Monday, November 13, 2017 I am a fan-girl of the second order (not quite as fanatical as some I know) of the TV show, Fixer-Upper. This show started back in 2013 and it is ending this season after a good five-year run. The show’s hosts are Joanna and Chip Gaines, two very special people with…
Category: Man-Made
San Antonio & Austin, Texas
Thursday, November 9, 2017 We arrived in San Antonio and went to Mi Tierra Cafe & Bakery in the center of downtown for dinner. It was like Christmas in Mexico. Lights and decorations everywhere making the place very festive. Mariachi bands playing tunes in the bar and in two other parts of this large establishment. The food…
Big Bend National Park
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 The day was spent driving to our hotel in Alpine, Texas where we rested. When we reached the hotel I put my visor up and saw that there was an 8″ crack in the windshield. Damn. Before heading out to dinner I called USAA Insurance and arranged to have the windshield…
Canyonlands National Park
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 After a continental breakfast at the hotel we packed up and drove out through Capitol Reef toward Canyonlands National Park. Along the way we made a stop at Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park, inhabited by very unique geologic formations, called goblins, created by uplift and erosion by wind and water. We…
Capitol Reef National Park
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 After a very windy night next to a 5AM up and noisy group camp, we decamped in the wind, two tired and cranky campers, and headed out toward Capitol Reef National Park. We stopped for breakfast at a local cafe then got back on the road. Capitol Reef’s geologic formations are…
Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday, October 17, 2017 On our way to Vegas we stopped by the Area 51 Alien Center for some fun. We both got a lot of giggles out of the place and I (can’t believe I) bought a Spock eye mask. (big stupid grin). We had fun with that, and also picked up a pin….