord just keep her going! Prayers and my bank account. We had enough. Always.

Friends of The Turtle

                                           Carol and her face paintings..Roanoke, VA
                          Pat and her party for The Turtle, Goode Virginia(Esther, Marilee,Joyce)
Amy, Purcellville, VA

                                           Barbara and me and her painting , Lowell, Mass
                                           Barbara and Chip, Lowell, Mass
                                             Jenny and me, Providence ,Rhode Island
                                              Phillip, lobster man, Portland, Maine

Not Pictured: Margaret in Abingdon, VA, Blake, Zack, Tom, and Quinn in Purcellville, VA, Rozie,Pearl,and Tom, Providence, Rhode Island, Rob and Kathleen, Roanoke, VA, Oscar, Roanoke, VA

All the way along 81 in Virginia and up into Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and back via Lowell, Mass, Providence, Rhode Island, and Virginia were these amazing people!  Quite a few of them are artists like myself. We all have The Turtle in common now. 


Wednesday, September 9, 2015

For My Namesake







The meaning of Glory lies here in Peggy's Cove. Idyllic, Lyrical. The visual highlight of my two thousand mile journey. The Turtle grew a lighthouse as a hood ornament to commemorate this most epic Nova Scotia venture. It had my name written all over it! I went for the name alone. Doesn't take a lot to get me out on the road.

Monumental Acts of Place






This is my 5th year of traveling in The Turtle. I must be erecting monuments along the way. At least with my camera if nothing else. It is 2015, Mid July into mid August. From my home in the mountains of North Carolina all the way to Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia. Blue and white  tinged with pink from the Bay of Fundy. A religious experience, An act of place.