End of the Road

My peregrinations are coming to an end, and so, it seems, is the pandemic. I’ve met a lot of people, … More

Trouble in Louisiana

Ocean Springs, Mississippi drew me back for a glorious week on the Gulf Coast. I was lazily enjoying my time … More

One of the rarest wildflowers in the United States, Oconee bells, or Shortia galacifolia (the specific epithet calls out the … More

Wupatki National Monument shares a border with Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, so you can visit both on the same … More

Another volcano! Sunset Crater Volcano is one of the 600 volcanoes in the San Francisco volcanic field. Sunset Crater Volcano … More

About 100 Mississippi Sandhill Cranes, a critically endangered subspecies of sandhill crane, remain in the wild. They are all found … More

Usually I eat food from the grocery store, but sometimes I can’t resist trying some local food (and eating dairy … More

The difference between a national park, forest, and monument was not always clear to me. The more I traveled, the … More

Living in/out of your car is tough sometimes. A few items make life on the road easier. Men can stop … More

Yellowstone National Park is the site of several calderas from past eruptions of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Although the volcano hasn’t … More

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