| Chiricahua, AZ | The age of the Universe is approximately 13.8 billion years. That thought popped into my head today as I toured the Chiricahua National Monument. Where, approximately 27 million years ago, nature set in process what I got to experience today. Taken from the National Park Services webpage on the monument: A…
Don’t cry for me Argentina
| Deming, NM | Today’s plans were scuttled by a new occurrence for me, a dust storm. Well technically, I imagine it’s properly called a windstorm, since it’s the tornadic winds that generate the dust but… No matter what we call it, the end result is the same. No hiking today. Which is a shame,…
Go West, young man
| Ruidoso, NM | New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico. (Although I think I stuck a toe in Kentucky too) 2200 miles covered. Several million bugs killed by the Veloster. Not bad for a week’s worth of vacation. And so, now it really begins. The West. We’re…
Van Buren Boys
| Van Buren, AR | I’m still trying to find the right mix of driving, hiking, sightseeing, sleeping, and writing. And writing thus far, seems to be the one slipping by the wayside. So I’m going to try to do it more often and be less lengthy when I do so. So some random catch…
Mount LeConte
| Hayti, Mo | It’s interesting the things you find when you travel. For example, I’m writing this from a booth, at dinner, in what appears to be an authentic Mexican restaurant in rural southern Missouri. Now to be fair, I haven’t tried the food yet, but I’m sitting by the kitchen and judging by…
How many Baptist churches is too many Baptist churches?
| Asheville, NC | Spent time in four states today; the last of which was the most consequential as I partook in about 100 miles of one the best scenic drives in this Land of the Free. But before we get to that, let’s not bury the headline. Whether you’re well traveled, barely traveled, or…
Coolest Small Town?
| Fayetteville, WV | According to the sign on the highway, Fayetteville bills itself as the ‘Coolest Small Town’. Which is interesting, but also pretty vague. Coolest small town where? In West Virginia? In the country? In the world? Sadly, I’m not here long enough to find out as I’m only staying the night. On…
The Final Countdown
| Williamsville, NY | Remember the movie ‘Up’? In what simultaneously manages to be one of both the sweetest and saddest first few minutes of a film, Carl and Ellie meet as young adventurers, fall in love, get married and then start putting their pennies, nickels and dimes away; towards the goal of fulfilling their…
The waiting is the hardest part…
| Williamsville, NY | At month’s end, I leave on a road trip across America. I’ll be traveling down through the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains, across Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, the Four Corner States, Nevada and through Southern California. National Parks are the goal and of that, there are many including Zion, Arches, Grand Canyon,…
The Long Road 