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Take Time to Visit the Catwalk
If you're traveling in southwest New Mexico, a few miles over the border from Arizona, I’m gonna let you in on a little secret.
Jun 12, 20243 min read


Visit a Lesser Known Park: Bryce Canyon
We all know the big name parks, Yosemite, Arches, Zion, but there are some great, lesser known, ones you might be missing. Like Bryce Canyon
Jun 3, 20244 min read


Thank Water for Beautiful Antelope Canyon
Water. You place your hand under a running faucet. The water runs through your fingers, swirls around the drain beneath and disappears...
May 30, 20243 min read


Margie Mattingly Samuels Makes Her Mark
Margaret Mattingly was born in 1916 in Bardstown, Kentucky. Admittedly, that’s not the most tantalizing lead for a story but, please,...
Mar 29, 20247 min read


Salvation Mountain, Testament to Commitment
God is Love. Jesus, I’m a sinner, please come upon my body and into my heart. You can’t miss those words, boldly painted inside a big red...
Feb 11, 20245 min read


Salton Sea: Desert Oasis to Post-Apocalyptic Disaster
It was a 400-square-mile oasis in the middle of the California desert. Less than 70 miles from Palm Springs and Joshua Tree, and just 35...
Feb 9, 20246 min read


A Desert Hike, a General Store and a Biker Bar
Quick Note: I wrote this two years ago but, for one reason or another, never got around to posting it. With the tragedy that happened...
Aug 24, 20235 min read


Junior Birdmen - Biplane Flights
I learned the Junior Birdmen song in junior high, seems appropriate enough. Up in the air Junior Birdmen Up in the air upside down Up in...
Jul 27, 20234 min read


A Very Gilmore Christmas
Warner Brothers Studio Tour with Gilmore Girls, Harry Potter and DC Superheroes.
Jan 10, 20236 min read


Imagine a Magical Garden
Imagine a magical garden where you are surrounded by plants below and beside, with trees stretching above your head. Imagine too that,...
Nov 27, 20224 min read


Small Town With the World's Biggest Things
We’re all familiar with them and might even have one in a town nearby. They’re those places laying claim to having the largest frying...
Oct 12, 20224 min read


Dinny, Mr. Rex and Rattlesnakes, Oh My!
Rawr!!!! It really wasn’t planned but it couldn’t have been more fitting. Darling Daughter and I were driving her and fiance’s car back...
Aug 16, 20224 min read


Standing in the Center of the Universe
It sounds like one of those jokes that starts with, a rabbi, a priest and a minister walk into a bar. There I was, standing in the Center...
Jun 10, 20224 min read


Moments of Joy, Boulder Falls
The Eiffel Tower, the Grand Canyon, Golden Gate Bridge, all bring wonder and joy. But not everything has to be big, or the first thing on...
Apr 8, 20222 min read


What Makes the Black Canyon, Black
Black Canyon of the Gunnison isn’t the deepest US National Park canyon and it’s certainly not the widest. In fact, the very opposite is...
Apr 6, 20223 min read


The Magnolia Experience
I like Chip and Joanna. I’m not a huge fan but I like them just fine. I watched many episodes of their show back when they first hit the...
Mar 21, 20225 min read


San Antonio, David Karesh and the Branch Davidians
I was in San Antonio, Texas, 29 years ago this March, as the Branch Dravidian standoff was entering its third week less than 10 miles...
Feb 2, 20227 min read


Putt Putt to Pizza Hut
There’s a Pizza Hut located right smack dab in the middle of the Wichita State University campus in Wichita, Kansas. You’ll find it...
Jan 28, 20223 min read


Look! Up in the Sky! It's the TARS blimp!
(This is one of four stories about the unique sites to be seen along the 37-mile stretch of Highway 90 through the Chihuahuan Desert from...
Jan 13, 20222 min read


Liz, James and Rock in the Texas Desert
(This is one of four stories about the unique sites to be seen along the 37-mile stretch of Highway 90 through the Chihuahuan Desert from...
Dec 31, 20213 min read
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