Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
“Whatever else prairie is – grass, sky, wind – it is most of all a paradigm of infinity, a clearing full of many things except boundaries, and its power comes from its apparent limitlessness…” — William Least Heat-Moon, PrairyErth Hoping to use our new National Parks Pass for the first time, we set off into […]
Kansas Highlights
On a hike through the Herbert Reinhard Green Memorial Wildlife area, just outside Topeka, the photo above is some old farm equipment that would have been drawn by horses. The house in the photos on the link is was built by the Green family from the native stone remnants of Uniontown in 1877. The whole […]
Poor Pete
In the few days since we arrived in Topeka, Kansas, a sad situation has arisen. An industrious bird (I think it’s a house sparrow.) has started building a nest under the front of our trailer. Kate in our office has named him Pete. Donny has had to disassemble Pete’s nest twice now, but he keeps […]
Garlic Ranch Cheese Curds from the Brat Stop….Guess Where?
Jose the Bronx River Beaver
A North American beaver was spotted recently swimming in the Bronx River. They named him Jose after U.S. Rep. Jose Serrano’s work to revive the river. The beaver was once abundant, and important to the economy (It’s even on NYC’s official seal.) but it hadn’t been seen in the area for over 200 years. The Bronx […]
Moorea: Exploring Tahiti’s Little Sister
The Society Islands Tahiti and Moorea are part of the Society Islands, one of five archipelagos that make up French Polynesia, which sits about halfway between South America and Australia. Faa’a Airport is about a six hour flight from Honolulu, almost due south. It was here that the French painter Gaugin created some of his […]
Holly Days
It’s been much too long since the last post. After wrapping up the season, we had a whirlwind drive from El Paso to Liberty, North Carolina to drop off the race car. From there, it was a race with the empty trailer directly to Chicago/Milwaukee, then flights back to the East Coast (ATL for Donny; […]
Bomb Your Beer
Our week in Phoenix leading up to the NASCAR race was pretty hectic. We did however get a chance to have Japanese food twice while we were there. We discovered a trend by accident. After ordering a beer the waitress came out with the beer plus a bottle of sake. At first we thought she […]
Viva Las Vegas!
If anyone noticed the gap in posts after we visited Zion NP, it’s probably due to our week in Sin City. Being limited by the size of the trailer, and since most of our events were north of Las Vegas, we checked in to the Fiesta Hotel and Casino. This is one of the “Station” […]
Zion’s Hidden Canyon Trail
Zion National Park has so many options to explore. On our second day in the park we decided to try to get away from the crowds and seek out a slightly less popular route. We read about a Hidden Canyon trail and thought it sounded like just what we had in mind. Feeling like […]