LOOKING FOR AMERICA

The weather in Bend steadily verges on cold, windy rain, but just when you think it's about to pour the sun will come out. And just when...

Although the town of Kanab is a strange place for New Englanders, we had a great week there because we had an extraordinary experience...

Apologies in advance for all the photos in this post. And no, the title is not meant to suggest that what follows is an analysis of the...

After the rumble tumble of Durango's saloons we decided to head for the hills, back to New Mexico. We ended up at a unique retreat in...

North-south highway 191, which runs through Moab UT, is bordered to the west by red cliffs that extend for miles. On our last day in...

As mentioned before, our trip will mostly avoid national parks because dogs are largely prohibited, and they tend to be very crowded. In...

For me Boulder CO has always been one of those cool places I'd want to visit if ever I had free time and happened to be traveling...

We are always on the lookout for nearby trails that allow dogs, and we found two outside of Taos that fit the bill. They were both...

We arrived in Taos during a snowstorm and had a chance to take a hike in the afternoon with a new blanket of snow lining the mountains. ...

We’re in Santa Fe where my dear friend Katie lives. We had a lovely dinner with her, her husband Jim, and their son and daughter-in-law....

I think I mentioned that one of the early motivations of our “2020 Plan” was to explore the southwest to see if we could ever see...

We have resigned ourselves to not visiting national parks for two reasons: 1) in almost all national parks dogs are not allowed on...

If someone were to ask me if I believed in god I would say, no I’m an atheist. (Although I admit that when I’m really scared I say to...

Not to be confused with the title of an It's Always Sunny episode, this is about Charlie's escapades in Big Bend Texas. After driving...