FOUR CORNERS: NEW MEXICO, UTAH, COLORADO & ARIZONA But it’s Navajo Nation territory. And it’s under construction … the monument anyway. But the native craft stalls are open, and we talked to vendors, ate fry bread and shopped our way around the booths. Amazing craftsmanship – sand painting, pottery, jewelry making. And everyone wanted to […]
Our last day. We’re heading south through Utah. Roughly 700 miles left. We’ve completed our national tour of McDonalds, now having stopped for coffee in Moab, UT. It’s been raining steadily since we left this morning. Forecast indicates it should break up around Four Corners but still be cloudy. What my dough faced Northern European […]
For years and years (until Deadwood, anyway) Calamity Jane was Doris Day. She was a little rough around the edges and a little fashion impaired, but she could shoot and she sure could sing good. One 30 minute visit to Deadwood, SD took that little illusion, threw it down in the dirt and stepped on […]
As we start day six .. and let me just add that 4:00am does not get easier the more you do it … we are still in Montana. It is still raining. And we still have not seen any cowboys. A few other notes on the trip so far …. Highest temperature: 93 degrees in […]
Wild Bill Hickok lived by that adage…until August 2, 1876, when sitting with his back to the door (duh!) he was shot in the back and died while playing poker in Deadwood, SD. Hickok gained fame through being a scout, a lawman, and a poker player. Often all at the same time. His gal pal, […]
I Wish I Knew How to Quit You No really. I wish I knew how to quit you, but you have the keys to the car…Wyoming and all it’s environs are spectacular, just like Laura!
“Yes, you can give him a message. You do take shorthand, don’t you? Good, we take it in the South too. Anyway, just tell him that I have been a Southerner all my life, and I can vouch for the fact the we do eat a lot of things down here… and we’ve certainly all […]
We love you Starbucks, oh yes we do .. We love you Starbucks, through and through When you’re not near us, we’re blue .. Oh Starbucks we love you.
… it might have to be good enough for me!