Brighton Lakes Trail Summer up Utah’s canyons may not offer the greatest snow on earth, but where downhillers skied and boarded in the winter you’ll find wildflowers lining hiking trails to magnificent vistas among alpine lakes and grand rocky peaks … Continued
Seventy years ago the United States dropped devastation, death and desolation on Japan demonstrating to the world truly terrible power by means of atomic energy. Less than a decade later, scientists in a small brick building in Idaho demonstrated that … 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
The Ancestral Sonoran people known as the Hohokam once numbered as many as 50,000 people around what is now Phoenix. With this large population came expansive civilization with multiple large communities or pueblos. With petroglyphs being part of the Taliesin … Continued
Ambling over boulders and hopping across the stream on stepping stones or a log bridge, I did not expect the grandeur and beauty of what I found at the end of the path. While working at the art gallery, we … Continued
The Petrified Forest A colorful depository of ancient lumber Helping a friend with her goal to visit all of America’s national parks, we traveled to Petrified Forest National Park in the northeast corner of Arizona near Holbrook on a 30-mile … Continued
Musical Instrument Museum one of the best museums I’ve ever visited Over the Thanksgiving holiday my parents came to Scottsdale for a visit. Unlike last Christmas when they came, none of us got severely sick, so we were able to go and … Continued
2013 Gratitude Project – First Time to Zion This month will be a celebration of travel. I am so grateful for the many opportunities I’ve had over my nearly thirty years to explore the world. Click here to read about … Continued
2013 Gratitude Project – Travel: The Texas State Capitol This month will be a celebration of travel. I am so grateful for the many opportunities I’ve had over my nearly thirty years to explore the world. Click here to read … Continued
2013 Gratitude Project – Travel: San Antonio This month will be a celebration of travel. I am so grateful for the many opportunities I’ve had over my nearly thirty years to explore the world. Click here to read about my … Continued