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Capitol Reef area I feel like we’ve been on the road for three months. But it also feels like three minutes. Some days have felt like three days in one, while others flash by. After three weeks on the road, Rex and I have made some observations. Three Weeks in and...

Capitol Reef Hot americanos with cream. Second breakfast of lemon cranberry muffin. And a bag of dark roast bean ground for a French press (not a French press of dark roast) to go. Twin Rocks Climbing back into our home, we hit the road for the first plein air spot....

Capitol Reef area Another brief rain blanketed us that morning. The clouds teased us with possible departure, but then finally followed through more drops. Rex painted in between rain spurts while I made a breakfast of peanut-coconut butter and grape jelly toast with...

Captial Reef area The day I forgot my pen, twice, and left my brain at home in the cooler. The day that Rex broke a record, and finished five plein air paintings. No pen, no pencils, no mind My day started out a little rough around the edges. After an...

Capitol Reef National Park Rex was up early and at ‘em, before sunrise, to plein air in the shade of a monolith, while per usual I caught a few more winks. I sleep the best from 4 to 7 am, the coolest part of the day. Capitol Reef National Park It was another travel...

San Rafael Swell The morning light before the sun was beautiful in the Factory. The quiet reminded me of my days of opening shifts at Starbucks. I’d rise while the world still slept, stumbling to the store to set-up shop. The early hours were sometimes brutally...