Tena StetlerAuthor of Paranormal Romance/Suspense & Cozy Mysteries With Magic Spark!

Apr 20th RV Adventure Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming Bound

In May  2024 we packed to leave on our second RV adventure to Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, and back to Colorado.

We returned to Colorado for a scheduled book signing in early May then hit the road a couple of weeks later ending up in Iowa for four days. There we met with friends that had been neighbors in Colorado, a long-time friend from high school days, and my cousins. Outrun a couple of tornados in Iowa, barely. Did you know there is nowhere to seek safe shelter in a fifth wheel trailer in a campground? Call me a wimp, but while Colorado does have an occasional tornado, we don’t have them on a daily or regular basis.  We packed up the fifth wheel and left shortly after sunrise.

Next we landed in South Dakota, stayed in a campground close to Mount Rushmore. Truly a man made feat. Then it was on to visit with friends that lived only a few miles from the rock monument. We relaxed at the campground then took off for the Reptile Gardens a place our friends claimed we just had to see before leaving. They were right! It was a blast. We spent almost five hours there. If you ever get a chance to visit it, by all means do so.  It’s a must see. It looks like one of those cheesy off the highway tourist traps. But its not!  Funny story.  While we were touring the Reptile Gardens, its a building that is two stories tall with a huge antrum.  I was dressed in a tie-dyed shirt and jeans. All the creatures that were loose keep eyeing me. A little parrot followed us where ever we went.  As we passed the snakes in their enclosures, each one came to the front of the glass and watched me.  Now mind you they didn’t behave this way with anyone else.  Finally, one of the guides stopped us  as we walked up one of the paths and said that the employees that feed the animals all wear tie-dyed shirts, so that was why I was drawing so much attention.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off to Wyoming to see Devils Tower.  Spent a couple of days in Thermopolis, WY. The town in rich in history, rock formations, and interesting street signs. Stopped off on the way home in Riverton,WY, to see friends and Bugg, a bird friend of Taco’s.   

 

Then it was back home to Colorado to prepare for our grand adventure from the deep south and all the way up the east coast.  A lot to see and we had such fun. Watch for my third and final installment, Southeast, and all the way up the East Coast.  What fun!

 

 

 

In celebration of Spring, This week’s Sunday Snippet is the award-winning Raven’s Hollow Spring Magic. Pssst… It’s on sale for .99 cents for a limited time.  Pull up a chair, grab a drink of your choice from the cooler, a Chocolate Chip or Peanut Butter cookie from the plate and enjoy the snippet from Raven’s Hollow Spring Magic.  Second book in the Raven’s Hollow Series.

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Spring is in full bloom in Raven’s Hollow, a small town in the Colorado Rockies with a population of unique townspeople. Blaze, a dragon shifter, and Wynter, a witch, are neck-deep in wedding preparations, when Wynter’s mother, Jade, goes missing after opening her new antique store, and attending the Simon estate sale where she procured an ancient jelly bean machine. Frantic with worry, Blaze and Wynter track her last movements via the store’s ancient, grainy, security footage. What it reveals is nothing short of shocking. As deputy sheriff, it’s Blaze’s responsibility to find his soon-to-be mother-in-law. But at what cost?

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