Exploring the American Landscape
Moving to Winston-Salem has given us two new calendars to govern our lives. The first is the seasonal cycle, featuring four honest-to-goodness seasons, each with distinctive delights and challenges. The other is the academic calendar. Several of my volunteer activities are university-affiliated, and my library gig is work-from-home this summer while renovations are happening on … Read more
Despite having been planned as an eastern version of the great western national parks, and sitting within a day’s drive of millions of East Coast dwellers, somehow Shenandoah National Park was one that we had not managed to add to our list of national parks visited. Until now, making it #33. After completing our northbound … Read more
The historic town of Green Bay sits at the southern end of one of the largest arms of Lake Michigan, and near the base of the Door Peninsula with its hundreds of miles of shoreline. So we knew this would be a perfect location for taking in scenic lake views. Right?? Well, places have a … Read more
After our stop at Picacho Peak we skipped right over the Phoenix metro area and landed in the historic town of Cottonwood, nestled along the Verde River at an elevation of around 3,500 feet. That increase in elevation meant a few things: our arrival just days after a major snowstorm meant we encountered plenty of … Read more
After our lengthy stay near the redwoods, we made a very large (for us) relocation of over 300 miles in one day, which meant we took shifts driving down the scenic but narrow and winding route into the heart of Northern California. We passed through thick smoke in Mendocino County from the terrible Camp Fire … Read more