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Dec 6, 20222 min read

Howling With Wolves

Last April Fools Day I found myself with a group of about a dozen people in the Colorado hills, 30 miles due west of Colorado Springs,...

Oct 14, 20224 min read

Submarines are Cool: USS Silversides

I geek out when I have the chance to tour a submarine. I visited Hawaii six years ago during the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl...

Oct 5, 20225 min read

Paisley Park: The Ultimate Experience

If you’re a Prince fan then a pilgrimage to Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota, has to be near the top of your travel list. If you’ve...

Oct 4, 20226 min read

ArtPrize: Wear Your Comfy Shoes

There’s a lot to wrap your arms around when talking about ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan, so I’m just going to do an FAQ: Wear Your...

Sep 7, 20224 min read

Rural Iowa's Awe Inspiring Church

My jaw dropped walking through the main doors. I don’t know my mouth ever fully closed while I was there. I would not argue with...

Sep 5, 20223 min read

From a Simple Home - Elvis

I confessed in a previous post - Elvis, and a Woman Named Marion - to not being the biggest Elvis fan. Just to be clear, I do like Elvis,...

Jul 19, 20224 min read

Elvis, and a Woman Named Marion

Marion Keisker MacInnes lived a great life. She went to college in the 1930s when attending college was very much male-dominated and...

May 27, 20224 min read

All Good Dogs, the Coon Dog Cemetery

There’s a dog cemetery in the hills of northern Alabama, less than 10 miles from the Mississippi state line. More specifically, it’s a...

May 11, 20223 min read

You Get Sand in Your Car

You might have seen them. National Park Yelp reviews that are, well, stupid: “There are bugs and they will bite you on your face.” –...

Apr 22, 20226 min read

2,744 Steps - One Step at a Time

2,744 steps. Twice the height of the Eiffel Tower. 1,168 more steps than the Empire State Building. Six times the height of the Statue of...

Apr 10, 20223 min read

Forgotten Towns, Dearfield, Colorado

Dozens, hundreds, maybe even thousands of once thriving communities are gone. They are abandoned, ghost towns. Some might still have a...

Mar 18, 20225 min read

Serendipity and the Caverns of Sonora

My idea of a road trip is having a general idea of a destination but leaving a fair amount to serendipity. That’s worked well for me over...

Feb 17, 20224 min read

Closed Canyon and WASPS

I was at Prada Marfa for probably 15 minutes, wandering around, taking photos, peeking in the store windows, with no one else ever...

Feb 14, 20224 min read

Hearts or Skulls this Valentine’s Day? Find Both at Joshua Tree

Depending on your relationship status this Valentine's Day you may be seeing either hearts or skulls, or even some combination of both....

Feb 10, 20224 min read

Touching a Toe in the Rio Grande

I want to touch a toe in the Rio Grande, the river that serves as the dividing line between the United States and Mexico. That was my...

Feb 10, 20226 min read

In the Land of Nine-Foot Snow Sculptures

You can say I don’t like cold. You’d be right. I like it about as much as I like eating liver. I was 12 years old the last time I ate...

Jan 20, 20225 min read

Greenwood Rising - Story of a Massacre

The thing that struck me, that grabbed my attention, dropped my jaw and provided a glimpse of the devastation that occurred a century...

Jan 3, 20222 min read

A Highway Sign and a Massacre

(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...