https://www.mcmwrites.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/5623d27d-6e41-4301-b674-3c90c0d88112/1.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/3c96791f-0622-45db-9495-d279ed2a8f0d/2.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/7be86912-002b-4b2e-9b6c-1894f00cf5a8/3.png https://www.mcmwrites.com/blog/iwc8cjv68ioltjsllynamnrte6lryk monthly 0.5 2025-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/d7ffb953-34b8-410d-8774-d68d701b2f08/svr_svlodge_lodging_exterior_summer_2019_dondero_steve_3.jpg Blog - Recalling A Disastrous Travel Experience… - Make it stand out Sun Valley Lodge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/a769e0f3-1c23-46ab-9401-ca48d381b24d/38139a0648169a2d69a3f5faaa7a0c70.jpg Blog - Recalling A Disastrous Travel Experience… - Make it stand out One Horse Motel, West Yellowstone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/91529793-cced-41b0-9bdb-e6423c80a209/lake-yellowstone-hotel-gallery-photo-1.jpg Blog - Recalling A Disastrous Travel Experience… - Make it stand out Yellowstone Lake Hotel https://www.mcmwrites.com/blog/roadtrip-day-3-family-time monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755640794888-SHTGQ2JNW77F9H2W14WG/IMG_8633.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip - Day 3: Family Time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755640795709-1YZMZQH1EIQFAKKIFLGH/IMG_8608.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip - Day 3: Family Time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755640800268-Z9MHNXKF5HLMI6UATJ4W/IMG_8618.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip - Day 3: Family Time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755640819094-X3GF9Z3AXZW8ZBM6CQD2/IMG_3031.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip - Day 3: Family Time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755640811206-7865LSLFVYTF47F3UY1Q/IMG_8679.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip - Day 3: Family Time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755640824572-4UM7SNU4HP2XWLGQ6IJR/IMG_8627.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip - Day 3: Family Time! https://www.mcmwrites.com/blog/roadtrip-day-2-destination-1-reached monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/04ab3174-1daa-4fac-b513-b4dd4e7ef16c/IMG_8447.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! - YUM! The day started with a hearty (and I DO mean hearty, not healthy!) pancake breakfast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755368159011-HRU24JQZLQMYZZYCJB39/IMG_8483.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755368159299-HYG7L1VDHQAP2JELP2FP/IMG_8477.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755368162755-FD2L3QNH3WA379ZN5TXT/IMG_8509.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755368165495-NZMSIW3JF64CJDCWVNI3/IMG_8511.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/f383b462-c471-4d14-9190-8b6e5e5731b2/IMG_8515.jpg Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! - Yreka - without the “b” - is “bakery” spelled backwards. Without a “B”, the town of Yreka is “bakery” spelled backwards! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/cb9cdd61-5210-4e17-adb3-6c3669d35c31/Screenshot+2025-08-16+at+10.35.32%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! - An exit sign that I mis-read from a distance! An exit sign that I mis-read from a distance! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/549a27d0-eaba-4bed-a95f-29aa602bba7c/IMG_8548.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! Yesterday, I saw a town on the map (in California) called Minnesota. Today, I learned there is the city of Saginaw, in Oregon! (No, we didn’t exit.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/3d3dc2a9-3daf-448f-bc2e-48db90779ded/Screenshot+2025-08-16+at+10.15.34%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! - Make it stand out More beautiful scenery. . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755369592422-IM30I9T2S3C7E8NHN8Z2/IMG_8553.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755369597958-0OPX7HZHX59JA6EL4BMN/IMG_8547.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755369600922-GRHZZPK646H7MVP2GG0N/IMG_8522.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1755369648927-RWLBV3T6PF1H1HFAY61X/IMG_8537.jpeg Blog - Roadtrip, Day 2 - Destination #1 Reached! https://www.mcmwrites.com/blog/road-trip-day-1 monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/05f0e293-e0c7-4753-af8e-5e1cc1d84e7b/IMG_8431.jpg Blog - Road Trip - Day 1 - Make it stand out We stopped for lunch at this vintage spot in McFarland, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/d26da4ec-d45c-43af-8553-33fd6546eac6/9db0acc0-84ed-4c25-bd72-9105c7be805f-jumbo16x9_437728465_1042831213891522_8570682573293089953_n.jpg.webp Blog - Road Trip - Day 1 - Make it stand out An overcrossing on the 99 (again - in the middle of nowhere) was decorated with mastodons. (Is this where they crossed the highway?) https://www.mcmwrites.com/blog/fizzies-amp-fartless-baked-beans-treasured-summer-memories monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/7cbbc01f-56a0-47e4-a829-a6601f8938fc/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+3.41.12%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - It was a ritual of my summers in the 1960s: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/406a8fd7-a34e-413a-91ec-8392145f1146/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.36.07%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out