Our family loves camping and looking for “treasures.” Whether we are looking for shells, crabs, slugs, rocks, cool sticks, Big Foot, or berries, we ALWAYS have something in mind while we are exploring. This camping trip was different, though. We planned our trip around fossil hunting. Let me tell you, the John Day Fossils Beds …
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Waterfall hunting along the Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway, South Dakota.
Nothing is more welcoming on a cold night than a warm fire flickering in an old fashioned cast iron stove. It’s really a gas heater but it looks and feels like a real old fashioned wood one. Naturally, there is back up heat and air conditioning if you visit in summer. When I visited Two …
Tacoma has moxie. It’s the scrappy little brother to Seattle. Tacoma is responsible for a great many things that Seattle somehow managed to claim as its own. Nirvana’s first show as Nirvana happened in Tacoma. Tacoma also dominates the Glass Art Scene and has produced some of the finest glassblowers in the world. Tacoma’s large enough …
Finding Picasso, Elvis’s Dressing Room, and Monkeyshines in Tacoma, Wa. Read More »
“I think I felt cayenne pepper slap my nostrils as the back of my tongue went into firefighter mode.” That’s what he mumbled after completely dousing his entire taco with half of a bottle of the red hot sauce. We all like hot sauces but this one had snuck up on him. I’m not sure …
“Because I Got Hit By Flying Mexican Food” El Mezcal in Columbus, Nebraska Read More »
“I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396, fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor, she’s waiting tonight down in the parking lot, Outside the Seven-Eleven store,” Bruce Springsteen, Racing in the street. It’s impressive how cars are intertwined in our lives. Our Favorite songs are about them. We decorate them to celebrate marriages. …
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” stated Philosopher George Santayana. You hear it from time to time being thrown around, but I prefer reversing it. Perhaps something like, “those who can remember the past are destined to improve the future.” It has a much more positive and inspiring feel to …
For most of us, Christmas with kids can be overwhelming. And not because of the festivities or traditions, but because of the TOYS! No matter how much you try to be a minimalist with this, your house is soon overrun with cars, dolls, Lego’s and everything else that Target had on their shelves. After having …
Mt. Rainier Polar Express: An Experience Your Family Will Cherish! Read More »
Cabo San Lucas, on the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico, is a destination that has been on my bucket list for years, but I just never made the time to go. As I get older, traveling gets harder. It’s not like I have familial obligations to prevent me – well, we do have pets and finding the …
In 1669 the French explorer de La Salle, the first European in the Ohio was met by the Iroquois Indians who migrated there in the early 1600s. The river and the state would be named the Iroquois word for “beautiful river”. The land was a bountiful native beaver hunting ground and although the Iroquois were …
Saint Lucia was possibly inhabited 3,000 years ago by the Ciboney and based on archaeological research and artifacts it has been proven that “Iouanalao” island, “land of the iguanas”, was settled by the Arawaks around 2,000 years ago. They were invaded around 1,000 A.D. by the South American Carib Indians whose hostility extended to the first …
If there’s one thing I’ve gotten really good at since becoming a mom, it’s planning ahead. This is a tricky skill when you have young kids because — let’s be honest – half of the things you plan never come to fruition, so you must approach every itinerary with a healthy dose on non-attachment. But …
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