I always spend the end of Hurricane Season in Colorado visiting friends and family in the Denver area and this year is no exception; it is always fun to catch up and…
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When my daughter visited me at my parent’s house for Labor Day weekend we drove down to Kansas City and spent the morning and early afternoon exploring before her flight…
This is also the hometown of my mother and last month when my daughter visited for Labor Day weekend we took her over to see where her Grandmother lived and…
Now that I have the boat hauled out of the water, put away, and the yard working on it I had to figure out how I was going to get…
[Mom – October 3, 2019 – A very special thank you to our wonderful tour guide ( AKA son, Shane) for the last 4 weeks. If anyone is interested in…
[Mom – October 2, 2019 – Bill, Shane and I made a visit to the NY Public Library and the Grand Central Terminal. Bill had a bit of an encounter…
[Mom – October 1, 2019 – Today was another bucket list check off for us as we visited the Statute of Liberty and Ellis Island.] Except when I visited NYC…
I am in the middle of sharing the last five days of the month long trip I had showing my parents Israel, Jordan, and New York City. This photo was…
[Mom – September 30, 2019 – Today was an art museum day for Shane and me. We wore Bill out at Coney island yesterday so he stayed at the hotel…
[Mom – September 29, 2019 – What a fun day we had traveling by subway to Coney Island! Our day started when we walked out of the Hotel Pennsylvania and…
[Mom – September 28, 2019 – We had Mexican food our first and last nights in Israel. We then went back to the hotel where Janice was spending the night…
Nine years ago, when I sailed the Guiding Light to New York City, I visited the Apollo Theater during the day and since then I have always wanted to attend…
On July 31st I flew into New York City for a one night stay before I headed overseas for my off season travels. I just happen to be there on…
Last year when I was in New York I visited every building that once was the tallest in the world…..or so I thought. Turns out when I looked up the…
Having already seen Sears Tower and doing the river walk one evening at the end of July, I continued along the eastern side of The Loop, as downtown Chicago is…
Yesterday I told you about my visit to Sears Tower in Chicago’s downtown called The Loop. I visited the tower at sunset, which meant it was nighttime when I walked…
After spending five days in Denver getting ready for two months over seas, I headed to the airport on July 29th to start my travels with a couple days in…
Travelling in the US will open your mind, fill your Instagram with amazing photographs and give you stories to tell to your grandchildren. No matter which state you visit, you…
So this is going to be my last blog about my road trip through California and Arizona and I want to spend it letting you know how amazing of a…
Chiricahua National Monument is a unit within the National Parks System located 36 miles southeast of Willcox, AZ. The highlight within Chiricahua National Monument is the hundreds of column rock…
Fort Bowie National Historic Site is the site of Fort Bowie, which was built in 1862 in order to secure Apache Pass and Springs. It sits in the southeast corner…
I hope you enjoyed reading about Saguro National Park yesterday and learned a lot about those giants like I did. Today’s “photo of the day” is one last photo from…
Think about the southwest right now. What is the first thing that comes to mind? I bet it is a desert scene with a very tall cactus having two arms…
But you do not want to get to close, because it is a cactus after all. Haha. What do you think of it? I found these giants to be amazing…
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is the only place you will find the cactus called organ pipe in the USA, because this is the northern limit of it habitat. They…
The Casa Grande National Monument consists of the ruins of multiple structures surrounded by a compound wall constructed by the ancient people of the Hohokam period, who farmed the Gila…
Tonto National Monument is in the Superstition Mountains of central Arizona. The area lies on the northeastern edge of the Sonoran Desert ecoregion, an arid habitat with annual rainfall of…
Today’s “photo of the day” is about as Arizona as I could find. I loved everything about this scene and knew it would make a great photo. I hope you…
Walnut Canyon National Monument is located about 10 mi from Flagstaff, AZ, off Interstate 40. The canyon is 350 feet deep and an almost mile long trail descends 185 ft…
Prickly pears are actually really tasty, but you have to watch out for the little cactus stickers. I found this patch of fruiting cactus outside Casa Grande, which I will…