We’ve finally got a rhythm to our travel days. If it’s a “photo morning”, i.e. brilliant sky, I drive so Dave can hang out the window and take way too many shots along the way. My second job is to give occasional composition suggestions if (when!) he “needs” them. If it’s a really cool spot, I’ll set up my easel and Dave grabs a book until it’s time to move on. Then, in the afternoon once we’re parked for the night, I grab my paints and off we go again.

The only problem with all those brilliant blue sky days we’ve had is that I’m too exhausted in the evening to document them online. Most of our campsites have been without electricity. We’re not sure why, but my computer really drains the battery so I usually wind up reading for about the 15 minutes I can stay awake while Dave works to convert his gazillions of photos to the 5 to 10 he’ll keep.

Today, our last day in Yellowstone, is the first rainy day we’ve had since we hit the Canadian Rockies, so I’m finally processing a big batch of my paintings and photos from Jasper, Banff, Glacier and Yellowstone.

What a life, when the worst thing we have to complain about is having too many pretty pictures to process!