Canyonlands National Park, Needles District

While the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands provides a birds eye view of the northern part of the Park, the Needles District puts you right in at the base of the action. Even the drive into the Park, which is a pretty long slog from Moab, provides amazing views of valleys and cliffs.… Continue reading Canyonlands National Park, Needles District

Canyonlands National Park, Island in the Sky

Canyonlands National Park, in south eastern Utah, is breathtaking in every direction. We started our two day (way too short) exploration of Canyonlands in the Island in the Sky area in the northern part of the Park. The name “Island in the Sky” refers to the visitors’ vantage point from the mesa overlooking enormous canyons… Continue reading Canyonlands National Park, Island in the Sky

Dead Horse Point State Park

Dead Horse Point State Park, just north of Moab, Utah, sits on a mesa about 2000 feet above the canyon floor where the Colorado River has carved a deep channel that snakes through the valley. Dead Horse Point derives its name from a legend, so says the literature handed out at the park entrance, about… Continue reading Dead Horse Point State Park

Landon Nature Trail

Having been stuck at home for the better part of the six months while the pandemic swirls around us, we are always in search of safe, close by adventures. Biking, particularly on country roads and other sparsely populated areas, has become our primary adventure. For a little variety from the in-town trails, we took off… Continue reading Landon Nature Trail

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Crystal Bridges, the world-class art museum founded by Alice Walton, is tucked into a wooded area on the northern edge of Bentonville, in the northwest corner of Arkansas. The museum’s name derives from the architecture of the building, designed by Moshe Safdie, with floor to ceiling windowed connecting sections of the building bridging waters that… Continue reading Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Amateurs at the Wineries

(More catching up from October 2017) It’s good we planned to splurge a little on our first California winery trip. Thrifty, savvy and sophisticated were not attributes we possessed, but we certainly had fun! We planned to visit just a few wineries and consulted with the leader of our wine tasting group about where to… Continue reading Amateurs at the Wineries

A Salvaged West Coast Adventure

October 2017 – our tickets were bought a month beforehand to visit Napa and Sonoma, California, but the devastating wild fires, still uncontrolled at the time, caused us to rethink our destination. Friends and family gave us great advice on visiting the Monterey and Carmel area. We could not have asked for a more beautiful… Continue reading A Salvaged West Coast Adventure