After exiting Tombstone, I journeyed on to Las Cruces NM to spend a couple evenings with my friend John and see the area. I can't believe I spent that time with him and never got one photo of him! In any case, we had a great time together as he showed me the historic original part of town, Old Mesilla. The area reminded me a lot of the Old Town ( Read more... )

I reluctantly left Gib and Ben behind to head to Las Crucis, but decided since I was as close as I was, I would head to Tombstone, home of the gunfight at the OK Corral and the historic Boothill Graveyard. The historic downtown area was about as expected - extremely touristy, but I enjoyed strolling around on a relatively uncrowded Monday as there ( Read more... )

Other than visiting Gib and Ben, I wanted to get another National Park under my belt, as well as see the air force plane graveyard located in Tucson. So, my one full day there, I drove the relatively short drive into the desert to Saguaro, including a stop at the Arizona Senora Desert Museum located very near by. It being October, I did not expect ( Read more... )

I reluctantly left Tucson after two wonderful days. If Harley and Lee had not been leaving  the day after I did for their vacation in Montana, I would have stayed longer. However, I hit the road early for Tucson where I planned to visit with my long-time Dallas friend Gib (a fellow Aggie and singing cadet Neil) and his partner Ben. More on them ( Read more... )

After finishing my day at the Grand Canyon, I drove my exhausted ass back to Flagstaff for the evening where I checked into the hotel and immediately went to the hot tub for a much needed soak, then went to the only restaurant nearby that was not an IHOP or fast food, Denny's. I had every intention of being "good" and getting a salad. I did, but ( Read more... )

I again got up with the rising sun to set off on day three of the Route 66 portion of my road trip on September 29. Having a body on Central Time helped me get going a little earlier, and billeyler was nice enough to make sure I was packed away and had left nothing behind. I was looking at about a 4 hour trip to Flagstaff where I hoped I would be able to ( Read more... )

So early Monday morning the 28th I left Michael's before sunrise as he was headed to the office early and I really wanted to hit the road  while there was very little traffic on the road. We went to Starbucks for coffee, I then gassed up the car, and hit the road. I did not get far as Cadillac Ranch is just west of town and the dawn light was too ( Read more... )

I have just finished a multi-day, 3500 mile road trip that took me from Dallas to the Grand Canyon, down through Arizona and to southern NM, then the Davis Mountains in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, San Antonio and home. I decided to break it down day-by-day and post some reflections and photos ( Read more... )

Been a long time since I did a photo share from flickr.

I am not going to bore everyone with life stuff. I work, I swim, I have horrible knee pain, I am single, I need to see a doc about psoriasis, I need new glasses, my finances are finally getting into line again, I have great friends, and I am not in as bad a need for a new car at this point.

The important thing is that Spring is starting to burst ( Read more... )