What’s the first thought that comes to your head when you think of Nevada? Las Vegas! Glitz! Glamour! Hot! Crowded! Sometimes, we think of Reno, too, and we associate Nevada with a vast desert landscape. All of this is true, but that’s only the surface. There is a rich mining …
What a great way to spend a day – sea, sun – and no agenda whatsoever! A mere 25 miles or so off the coast of southern California lies an island that feels a world away, like Key West, Florida – only drier and less tropical. That island is Santa …
One doesn’t have to be a historian or a wanna-be archeologist to be incredibly impressed by this spectacular display of Native American Rock Art. Some of the art is thought to be 10,000 years old! Simply standing in the presence of literally hundreds of these ancient petroglyphs made me feel …
From desert to mountains to endless sky, wide open spaces and only a scattering of population, the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range towers over a vast desert landscape and is certainly a region full of contrasts, whatever the season. The Sierra Nevada Mountains stretch from south to …
I had visited Seattle several times over the past couple of decades and, while I liked it well enough, I always compared it to that other Pacific Northwest city – Portland. And, I preferred Portland. That is, until my son moved there. To get a real sense of Seattle, one …