My brother, Jim (a future engineer) made these signs as titles for the movies shot with Dad’s movie camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/ee3d5416-c61c-4c16-b53c-55e448a727ae/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.36.38%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out Basic pantry items for our camping trips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/b3d9c2cd-22ad-4699-ad61-9597190db615/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.36.56%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out Required gear (clockwise from top left): Chevy station wagon, metal breadbox, “Reliart” camper trailer,and Coleman 2-burner cook stove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/2802ca41-c87d-4237-9aa8-6f73f918a01e/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.37.15%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out Our campsite from the early years - with our big green canvas tent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/f45d205b-dadd-4f5d-99d4-59db9789f45f/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.37.23%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out Then we graduated to a camper trailer - this one barrowed from an uncle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/65a5ef5c-0766-49ca-b707-731affe102ea/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.37.33%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out 1964 - Photo from the Petrified Forest in Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/31bff623-2fcf-4332-a2a6-7b054829aaa6/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.37.42%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out Mom and our first dog, Penny. She (the dog!) delivered a litter of puppies on one of our camping trips - right underneath my cot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/9a466ddf-b7ba-482c-a26a-7fccc76f49cb/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.37.50%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out 1964 - Squinting into the sun with the Grand Canyon in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/21818011-ffe8-4da4-b2b8-4346b389a16b/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.37.58%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out At Niagara Falls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/ced7c838-e85d-49c5-a826-05360492752d/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.38.07%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out Colorado Springs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/15b677b9-ec3b-4202-9643-f08afc909e94/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.38.17%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out One summer we broke tradition and headed east - to the coast of Maine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/74216124-ec60-4de6-b193-cf04d12d2d8d/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.38.27%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out This would have been the year after Madras plaid was in fashion. (We were never “on trend”, but rather a year or two behind, when trendy things would be discounted.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/03735bcc-c1b0-405b-85a6-37855b00851e/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.38.36%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - My daddy was always the man behind the movie camera (and, later, the video camera). Would he have adapted to filming with a cellular phone…? My daddy was always the man behind the movie camera (and, later, the video camera). Would he have adapted to using a cellular phone to shoot video…? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/78f841c3-7fb6-4f07-9efd-36f097f9b19f/Screenshot+2025-07-15+at+12.38.43%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Treasured Summer Memories - Make it stand out Always my favorite memory from those camping trips: s’mores in our jammies! https://www.mcmwrites.com/blog/lcknljhv5surc9dgrb4xxj511s0m81 monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/3c9e4a7b-3449-485b-8fac-b7cd18ad1e94/Image.jpg Blog - Summertime Memories - from 1941! - That’s my mom on the left… That’s my mom on the left… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1f7dff1a-7f6a-44a0-adee-56731559c4c6/Image+1.jpeg Blog - Summertime Memories - from 1941! - Make it stand out Souvenir scrapbook from Yellowstone, and Mom’s typewritten diary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/f86cbac7-7865-42b9-a684-b76a162bff7d/Image+2.jpeg Blog - Summertime Memories - from 1941! - Make it stand out Perhaps one of the most exhaustive travel journals ever! Four young women traveled, on average, more than 300 miles per day! I love her comment under Weather: “A few showers, but not enough to dampen our spirits.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/680fd81e-af27-4170-959e-41f1a17ae191/Image+3.jpeg Blog - Summertime Memories - from 1941! Mom was meticulous with her typewritten journal and carefully-printed photo captions. The black & white images are still sharp, 84 years later! