Since my sister and her husband moved from Indiana to Portland, Oregon, I've now been introduced to a few places in the Pacific Northwest...places that I probably would have never gone if it weren't f...

An hour and a half from Colorado Springs in Rye, Colorado you will find the creaky, wobbly and continually growing Bishop's Castle. Sixty years ago Jim Bishop started construction on a cottage that wa...

Our trip to Wyoming included two days in the Black Hills of South Dakota and it's officially been added to my "Return with a better lens bucket list." I had never seen so many different types of wildl...

Lake Pleasant is only 35 miles outside of Phoenix and is a great location to see desert vegetation, mountains and possibly wild burros! I love finding the burros. On one of my trips to Lake Pleasant (...

Ninety miles outside of Phoenix, high atop Cleopatra Hill (5,200 feet to be exact) is where you will find the quaint town of Jerome. A population of 450 is a far cry from Jerome in the 1800's. At its ...

Sedona, Arizona Crescent Moon Creek Walk is a paid park located in Sedona, Arizona. Inside the park you will find Cathedral Rock, one of the most photographed scenes in the Sedona area. Walking paths ...

Colorado Estes Park If you've never been to Colorado I suggest adding it to your Bucket List. It is a beautiful state especially when you get away from the tourist areas. Not that the Rocky Mountain N...

Ventura County in Southern California I have the feeling of being 'home' when I visit parts of Southern California. Early morning hours of floppy hatted strawberry pickers, fields of lavender, vineyar...

September, 2018 was the annual Dodge truck cruise in Cripple Creek, Co ​. Traveling westward again for vacation is something we look forward to all year. This September we spent two days driving from ...