5 January 2023 - Ukrainian Christmas Eve As I sit here, a few hours before flying back to Colorado to spend the holiday with my siblings,...

Tuesday, 27 December, home The world is warming up again after Winter Storm Elliott. I hope that everyone survived, and is enjoying a...

18 December 2022, home One month from today, I will fly off to the biggest adventure of my parks challenge - learning to mush a dog sled...

Friday, 9 December 2022, home I will always remember the advice given me by my 6th grade teacher at the end of the school year. Said Mrs....

30 November 2022, home Seven weeks and counting until I wing my way to the frozen north to experience my personal Iditarod. All...

25 November 2022, home Time to create a few more Inspigraphs from light verses that have popped in to my head in the past couple of...

Sunday, 6 November 2022, Carlsbad NM Time to end this 'Halfway Tour' (having seen 31½ of the 63 National Parks) on a high note! So far,...

Saturday, 5 November 2022, Carlsbad, NM Dog Canyon calls me! The Carlsbad ranger had touted this far corner of Guadalupe Mountains, so I...

Friday, 4 November 2022, Carlsbad You can tell a lot about a place from its name. Looking at NPS sites, you have Mammoth Cave NP. Wind...

Thursday, 3 November 2022, Carlsbad NM The timing of this trip did not happen by accident. As I initially researched the parks, I found a...

Wednesday, 2 November 2022, Carlsbad NM Here comes the longest day in the car - three hundred miles. Luckily, the drive included a few...

I left Eco-Ranch for good in the morning. (I have to admit, Robert has a sense of humor with the bus stop display!) It sprinkled lightly...

Monday, 31 October 2022, Study Butte TX NOTE: One reader commented on my last blog, "That whole adventure was much less than overwhelming...

Sunday, 30 October 2022, Big Bend On the road again, for the final parks trip of 2022 - one that will bring me to the half-way point of...

I'm back home for a few weeks, spreading my unique brand of humor to local businesses. Case in point: we had just finished shopping at...

Friday, 14 October 2022, Aston PA While on my last two trips (and between trips), I felt inspired by the nature around me. I put off...

Sunday, 18 September 2022, LAX Time for a curtain call in Canyon Country, one more morning in nature before heading home. Our target: the...

Saturday, 17 September 2022, Hurricane UT "Good morning, Mr. Hanket, from the Improbable Mission Force. Your mission, should you choose...

Friday, 16 September 2022, Hurricane UT Hard to imagine a better way to start the day than gazing out the windows of the restaurant,...

Thursday, 15 September 2022, Grand Canyon Lodge The new day dawned bright on the rim, with few clouds marring the sky and a cool 46° on...