OUT TO PASTURE

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. ...

As we approached Santa Fe I kept humming "Do you Know the Way to Sante Fe" by Dionne Warwick, and then I started singing it. And then...

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....

Note: Charlie requested an opportunity to provide some of her own observations and ruminations. WTF is going on here? Where are they...

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...

Granted, after Charlie's first luxury hotel experience in San Antonio -- with its 16th floor views, doting hotel staff, and exhilarating...

I learned a number of things about my self during this chapter of our adventure: One, I don’t like landscapes without vegetation. Brose...

San Antonio was a nice surprise. It’s a surprisingly cool town. As we approached on a weekday evening we expected lots of traffic and...

With only two days in New Orleans, and not wanting anything to do with getting back in a car, we faced a challenge trying to sample the...

We spent two days in New Orleans. I had never been before and Brose’s only experience of the place was an alcohol-sodden Mardi Gras...

We’ve been on the road for 24 hours and in some ways it feels like we haven’t left New England. As we walked out of the Marriott...

OK before I gave this post this title I wanted to be sure of its meaning. From the English Idioms & Slang Dictionary: I am going to...

We thought a lot about what to name our travel blog. Our placeholder was “Travels with Charlie,” but that felt pretty facile (given that...

We planned a cross-country trip in 2020 that got delayed first by our need to take care of someone (more on that later), and then by...

In 2020 we had a sweet camper van lined up -- a start-up rental company called BlueSun Campervans offering a brand new Dodge van with...

Also known as Flink, Flinkster, the Flink, Chuckles, and most recently Coppertail, Charlie is a 4.5 year old female Chocolate Lab. ...