As I’ve been asked what it’s like to take a trip of this magnitude, one of the answers that pops into my mind is “life changing.” Not in a ‘find yourself’ kind of way; with almost 55 years of living an eclectic array of life experiences, I don’t consider myself lost, or confused about who... Continue Reading →
You can laugh, but you know you learned how to spell Mississippi that way! Still feeling content after quality time with my family in Louisiana, I headed towards more family, this time in Mississippi. My Aunt Ruth and Paran Wayne ('Paran' is Cajun French for Godfather) moved from Louisiana to Mississippi a few years ago,... Continue Reading →
Skirting the Mississippi River, via the Louisiana Great River Road, to where it spills into the Gulf of Mexico, is a ride I’ve wanted to do for quite some time. Now, a little over two months after I walked across the mighty Mississippi’s headwaters in Itasca, MN, I was going to complete the loop to... Continue Reading →
There’s nothing like being back at my parents’ house on Bayou Blue. It’s a place where eating and visiting has been refined to an art form! There’s not much story-telling, outside of these photos, to be done about my visit. I ate and visited for several days, and I left with my heart and belly... Continue Reading →
The further I got from Texas, and the closer I got to my mom and dad’s house, the quicker I wanted to be there. I was determined to see a few sites along the way however, so I slowed my roll and visited several places I’ve been meaning to visit for years. I may be... Continue Reading →
I jumped on I-10, after breakfast with Tanya in San Antonio, and sat back for the easy 200ish mile ride to Houston to visit a couple of family members I hadn’t seen in several years. First up was an overnight stop at my nephew Philip’s place. He and his girlfriend, Andrea, have a beautiful home... Continue Reading →
I scanned the hotel breakfast spread in Fort Stockton, TX and knew I was getting close to familiar territory. There, amongst the breakfast burrito fixins on the “Continental Breakfast” spread was a Louisiana staple- Community Coffee! Oh, how it’s the little things in life that can bring a smile to your face 😊 I would’ve... Continue Reading →
Named after the huge U-turn in the Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park is in a remote section of southwest Texas. With only two, mostly desolate roads to access the park, it’s not a place you stop by on your way to somewhere else. Whether staging out of the towns of Marathon or Alpine, it... Continue Reading →
I didn’t really know what to expect from Guadalupe Mountain National Park. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year as a national park, the scenery is classic remote wilderness of the American West. The NPS park brochure’s description of the people of this area sums it up well: “Nde (Mescalero Apache), pioneers, explorers, stagecoach drivers, US... Continue Reading →
I entered the fourth cave-based park of this trip thinking that not only had I been here before, but that these caves, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, had been the first National Park I had ever visited. (Links to previous posts about Mammoth Cave NP in Kentucky, Oregon Caves NM in Oregon, and Lava Beds NM... Continue Reading →
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