States I’ve Visited

Interesting perspective. We grew up in Kansas and clearly took seriously the admonishment to “Go west!”; much of the travel east of Kansas was business-related (though I always tacked on a bit of … Read more

Cliffs along the Smoky Hill River

Lake George, New York

The other day I followed Dave’s link to Susan Kitchen’s detailed and very interesting Mars update site. Being naturally curious, I went exploring and stumbled across a very nicely done multimedia story located … Read more

South of Lone Pine

The last day of our trip found us taking it pretty easy. We drove south a ways to see the Cottonwood charcoal kilns (charcoal was used in the smelters, which were used to … Read more

Titus Canyon

After visiting Rhyolite we headed over to Titus Canyon Road, a steep, rugged, beautiful and fun to drive road. Unless it’s rained recently, the road should be entirely safe, even for passenger vehicles … Read more

Visions of the Past: Rhyolite, Nevada

Continuing coverage of Mike and Sheryl’s November Desert trip. 24 November 2003 After spending a restful night in Stovepipe Wells, we took off for another day of exploring the northern Death Valley area. … Read more