If ever there was a tree with a story, it has to be this one. Labeled the “Tree of Life” by many, it draws people to the coastline of Washington State and HWY 101 hoping to see for themselves how just a few tenacious roots can possibly be keeping it suspended over a cave on…
I remember my first Thanksgiving road trip. It was right after I was married and we lived across the state about 5 hours from our families (if the pass was clear). Newly married and newly employed meant no time for traveling home. This meant we would be by ourselves for the holiday and I had…
As you wander around in this amazing state of ours, are you like me and gaze at the intricate rock formations and mammoth stone features as you make your way along trails and shoreline and wonder to know what forces brought them about? I usually don’t buy books these days but when I saw this…
Editor’s Note: This is my sixth and final installment on my spring break road trip saga. If you’ve been following along, thanks for sticking it out! The sun began to creep over the Providence Mountains at 5:30am and I awoke to our last day in the desert. Hard to believe the week had already passed…
The wheelbarrows started passing by at about 5am with campers pushing their gear to the corral at the front of the campground to eventually be loaded onto horses for the trek out of the canyon. Even with ear plugs, that is what I heard first when the sky began to brighten the next day in the Havasupai…
Did I mention how happy I was to have had ear plugs and an eye mask on this trip? There were cars pulling in at all hours, most of them using the bathroom at least once (especially one with the squeaky door) with no concern for anyone who might be trying to get a few hours…