One thing you’ll see on my updated bucket list is “Visit the most significant historical, cultural and natural sites in the world inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.” Not too long ago, I mentioned that my current workplace is … Continued
To celebrate my birthday last week I decided to visit all five LDS temples in Arizona. This ambitious idea required a plan. Two of them are three hours away from Phoenix in opposite directions, and at least four hours are … Continued
Lego The first part of 2015 has been very eventful at my work place. It began with the unveiling of a special model of Wright’s winter camp made of more than 200,000 Lego bricks created by one of the Danish … Continued
On my quest to visit and photograph all of the world’s LDS temples, while helping my sister drive home to California from Texas recently we made a pit stop at the Los Angeles California Temple. I had visited this temple … Continued
Ever since rafting on the Li River on New Year’s Day in 2012, I’ve wanted to make each New Year’s Day a day of adventure to set the next 365 days off to a great start. Two years ago for … Continued
I had a busy Christmas vacation going to Oklahoma to see the Price Tower in Bartlesville, but that wasn’t my only excursion away from Dallas. I also went to Houston to visit family, a friend and the Houston Temple. I had … Continued
As you know if you’ve been following my adventures for a while, I have in addition to visiting Frank Lloyd Wright buildings on my bucket list to visit all of the temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day … Continued
Frank Lloyd Wright was a very prolific architect having designed more than 1,000 projects with around half of those actually being built. Of the remaining about 400+ still-standing Wright buildings only 70 are open to the public. The rest are … Continued
Continued from the last post – “the tree that escaped the crowded forest” The Experience I stayed in one of the converted office spaces on the 8th floor on the northeast side of the tower, so my views were of … Continued
Standing in a small town in northern Oklahoma is the only realized skyscraper designed by one of America’s greatest architects. Its creator called it “the tree that escaped the crowded forest,” though a small grove has grown up next to … Continued