Wild West Adventure Day 7, Bryce Canyon
Bryce Canyon, Utah. Hoodoo Alert! Hoodoo Alert! We've landed on Mars and we're surrounded by hoodoos. When we first came upon Bryce Canyon in southern Utah, it looked like something from outer space....
View ArticleWild West Adventure, Day 8-9; The Arches
Arches National Park, Moab, Utah If there is one thing to know about Arches National Park in the summertime, it's this: The place is a hellish inferno. 110 degrees in the shade! Except there is NO...
View ArticleWild West Adventure...Day 10, Canyonlands
CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, Moab, Utah The powerful Colorado River sculpts the Canyonlands. Far below, the muddy Colorado winds through the gorges. Ancient layers of sedimentary rock form the...
View ArticleWild West Adventure: Final Finish....Rocky Mountain Highs
So here's how our Wild West Adventure stacks up so far:We've driven nearly 3000 miles in a rental car, west from Denver. We've traveled the length and breadth of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah....
View ArticleLife is Like a Wet Burrito at the In-Between Bar
We drove by the restaurant...if you could even call it that. The football-size parking lot was nearly deserted. Grass sprouted up through all the cracks in the asphalt. The exterior was a muddy gray...
View ArticleThe Joys of a Sunday Drive
I've always enjoyed taking the road less traveled. And a Sunday drive in the country is perfect for discovering rural surprises along uncrowded country byways. Yesterday was a beautiful, end-of-summer...
View ArticleThose Turkeys in Washington Have Cooked our Goose!
It's Thanksgiving time and that means turkeys roasting in ovens across the country. But what about those turkeys in Washington D.C.? Americans are getting our gooses cooked by a bunch of impudent,...
View ArticleStumping in the Sunshine State
Ahhhhh...the blissful, balmy, batty state of Florida. Land of perpetual sunshine, lazy sailboats, swaying palm trees, bronzed starlets, sun-crispy tourists, screwballs and waddling snowbirds (of which...
View ArticleMY NEW BEST SUMMER FRIEND
The chairs haven't started to melt but it was 107 degrees on our deck. It's hot. It's steaming, screaming, broiling, roiling hot. It's blistering, baking, fiery, scalding hot. It's stifling, sizzling,...
View ArticleOutside My Autumn Window
This morning, as I do every morning...I fling open the kitchen curtains and glance out across our front yard. It's Fall here in Michigan and most of the leaves on the trees have dropped off, rendering...
View ArticleYou Might Be Too Old to Tricker Treat if....
Years ago, when I was a mere youngster...I loved Halloween. Decked out in homemade costumes and with paper grocery sacks to hold our loot...my friends and I raced door to door along the darkened...
View ArticleDO YOU PINTEREST?
Do you Pin? As in Pinterest? For the unenlightened, Pinterest is the darling social networking site of 2012. It's a virtual pin board. It allows members to organize and share anything that interests...
View ArticleKilling Thanksgiving
I'm mad as hell. Somebody stole my turkey day and it will never be the same again. Every year in November, untold numbers of turkeys are slaughtered for Thanksgiving feasts around the U.S.A. But this...
View ArticleLIFE IS LIKE A ROLL OF TOILET PAPER
Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end...the faster it goes. As our own lives roll on, is it time for a change? Or are we too set in our ways? Do we fear change? Some...
View ArticleWho Screwed Up the Travel Channel?
Sometimes on a rainy day, I like to sit and ponder the deeper meanings of life. Who screwed up the Travel Channel? Why are there no "travel" shows on the Travel Channel? Slimey poker games and other...
View ArticleVAMPIRES IN THE SHEETS
Be careful where you spend the night. Travelers beware! If you're not careful, an innocent stay in a hotel/motel room, in any big city or any small town....could turn into a horror-filled, fright...
View ArticleYOOPERS AND PASTIES AND A GREAT BIG LAKE.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. U.P. MI They say be careful what you wish for. We longed for peace and quiet. We ended up with a generous dose of it and something even better. Recently, my husband...
View ArticleBARRICADES
Many of us witnessed on TV the recent spectacle of thousands of honorable American veterans tearing down metal barricades in Washington D.C. and heaving them into a scrap pile in front of the White...
View ArticleCRAZY SPRING ON THE BEACH
A spring stroll along Lake Michigan. It's April and it's still bone-chilling cold! But the snow has melted along the wide, soft, sandy beach and there's not another soul in sight. We have the entire...
View ArticleIMPERFECT MOTHERS
As the mother of two grown children, I often wish I had lived in the moment more often when my kids were little, cherubic and carefree. I wish I had invested more of my busy time in their play time...
View ArticleMY MOTHER'S HOUSE
Today, I took a trip back in time. Back 86 years to be precise. I didn't need a time machine. All I needed was a house key....and a real estate agent. With the help of those two components, I was...
View ArticleA SILENT SILVER-LINING OF CORONAVIRUS.
AND THE SOLEMN STILLNESS SPEAKS VOLUMES! I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT SO FREAKISHLY STILL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD! It's a slightly overcast day with no breeze. Even the refreshing afternoon sea breeze from the...
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