Dover, NH
Room with a View We have made a lot of great stops on this trip. A lot of them weren't planned. They just came upon…
Canyon de Chelly Part Two
I read another great chapter in the book, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass. The chapter was titled, The Honorable Harvest. She talks about…
Whitewater Draw
I heard about Whitewater Draw https://www.audubon.org/important-bird-areas/whitewater-draw-state-wildlife-area from an athletic octogenarian at the Chiricahua visitors center. She was showing me photos of the Sandhill Cranes on…
Chiricahua National Monument
27 million years ago the Turkey Creek Volcano spewed over 1,200 square miles of ash (11 times bigger than Mount St. Helen) in this area…
Living the Dream – 1 year later
Larry and I have been sleeping in Shiny for over a year now. Eight months of that time has been on the road and four…
Rock Hound State Park
Snow on fish hook barrel cactus Rock Hound State Park is in Deming, New Mexico. I was pretty excited to get there given my passion…
Oliver Lee Memorial State Park
We were at Oliver Lee from November 14 - 19. It is located in Alamagordo, New Mexico. The park is named after a rancher known…
Bottomless Lake State Park
It was hard to believe that this very blue lake was in the middle of a bone dry desert! I just love the idea that,…
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
We headed south and west from Kansas, through Oklahoma and into Texas. We saw bill board after bill board advertising a free 72 ounce…
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
I told Larry, when we were in Iowa City, that I wanted to go the Tallgrass Prairie. I don't know why. It just called to…