Senior Moments Archives - PopUpBackpacker https://popupbackpacker.com/category/senior-moments/ Nick's Excellent Camping and Backpacking Adventures Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:12:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://popupbackpacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cropped-avatar-backpacking2-e1475607492124-32x32.jpg Senior Moments Archives - PopUpBackpacker https://popupbackpacker.com/category/senior-moments/ 32 32 38683869 Senior Moments: When Will I Be Too Old To Drive? https://popupbackpacker.com/senior-moments-when-will-i-be-too-old-to-drive/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:12:22 +0000 https://popupbackpacker.com/?p=153222    I recently read a news article about an 85 year old woman who accidentally ran over a 12 year old child resulting in the child’s death. The driver was pulling into a parking space and confused the gas and brake pedals.  She stepped on the  accelerator pedal instead of the brake pedal, then panicked … Continue reading Senior Moments: When Will I Be Too Old To Drive? →

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]]> 153222 Senior Moments: Camping Roadblocks https://popupbackpacker.com/senior-moments-camping-roadblocks/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:50:49 +0000 https://popupbackpacker.com/?p=153218 I can’t remember the last time Joyce and I were not on a camping trip on Easter Sunday. It may be that we have spent every Easter camping since we were married over twenty years ago. I’m not sure. What I do know for sure is this year we will be stuck at home. Blame … Continue reading Senior Moments: Camping Roadblocks →

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]]> 153218 Aging and The Rule of Three https://popupbackpacker.com/aging-and-the-rule-of-three/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:41:13 +0000 https://popupbackpacker.com/?p=151627 Senior Moments Yesterday I wrote about turning 75 and shared some of my thoughts on aging. This morning when I opened my email there were two messages from bloggers who also just posted articles about aging. As it is often said, things seem to come in “threes.” The first email was from my friend Paul … Continue reading Aging and The Rule of Three →

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]]> 151627 3/4 of Century and Still Backpacking https://popupbackpacker.com/3-4-of-century-and-still-backpacking/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:27:00 +0000 https://popupbackpacker.com/?p=151607 Senior Moments My 75th birthday rolled around on the 15th of this month. There was no big celebration. No party. This was, as it has always been in the past, my preference. Joyce bought me a new backpacking tent, some tent stakes, an 8L Exped dry bag, a couple polycro ground sheets for my floorless … Continue reading 3/4 of Century and Still Backpacking →

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]]> 151607 Adventure before Dementia https://popupbackpacker.com/adventure-before-dementia/ Sun, 23 Feb 2025 22:54:56 +0000 https://popupbackpacker.com/?p=151116 Senior Moments  Well, maybe not senior moments. We try to avoid senior moments. Seems many seniors are just waiting to die, we’re out living. We just returned from a couple of weeks of camping in the desert. It was a totally relaxing. I didn’t take any pics, so you’ll just have to use your imagination … Continue reading Adventure before Dementia →

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