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Based on a recommendation from family, Jenny Rule travels to Shenandoah National Park and climbs up Old Rag Mountain: a sojourn with overlooks, rock scrambles and sweeping vistas.

Are you well traveled? Do you have a knack for recognizing U.S. locations? Have you been carefully reading my blog? :) Then this is the game for you! I call this game Sojourn Photo Challenge . Simply look at a picture and guess the city and state of the U.S. location where it was taken. Included are places I've been to and photographed in the last 14 months of sojourning. Are you up for the challenge? If you want to compete, please follow these instructions: a) Look at the pi

The Sojos = random awards given by Jenny Rule about her adult gap year.

After celebrating my son Luke's graduation the weekend of May 5-7, I returned home to Whitewater and began packing for my EAST COAST SWING! SECOND CAR CAMPING TRIP - May 9 - 26, 2023 May 9: Packed up, gassed up, got an oil change, then hit the road. Kept feeling like I forgot something. I DID! My dressy clothes for Grace's graduation! (Not on my usual camping checklists.) I was only 15 minutes out of town. Drove back, threw the fancy clothes in the rooftop car carrier, hugg

One of the reasons I wanted to take a year off was so I could be front and center for family celebrations - especially the graduations of the next generation of Brightbill/Rules. As I planned my summer, these dates became central pillars to work around: May 6, 2023 - My son Luke earned his bachelor's degree from University of Wisconsin-Stout May 12, 2023 - My niece Grace earned her master's degree from Duke University June 11, 2023 - My niece Charlotte earned her bachelor's d

Alternative title: I have not been paid to endorse any of this equipment - I just like it. The most important piece of equipment on my car camping sojourn was my 2016 Subaru Outback, nicknamed Lakester. Lakester is my best friend and travel companion and was the most photographed thing in all photo albums from my adult gap year - humans, objects, scenery included. My late husband Mike found this beautiful vehicle at a used car dealership in Madison, WI back in 2018 after ex