Tucson Arizona continues to be one of my favorite places to visit in the southwest. There are so many things to see and do in the area that each time I visit I find new and interesting places to go, and some great places to revisit. This year I...
The Superstition’s Haunting Call
“Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.” – John Ruskin You may not have ever considered what the names of mountains are all about, but often the naming of a mountain can tell a great deal about the mountain itself, the person or people who...
Lessons From Whales in Baja
I know, this post is out of order but then what can I say – It’s Baja. “The whole Baja California peninsula is an energetic place, and it’s incredibly alive.” Gael Garcia Bernal It’s late February and that means it’s time once again for our annual trips down to...
Palm Springs’ Multiple Personalities
January again and time to head south in the RV. Mom & Dad again joined me in traveling south to warmer climates. This year my Uncle Lonnie & Lorna and my friend Mark joined us to make a regular traveling party starting with ten days in Palm Springs. Palm...
2018 A Year For International travel
It all started with Africa – well, I guess you could argue that it actually started with Baja, but as we go there every year, Africa really was the catalyst for an International travel year. So here I am bit by the travel bug yet again and this time...
Holidays, Family, Friends and Wild Turkey
“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” – Garrison Keillor, Leaving Home Finally sitting down and taking some time to get caught up on blog posts. As I write this I stare out at a beautiful desert...
Yosemite NP – Awesome day & night
John Muir wrote of Yosemite that it was “by far the grandest of all the special temples of Nature I was ever permitted to enter…the sanctum sanctorum of the Sierra.” Muir had it right, Yosemite is truly an awe inspiring place and one that is within easy driving time...
Back to Baja – Loreto in November
I have written about this beautiful part of Baja before. Every spring Jerry and I take groups down to Loreto to see the whales and enjoy the beautiful scenery, awesome wildlife and wonderful people in this part of Mexico. It was time to head down to Baja at a...
WHITEWATER! – A Rogue Adventure
“It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States that certain selected rivers of the nation which, with their immediate environments, possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural or other similar values, shall be preserved in free-flowing condition, and that they and...
Ecuador – O.O’O” Latitude
What a change a few months make – it wasn’t that long ago (only three months) that I was in Barrow Alaska, above the Arctic Circle, nearly at the top of the world. Now I find myself exploring Ecuador, a country located on the equator – the mid-point of...