Hot and Spicy Louisiana
In the heart of Cajun Country Note: we are WAY behind on our blog…this stop on our journey was in early March, before social distancing. We are currently hunkered [...]
Austin, with Friends
More love in Texas We rolled into Austin with something a bit more than the expected music, barbecue and hipster vibe to look forward to…Austin was going to be [...]
San Antonio explains West Texas
Remember the Alamo! How did we prepare for our visit to San Antonio? Well, by watching Pee Wee Herman’s Big Adventure, of course! But there was more than the [...]
The long, long drive
Texas just keeps going.... We wrapped up our stay in Big Bend by doing something we hadn’t done yet on the trip…we backtracked. And we did it for brisket. [...]
Big Bend, the second chapter
Big Texas Skies at Big Bend After our bad campground in an interesting little town, we headed to a primitive site inside the park. We had reservations for a [...]
Big Bend, part 1
The Park that Texas Claims is So Big, it Needs Two Posts We came into Big Bend expecting it to be “alright,” even though so many people had told [...]
Little Town, Big Art
Hanging with the Hipster Crowd in Marfa After fleeing Guadalupe in the cover of darkness, we pulled into a tiny little town called Van Horn and went to the [...]
Sledding in the Desert
White Sands: the 63rd US National Park White Sands was upgraded from a National Monument to a National Park early this year…just a few weeks before our planned visit. [...]
Saguaro National Park: a Tale of Two Deserts
Shelley comes to visit! We were all excited about Tucson because we’d get to visit Saguaro National Park, but even more because we would get to share how awesome [...]
Scottsdale and Phoenix
Visiting the Valley of the Sun Dennis and I had spent a long weekend in Scottsdale a few years ago, so we were really excited to get back and [...]