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Top 10 Travel Helps Yet to Be Invented

Top 10 Travel Helps Yet to Be Invented

noxious weed

I arrived home from Alaska (the flowers above are considered a noxious weed in Kodiak) and Idaho almost a week ago. However, my life feels stuck in a hamster wheel  of non-accomplishment. To make returning from vacation easier, perhaps someone could invent the items in this week’s top ten list.

10.   A jet lag eliminator.

9.    Automatic weed puller.

8.    Automatic plant waterer.

7.    Automatic flower dead header. Hmmm….a theme is emerging.

6.   Email/mail scout to eliminate spam and junk mail. The deluxe version could include an authentic sounding response feature, too.

5.   Refrigerator restocker.

4.   Suitcase with washer/dryer combo to launder clothes on return trip.

3.   A put-everything-back-where-it-belongs robot that could, say, take the hanging plants off the patio and back onto their hooks.

2.   A vacation photo sorter with a sensor that beeps when your photos bore others. This refers to other people’s photos only, since mine are never boring or too numerous.

1.   A painless healthy diet restorer.

What invention would make life easier for you after a vacation? Leave a comment.

Three Northern Thoughts for Thursday

Three Northern Thoughts for Thursday

Hatcher Pass

Being married to an Alaskan native (born there before Alaska was a state), our travels often take us to the north country. Our trip to together to Alaska (Hiram arrived home 2 days ago) and my side trip to family camp in Northern Idaho (where I’ll be for several more days) are a case in point and led to these 3 thoughts.

  1. An early July wedding above the Hatcher Pass treeline (see photo above) wasn’t the most comfortable, but it may be the most memorable we’ve ever attended.
  2. Four days is Kodiak isn’t long enough to take in the beauty of the island. Next time, we’ll stay longer. And take winter raincoats, hats, gloves, rubber boots, and extra pairs of socks.
  3. Writing a blog while sitting on a breezy, shady porch and gazing at Idaho mountains may be the closest thing to heaven on this earth. What a gift!

Have you traveled north or in the mountains? What thoughts would you add to the list? Leave a comment!