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/946847fa-ab3f-4df6-b171-1a945c0ca819/Image+4.jpeg Blog - Summertime Memories - from 1941! - Make it stand out Images of Wyoming Gov. Nels H. Smith (He’s VERY handsome!) https://www.mcmwrites.com/blog/my-favorite-country monthly 0.5 2025-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/09af1a7d-defb-4ddd-a3a3-31b476c0b1e4/Screenshot+2025-02-21+at+1.58.56%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - My favorite country… - Make it stand out Fruit bats on my morning walk to breakfast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/b0832030-7733-434f-b288-88141b9e00d6/P1000496.JPG Blog - My favorite country… - Make it stand out I’m getting “blessed” by a naked sadhu during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/3af153fb-a7de-410e-ab40-c8a8fd175ea1/P1010043.JPG Blog - My favorite country… - Make it stand out Our next destination - an idyllic lodge called Sarai at Toria -could not have been more peaceful and placid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/6c6586bd-f404-4ff4-9b9c-b7d039586320/P1010326.JPG Blog - My favorite country… - Make it stand out We made an excursion to the thousand-year-old temples at Khajuraho, with their sensuous sculptures of beautiful women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/d66a491f-0454-4cba-b90d-422bacf02976/P1010412.JPG Blog - My favorite country… - Make it stand out Highway drives were always a fun (and often harrowing) experience! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/f7a1bfad-f08f-4a61-a28d-25527967a569/Screenshot+2025-02-21+at+1.12.31%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - My favorite country… - Make it stand out In Gwalior, there was a traditional Indian wedding at our hotel. I was invited to join the groom’s procession! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/19899a4c-cd74-4b3b-b256-6f107fa771a7/Screenshot+2025-02-21+at+1.16.33%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - My favorite country… - Make it stand out Again … highways provide lots of amazing sights. Gratefully, this was NOT our bus! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/393c5020-884d-4d99-bfd6-4b4fefd1b4a7/Screenshot+2025-02-21+at+1.20.45%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - My favorite country… - Make it stand out We enjoyed a river safari on the Chambal River, spotting alligators, turtles, river dolphins and lots of bird life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/866bcdc2-cfd5-420c-b636-5ee7a761d373/Screenshot+2025-02-21+at+1.44.10%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - My favorite country… - Make it stand out In the village of Holipura, once-resplendent “hovelis” (grand homes) were built by members of a prominent merchant clan over the centuries. Many are abandoned, but some are still occupied by descendants. We were invited to enjoy a cup of chai (tea) in one of the homes. https://www.mcmwrites.com/blog/oh-the-places-youll-go-your-journey-from-the-familiar-to-the-faraway monthly 0.5 2025-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/f4082c48-79ee-412f-83c3-d63889daed17/MM+w+book+square+1.4+MB.jpg Blog - Oh, the Places You’ll Go: YOUR Journey from the Familiar to the Faraway - Make it stand out Oh, happy day! My book has arrived! https://www.mcmwrites.com/blog/goin-back-to-india monthly 0.5 2025-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1761fedc-5a7c-4b99-988e-53255c7fd29d/Screenshot+2025-01-20+at+12.06.09%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Goin’ Back to India! - Make it stand out There are 4 to 5 million sadhus (holy men) in India who have renounced worldly life in order to gain spiritual powers and mystical knowledge. They live in caves, forests and Hindu temples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/2b16229b-f6ed-40c3-8023-80688ca08775/Screenshot+2025-01-19+at+5.28.32%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Goin’ Back to India! - Make it stand out I’m hoping the bed will be slightly more cushioned than this image suggests! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/81ce116e-d08f-4655-a8f2-4ceaf2b55189/Screenshot+2025-01-20+at+11.48.19%E2%80%AFAM.jpg Blog - Goin’ Back to India! - Make it stand out Philippa makes friends wherever she goes! https://www.mcmwrites.com/blog/thai-christmas-pie-story monthly 0.5 2024-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/1abb8ca5-8839-42e0-a955-f082934bb683/WOW%21+Travel+Small+Group+Travel++.jpeg Blog - Thai Christmas Pie Story - That’s me in the green shirt – at the beginning of my southeast Asia travel adventure That’s me in the green shirt – at the beginning of my southeast Asia travel adventure https://www.mcmwrites.com/blog/summer-vacations-with-fizzies-amp-fartless-baked-beans monthly 0.5 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/458f4520-27f1-4544-8991-cebd6cc5b32f/Screenshot+2024-09-09+at+7.51.46%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Blog - Summer Vacations with Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/69e83c8f-3b42-4eeb-a96c-21550714d419/Screenshot+2024-09-09+at+7.25.50%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Summer Vacations with Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Make it stand out My brother Jim (the future engineer) made these titles for the vacation movies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66a7aba492469f708b5bc132/6e39bc80-8ecb-4f96-88c0-2a50ed23eab9/Screenshot+2024-09-09+at+7.26.14%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Summer Vacations with Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans - Make it stand out Miracle Whip was only 37 cents! 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