January - 2018

Whitehall, Home of Henry Morrison Flagler, Palm Beach Island, FL National Historic Landmark #2

I always feel embarrassed facing my fears because I think of our daughter and how brave she was. Anna faced so much and she never showed...

Driving in to Guadalupe Mountains NP from the south is gorgeous! Big sheer cliffs that are breath taking! Sorry about the dirty...

This is a huge park, and it covers over 800,000 acres! Big Bend gets it's name from the big bend in the Rio Grande river that flows...

Leaving Saguaro West (after 3.1 miles) and winding my way through the north side of Tucson I passed by the Tohono Chul Botanic Gardens. ...

I don't think a hotel room ever felt so wonderful as the one in Tucson that night after 3 National Monuments and 1 vicious dust storm! ...

The drive from Phoenix to Tucson was terrible, unless you are the rare bird who enjoys dust storms. I had never driven through a real...

22 miles from Tuzigoot National Monument near Camp Verde, AZ is Montezuma's Castle National Monument. The Southern Sinagua people lived...

After leaving the Grand Canyon (and the precious rock where Anna & I sat) I traveled to Cottonwood, AZ. My plan was to go through...

OK, this is gonna be a big one...kinda like the Canyon herself. I will apologize now if my memories crowd out the facts about the park. ...

I wasn't sure what to expect at this monument. The road is starting to gain elevation just outside of Flagstaff, and then the annoying...