I had such a delightfully busy week in Virginia that I’m not sure exactly what I did there. Each day was packed with dining dates with different folks I was so happy to see, and my head and heart are still spinning, A few themes came through strong, though. (My AirBnB was outside the themes, […]
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Morgan Freeman Led Us to Our Christmas Tree
If you think that’s click bait, I could have said closer to the truth that Morgan Freeman—as the voice of a pre-historic spearhead—led us through the visitor’s center for a marsh before we bought our Christmas tree, but where would be the fun of that? Snowy Day Trip Last week, Tracy planned for us a […]
What the Cool Kids Are Up To
I never run out of ways to write about spending time with my son, Finn, because he never runs out of cool stuff to share with me: fascinating work projects, interesting friends, off-the-wall hobbies. This past weekend I watched him do an experiment in a real science lab (science!), I went on a walk with […]
2025: Summer at Four Corners
Each year I’ve been on the road I’ve written a recap of our travels, and I’m not letting this one slide by without the proper Come Look at My Vacation Photos! post. We spent this spring and early summer at so many national parks, national monuments, and national forests in three of the Four Corners […]
Hauling Ass from Colorado to Wisconsin
A four-day trip across the plains, with Charlie Parr as our reward.
An Unlikely Landing Location
You may find this hard to believe, but of every location in this country we could live, I’ve chosen Madison, Wisconsin. (See my previous post on planning to stop traveling.) I swear, I’ve been thinking about a landing place for about three years. Everywhere on this map, we’ve stayed at least one night and we’ve looked around […]
While This, Then That
Last pictures while looking here, and thoughts while seeing that.
Surrounded at Three Borders
The three borders of our current spot—where Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado meet—is the reason Wild West outlaws used to hide out here. If the law from one state was chasing them, they’d simply ride over the line to another state where the fellers chasing them had no jurisdiction. And, at this spot, they’d have two […]
Campground Surprises at Dino
Unexpected small joys (and one small rattlesnake) at Dinosaur National Monument.
Bone Jam and Ram Jam at Dinosaur National Monument
The bone jam I’m taking about is from the Jurassic period, when this specific area in Utah was wet (attracting dinosaurs), then dry (killing dinosaurs), then wet again, at which point a river flowed through, washing a whole lotta bones into this small canyon, where they got caught in the mud, then covered by sediment. […]
