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.
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Jun 34 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
May 303 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...
Mar 297 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,...
Feb 115 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 96 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...
Aug 24, 20235 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...
Jul 27, 20234 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...
Jan 10, 20236 min read
A Very Gilmore Christmas
Warner Brothers Studio Tour with Gilmore Girls, Harry Potter and DC Superheroes.
Nov 27, 20224 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,...
Oct 12, 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...
Aug 16, 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...
Jun 10, 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...
Apr 8, 20222 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 6, 20223 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...
Mar 21, 20225 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...
Feb 2, 20227 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...
Jan 28, 20223 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 13, 20222 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...
Dec 31, 20213 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...
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