This very morning, Wed 7/29, we sighted port and let down anchor. (Alright, quite the tortured metaphor, sorry! Especially to these drought-stricken Californians…) It’s 11:15pm here, I’ve now settled in after 12 straight hours of way-too-old-for-this unpacking in unusually HOT weather. Hey, wait a minute! Isn’t this supposed to be 70’s all year round?? Thank […]
Month: July 2015
Detour! Boulder Dam, 1930’s technology, whoa!
So, change of plan. Instead of Grand Canyon Day 3 (see previous post), we hit on the idea of stopping at the Hoover Dam. Hotter than hell, now we’re at 120 degrees on the Nevada/Arizona border (the Colorado River forms the state border—did you know that?!) Another iconic photo shoot, another overwhelming enormous monster of […]
The Canyon, Day 2, Yikes!!
Yeah, okay, the pictures do/don’t do it justice. The memory of the awesomeness is sparked when I see the pics, but at the same time these are so iconic they seem unreal, too. What was entirely real was my anxiety level. I totally buy what a lady on the trail relayed, her Fun Fact: […]
Good God Grand Canyon!
Holy Cow! It is everything and more…one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen, on a trip with many. Think maybe this’ll take more than one post? Day 1—for those of you who’ve done the Park, you’ll know exactly our route. We parked at the Visitor Center and then did the 3-mile hike/walk on the […]
Petrified Forest…surprise!
Heading toward the Grand Canyon in Arizona on Interstate 40, we came upon signs for the Painted Desert in the Petrified Forest National Park and after some “discussion” (um…me, whining a bit, “how much time will it add?) we do the detour. The route ends up adding only 15 minutes, if you don’t count the […]
Tourists Galore: why New Orleans worked better than San Antonio Texas
So, imagine a Sunday morning in a smallish-big city, streets waking up: a few cars, a lot of homeless down that one particular street—oops! wrong turn, lights cycling green-yellow-red to no one waiting, maybe even a church bell ringing from the next street over. On street parking is ample. Step out of the car into […]
What do LBJ in Texas and Georgia O’Keeffe have in common?
So San Antonio was the hottest yet, over 100 degrees and I wilted like a Southern belle (but with more whining, sorry honey!) The Riverwalk (still getting those pictures ready…stay tuned) in the city was wonderful and hot, beautiful and hot, hot and hot. When planning the trip, David casually mentioned that we could detour […]
Looking back…New Orleans and Boxford
New Seems like long ago, but New Orleans was just earlier in the last week—a truly beautiful, warm and welcoming city. We caught the hottest of the days thus far this year, and somewhat discounted hotel rates, so we stayed at the Windsor Court Hotel on the edge of the French Quarter. I’m coincidentally watching […]
Finding Religion…this earth, oh my!
Donald Antrim: I hope that you will be faced with difficult choices and decisions, trials that won’t undo you, but that will drive you toward reflection and understanding. Trust that your fears will sometimes tell you about your desires. You will see that you can survive the terror that comes with growth and change, with vulnerability and risk. Depend on others.
Gail Ansel 