Travel

San Antonio River Walk

San Antonio River Walk

After spending the better part of a day driving through Texas, San Antonio comes as a bit of a shock. The terrain gradually shifts from flat and featureless, to gentle, tree-covered hills, and the traffic shifts from big rigs and…

Texas rest area

Don’t Mess With Texas!

During our drive across country, I’ve learned a few things. Don’t speed on Interstate 10, because there are lots of police looking to write you a ticket. There are some large bugs living in the southern states. And most importantly,…

La nueva casita cafe

An Enriching Experience at La Nueva Casita Cafe

Have you ever enjoyed a dining experience that feeds your soul as well as your appetite? Rich and I had one such meal in the town of Las Cruces, NM. We’d been traveling from Arizona for some time and were…

Kartchner caverns

Kartchner Caverns State Park

Things don’t always go as planned when traveling (of course) so it is that we find ourselves still in Arizona, when we’re supposed to be several hundred miles into Texas by now! How the heck did that happen? Yesterday –…

Picacho Peak State Park in Arizona

Picacho Peak State Park

The first day of a trip is exciting – and in this case very tiring. You see, we’d stayed up the night before until all hours cleaning out the last remnants of our life from our apartment so that we…