Accidental Tourist
I recently spent two weeks just outside Taos which has been on my list for many years. I don’t know exactly what I expected, but…
Medicine Bow Hike
Yesterday I managed to get in an hourlong hike in-between two heavy rainfalls. First honest hike for, well, a very very long time. Yup, basically…
Video Wednesday
Greetings from southern Wyoming. I’m situated mas o menus halfway between Cheyanne and Laramie within the Medicine Bow National Forest. Below are a 360 of my…
The Badlands
I’ve heard from a couple of folks asking how the Badlands got its name. Now that I’ve been there I know. Two reasons. 1) Biting…
Rushmore et al
I don’t do much tourist stuff but this stop is an exception. Deadwood: Nothing more than a tourist trap Sturgis: Still a tourist trap, but it’s…
Greetings From the Black Hills
Montana for the past three or four weeks has been OK, but glad to have arrived in South Dakota. Never been before so a visit to…
Montana 2024
Hi. This is my last night at the Big Pine Campground located a bit west of Missoula. I just managed to squeeze in here a week…
Happy (almost) Valentine’s Day
In tribute to the most innovative and genuinely and most consistently funny late night host – and late night guest as it turned out – of…
Musical Epiphanies
I stumbled onto a recent clip yesterday of Elton John interviewing Joni Mitchell. She mentioned one of her musical epiphanies, a 1959 record titled The Hottest…
Hi
Continuing to wait out the winter. Spent new year’s eve with friends near Pam Springs then a couple of weeks just outside Joshua Tree (sounds romantic…