I normally don’t post reviews of airport restaurants, but this one, just…wow! I had a four-hour layover in Nashville on my way from Charlotte to Salt Lake City. It was about lunchtime when I landed in Nashville, so I meandered around the airport, looking for … Continue reading Utah 2025 Trip Report (Day 0)
Day 11: When I first moved there in 1988, I was told there are two seasons in Iowa: Winter and Road Construction. The evening of Day 11 was a solid reminder of this. I was trying to drive from the extreme northwest corner of the … Continue reading Iowa 2025 Trip Report (Days 11 through 13)
On the morning of Day 8, I awoke at a Holiday Inn Express. As I’ve mentioned on previous trips, I can always rely on Holiday Inn Express to provide the exact same breakfast, at every one of their locations, and it’s always unappetizing. That, combined … Continue reading Iowa 2025 Trip Report (Days 8 and 9)
As I wandered around Maquoketa Caves State Park on Day 5 of my Iowa tour, I kept thinking about how similar this place is to Illinois’s Starved Rock State Park. I had visited Starved Rock during my Illinois State Vacation five and a half years … Continue reading Iowa 2025 Trip Report (Day 6)
My next stop in Iowa was the town of Maquoketa (Muh-KOH-kuh-tuh) and the nearby Maquoketa Caves State Park. This was to be my first visit to Maquoketa, so I wasn’t sure how much time I’d need. The park’s web site claims, “13 caves can be … Continue reading Iowa 2025 Trip Report (Day 5)
Happy ThrowBack Thursday, all! Are you up for another day of Colorado scenery and history? No? Then get the Hell out! All right, now that that bastard’s gone, let’s head up to Homestead Meadows. Sound familiar? It should; I have successfully taken you there twice … Continue reading Homestead Meadows and Kenosha Pass
I am running way late again this week, so today’s edition of ThrowBack Thursday will be another tiny one. Today, we saunter back through time to the 19th of June 2010. On this day I made my first (and thus far only) attempt at visiting … Continue reading Attempt at Holy Cross City
In May of 2010, I headed out with a few friends on our roughly annual western Colorado mountain biking trip. But this time, we went farther than western Colorado: to the town of Moab in eastern Utah. My friends, who were all in much better … Continue reading Arches National Park (May 2010)
Two months ago, I took you on a magical voyage to a land called Homestead Meadows. In that post, I explained that Homestead Meadows contains historic remnants of eight homesteads, accessible via 15 miles of trails. But even back in 2008, a 15-mile hike was … Continue reading Homestead Meadows (Summer 2008)
Today’s ThrowBack Thursday takes us to the greater Glenwood area of west-central Colorado in late April 2009. My mountain biking buddies decided we should ride the Forest Hollow Trail. The plan was to use our multiple cars to do it as a shuttle route. That … Continue reading Glenwood Canyon (April 2009)
Voyages with Parkinson's 