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Crazy Lady's Adventure Points
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Adjust. Improvise. Be flexible.
I sat and cried while waiting for our paperwork. We got in Natasha and had to drive around to a stop sign for our passports. I couldn't...

Sandee Hamilton
Jul 16, 20212 min read
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Monday, before the good news!
We didn't just sit around and wait, you have to enjoy the process, the journey, every moment matters. The down moments are restorative,...

Sandee Hamilton
Jul 13, 20211 min read
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Hail Mary. My Safeway Angel. Faith.
Today Steve called while we were in Safeway, and I had just come out of the restroom and was looking for Alex. He says, "your passport...

Sandee Hamilton
Jul 13, 20212 min read
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Always an Adventure!
Glacier National Park is having road work done. They have also reduced the amount of visitors they allow in. Since we were closest to the...

Sandee Hamilton
Jul 11, 20212 min read
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Truth time.
We all have dreams, hopefully more than 1!!! I do, I have LOTS! God is, and has been, in control of this trip from day one, from before...

Sandee Hamilton
Jul 10, 20211 min read
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Thank God for Walmart
After trying to find somewhere close to Missoula to 💤 and nothing was available, I decided to stop the crazy and... sleep in a Walmart!...

Sandee Hamilton
Jul 9, 20211 min read
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Crazy beautiful.
We drove through the Badlands. Wow. Just wow. Not our 1st trip, but it just wows me all the same. We saw Bighorn Sheep. Prairie dogs...

Sandee Hamilton
Jul 8, 20212 min read
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1st Dump and Official Day 1
We woke up in Iowa, ready to attack our 1st dump. I'd say it wasn't bad for the 1st, Alex said it was horrible...maybe because he was...

Sandee Hamilton
Jul 7, 20212 min read
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Crazy in Iowa!
Our 1st part of our journey ended in Chicago at our cousins, Dyanne and Tom's. We cannot thank everyone enough for feeding us,...

Sandee Hamilton
Jul 5, 20211 min read
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Hiking The Pinnacles in Kentucky
Alex and I departed Davie 5pm on June 30th. The plan was to visit Roxanne, and put 5 hrs of Florida behind us. There was so much rain and...

Sandee Hamilton
Jul 3, 20212 min read
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T-minus 4 days
What a week it has been. Meghan moved out with her awesome boyfriend into a great place in Hollywood. Alex celebrated his 15th birthday...

Sandee Hamilton
Jun 26, 20212 min read
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We did it!
Meet the newest member of our family! We brought her home June 9th, and I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. My camping...

Sandee Hamilton
Jun 13, 20212 min read
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Planning Alaska
The further from home I travel, the more planning is required- especially with COVID-19 and the fact that I'll need to travel through...

Sandee Hamilton
May 23, 20211 min read
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PS: My God
Sorry, but as I was in the shower, I realized that I had to share God's hand in all this. See, what I forgot to tell you is that my...

Sandee Hamilton
May 16, 20211 min read
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Answers, Alaska, Adventure
PET Scan shows 1 neuroendocrine tumor. 1 cancerous tumor. That's it. No metastases. Dr. Nk said go, live, travel to Alaska, then come...

Sandee Hamilton
May 16, 20212 min read
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The Earth is still spinning.
The Earth does not stand still. My life doesn't even stand still. I have cancer, but am still waiting for answers. I have lab results in...

Sandee Hamilton
May 11, 20212 min read
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Next step PET Scan
Hi. It's already been a week. 4 days ago I got my 2nd vaccine shot, 2 days ago I gave 8 - EIGHT - tubes of blood to Quest Diagnostics, ...

Sandee Hamilton
Apr 30, 20212 min read
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Shake Your Tail Feathers
Cancer sucks. Yep, I have it, and I can do 1 of 2 things. I can allow it to consume me, wallow in self pity, can cry all day (yep, I can...

Sandee Hamilton
Apr 24, 20212 min read
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Camper Van Adventures
Boy, I thought it might be tough to find what I want, i.e., something to sleep in, pee in, and stand up in. But, there's a pandemic...

Sandee Hamilton
Apr 19, 20212 min read
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It's A Lot
That's what this week has been for me - a lot! A lot of emotion, a lot of feelings, a lot of chaos. The Nurse Manager for the surgical...

Sandee Hamilton
Apr 16, 20213 min read
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Steps
Everything starts with a step. CT scans were steps toward answers. Biopsy was step to the answer. To say I'm not afraid of the next steps...

Sandee Hamilton
Apr 7, 20211 min read
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Survey Says - Well, Crap...
Well differentiated neuroendocrine tumor - Grade 1. Slow growing, non-aggressive, caught early. Surgeon said, I won't die. It has to be...

Sandee Hamilton
Mar 30, 20212 min read
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Too Much Knowledge
Hi. We live in a technological world. Ask Siri. Hey, Alexa. Google, what does... Sometimes too much access, too much knowledge, is just...

Sandee Hamilton
Mar 29, 20212 min read
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Travel By The Seat of My Pants Backfires
Saturday morning we got up at 8, packed up, I made ☕because there is always time for coffee, and we got on the road. 1,024 miles to go -...

Sandee Hamilton
Mar 29, 20212 min read
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