It's an early start leaving Colorado. Reluctantly I steer the car out of the driveway and across railroad tracks, I'm heading East towards the highway and the very long trek to Illinois. As the sun begins to crest on the horizon I'm well on my way, the mountains and Pine trees give way to the … Continue reading The Final Push
Month: August 2020
Traveling in the time of Covid can certainly be a challenge. I had to change my usual route via Texas for Colorado and that was a nice detour. Now Kansas and Nebraska were just put on the list of New York Covid quarantine states so I'm heading further up north to cut across Nebraska, Iowa … Continue reading Boulder
I'm heading back on the road and ready for new adventures. I had a choice of three different ways to get to my next destination and decided to take the route that would place me directly in the Four Corners area. I remember going there as a kid and it was a lot of fun … Continue reading If It’s Good Enough For Charlie Daniels
Do you see the rabbit? As the saying goes,"All good things must come to an end" so my time in Tucson is ending. Before I depart on an eastward trajectory, hopscotching from states that aren't on New York's list of "banned" states, I'd like to dispel a couple rumors I've heard while in Tucson. One … Continue reading Adios Old Pueblo.
Today I needed a change of scenery and since Mount Lemon was closed due to a fire I pointed my car in the opposite direction and headed south and a little east of Tucson to an area that is about 2000 feet higher in elevation than Tucson and a world away. Taking Interstate 10 East … Continue reading Tacos, Beer and Horses.
If you read my last post "Stumbled Upon", you might have been wondering who Father Kino was. He was an Italian Jesuit Missionary, geographer, cartographer and astronomer, born in 1645. The last 24 years of his life he spent in "New Spain" or what is now present day Mexico, Arizona and California. He is credited … Continue reading The White Dove Of The Desert