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Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument was the focus of some recent controversy. Trump and his spineless appointees reduced the size of the monument in… Read More »On the Road: Part 1

There was a gym downstairs from a small company where I used to work. I would use their locker room to change before lunchtime runs.… Read More »Capitol Reef National Park: Part 2

From Moab, Utah where we stayed while visiting Arches, we drove back north to Green River, then southwest to Torrey. We stayed here for a… Read More »Capitol Reef National Park: Part 1

In the end, we drove about 2000 miles between Seattle and Scottsdale. By US standards that’s not much, but to Europeans a 3200 km trip… Read More »Arches National Park

We followed Highway 1 along the California coast to Half Moon Bay where we had lunch and encountered the spectacular, shortened VW bus shown above.… Read More »Road Trip – This and That

This post is just a slide show. It begins at Ragged Point at the southern end of the drive and ends at Carmel to the… Read More »Big Sur

The three guest houses that make up the “Spanish village” of Hearst’s imagination are like the Three Bears: small, medium and large sizes. We were… Read More »La Cuesta Encantada – The Cottages and Kitchens

If you were lucky enough to be invited to stay at the Castle, you could expect to find yourself in pretty spectacular surroundings. We saw… Read More »La Cuesta Encantada – The Upstairs Suites

“This must be a new experience for you to see the grand home of rich people”, I said to the British family joining us on… Read More »La Cuesta Encantada – The Grand Rooms

Most folks call this monument to tasteful pillaging Hearst Castle but its given name is La Cuesta Encantada, which means The Enchanted Hill. I’m here… Read More »La Cuesta Encantada – The Visitor Center

Meet Rik, creator and proprietor of the Itty Bitty Inn in North Bend, Oregon. Although the motel was built in 1950, you can bet it… Read More »Itty Bitty Inn

Theres no story to be told this time, just a few photos of things i thought you might like to see. Well, maybe one little… Read More »Random, Arizona

”Hey, let’s check out the Holiday lights at the zoo.” ”What if it rains?”, said no one in Phoenix ever. There’s nothing special here, just… Read More »A Trip to the Zoo