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Big Bend National Park
May 14, 2013
We camped in Big Bend National Park about two weeks into our two-month-long driving trip from Oregon to Florida. We pulled our small Casita travel trailer up the steep, curvy road to camp in the Chisos Basin. There, during the first week of April, the high temperatures for the day were comfortably in the mid-eighties. Those down lower, near the Rio Grande River, were over 100 degrees. We did a short hike along the river in Santa Elena Canyon and in a few other spots at low elevations. There, we enjoyed taking photos of the cactus in bloom and Rio Grande River separating The United States and Mexico. But we did our longer hikes at higher elevations in cooler temperatures.In the Chisos Mountains, we hiked both the Windows Trial and the Lost Mine Trail. Here are some photos of our camping and hiking trip in Big Bend National Park. ... Read more »
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Austin, Texas
May 1, 2013
We visited Austin, Texas about three weeks into our two-month driving trip to Florida. As Austin was, until this visit, the only major city in Texas which I had never been in, I was especially interested in spending some time there. We thoroughly enjoyed Austin. Read more »
Two Different Road Trips
April 23, 2013
While in the midst of our two-month road trip – Oregon to Florida and back – I received an insightful question from my friend Tom. He asked how this current trip is different from our earlier seven month, ten-day trip back in 2006. I pondered ... Read more »
Arizona Desert in Bloom
April 19, 2013
During the second week of our two-month road trip from Oregon to Florida and back, we visited the Arizona desert. As it was early in the month of April, the desert was then in bloom. We visited the Phoenix Botanical Gardens and the Arizona-Sonora Desert ... Read more »
A Journey Through the Amazon
April 8, 2013
With our loves of travel and of learning of other cultures and food, the Amazon beckoned and we answered. Read more »
Goldking Mine Museum in Jerome, Arizona
April 2, 2013
Early into our two-month driving trip from Oregon to Florida, we visited the old Goldking Mine Museum in Jerome, Arizona. Difficult to describe, the largely-outdoor museum houses a collection of “stuff” owned by Don Robertson. Over the years, he’s collected mining equipment, old cars and ... Read more »
Stewball in Africa
March 29, 2013
In 2011 we drove Stewball around the world, in 2012 from N.Y. to Alaska, and in 2014, if I am reading the route correctly, we will drive through nine countries in the south of Africa, including, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Namibia ... Read more »
Internet Connection: At Long Last!
March 26, 2013
During our current driving trip across the country, I had gone about three weeks without Internet connection. So while the trip has, thus far, been loads of fun, I’ve longed to get back on line. Clearly, I’ve neglected my blog. And I’m concerned about the ... Read more »
Travel Headlines
Welcome aboard, can I buy you a drink?
The Age, May 19, 2013
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The Oregonian, May 18, 2013
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The Oregonian, May 18, 2013
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The Oregonian, May 18, 2013
Bring along the QuikPod Explorer II on your next trip
My Itchy Travel Feet, May 16, 2013
See More Headlines »“History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty and injustice and shortsightedness. There are monsters, there is evil, there is betrayal. That’s why people should read Shakespeare and Dickens as well as history — they will find the best, the worst, the height of noble attainment and the depths of depravity.”
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