The Rambler


Hi, I'm Phil Schmidt, and welcome to my blog! Here I share my ponderings, wanderings and doings.

Recent Posts

Southwest Texas and More

We were tourists

The past several weeks have provided us with amazing experiences amid spectacular natural beauty. We based our explorations mainly out of Alpine and Terlingua, Texas, then moved on to Elephant Butte, New Mexico for a few days of mostly hanging out. We spent a lot of time being tourists during …

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Three Weeks in Five

Some diversions broke up our time

Kristin and I both traveled "Up North" during the past 5 weeks, for about a week each, so we each had a week alone in the camper. Kristin's trip was to go stay with Laura for a few days after her knee surgery to help her out. My trip was …

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A New Year, A New State

Texas'ing has been pretty fun

Once again, the past month has blasted by way too quickly. I imagined that retired life would come with lots of relaxing leisure, with life slowing down, but it hasn't been that way, with Watlow work, sightseeing, activities. We've been at this RV thing for six months already, though it …

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