For those used to long distance hiking the Muir Grove Trail is nothing more than a stroll in the woods. For the rest of us, it can be considered a challenge. Four miles doesn’t sound like such a long way until you start hiking it. Then, as you lumber along a forest floor trail, climbing…
A part of my Four Corners Vacation 2011 We pulled into the town of Bluff at dinnertime. “Town” is not really an accurate word to use when describing Bluff. When I think of a town, I expect to see a Main Street lined with brick building businesses such as a hardware store and a bank.…
I visit Salt Lake City fairly often. My stepson and his family live there. My husband, John, an ex-Mormon, researches and writes Mormon history. And so, between family and visits to archives and history conferences, we find one reason or another to make our way to Utah every year or two. Until now, we haven’t…
We had decided that on Tuesday, we would stay close to our hotel and do our touring around Long Beach. Shortly before lunchtime, the six of us climbed aboard the Passport bus. This is a free shuttle that will transport you all around Long Beach. Our Queen Mary Hotel is one of its stops. We rode the shuttle to…
After a morning bus tour of Hollywood we headed to the Getty Center. Their website tells you to arrive early since their parking garage often fills. But in mid-January in the middle of the week, we didn’t have any trouble getting a parking spot at lunch time. It costs $15 to park at the Getty but admission…
I don’t remember the first time I visited a zoo. What I do remember is the excited anticipation of seeing wild animals that you were never going to see in the wild. That, and the endless searching, in treetops and at the back of dark, man made caves, behind boulders, and around hidden corners, searching and…
