The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. And you don't care. Because the best places to visit rarely fall on that path. Road trips can be awesome. You stare at a map and dream; and while you may need, or desire, to get to a specific destination, the route you take can …
Month: July 2017
Adventures and Good Music
When last we left our intrepid adventurer he was standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona looking a bit worse for wear. Much has happened since then. A trip to Petrified Forest National Park followed by a visit to Canyon de Chelly, then off to Santa Fe for a couple of nights at the opera, …
Storm Clouds on the Horizon
A storm was approaching. I could see lightning strike the earth far in distance and hear the faint roar of thunder. It was time to leave the ruins of the Lomaki Pueblo in Wupatki National Monument. The people who built this and so many of the other ancient ruins I had visited over …
Another Adventurer – Free ebooks!
This week is a different type of post. It’s about another adventurer and author, Bryan Snyder, who has used his ‘free’ time during the summer over the course of many years to explore the mountain west and beyond. Bryan wrote a summer column, “Off The Map”, for the Evening Sun newspaper in Chenango County, New …