...And so the adventure Begins!
Photo Gallery
12/31/23 - Point Reyes National Seashore and Lighthouse (4/6/23 blog)
12/30/23 - Mission San Francisco Solano, Sonoma, CA (4/8/23 blog)
12/29/23 - Progress Pic, San Antonio, TX
12/28/23 - Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, CA (3/4/23 blog)
12/27/23 - Cherokee Chieftan; Cleveland, TN (9/21/23 blog)
12/26/23 - If a waterfall has no water, is it still a waterfall? Ferne Clyffe State Park, IL (9/8/23 blog(
12/25/823 - Lightscape, San Antonio Botanical Gardens, TX
12/24/23 - Bluebonnets @ Lightscape, San Antonio Botanical Gardens, TX
12/23//23 - Minnie Pearl & Roy Acuff, Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, TN (9/14/23 blog)
12/22/23 - Progress, San Antonio, TX
12/21/23 - Idaho State Capitol, Boise, ID (8/4/23 blog)
12/20/23 - Tiny Tots - Gingerbread Factory, Leavenworth, WA (7/15/23 blog)
12/19/23 - Young River Falls, OR (6/11/23 blog)
12/18/23 - Irises, Albany, OR (5/26/23 blog)
12/17/23 Crescent Moon Ranch, Terrebonne, OR (5/22/23 blog)
12/16/23 - Mt. Thielsen, OR (5/12/23 blog)
12/15/23 - Back Yard, San Antonio, TX
12/13/23 - Fisk Memorial Chapel, Nashville, TN (9/14/23 blog)
12/12/23 - Natural Bridge @ Ha Ha Tonka State Park, MO (9/4/23 blog)
12/11/23 - Joselyn Castle, Omaha, NE (8/25/23 blog)
12/10/23 - Butch Cassidy, Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site, Laramie, WY (8/14/23 blog)
12/9/23 - Register Rock, ID (8/11/23 blog)
12/8/23 - Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum, WA (7/15/23 blog)
12/7/23 - Pacific Bonsai Museum, Federal Way, WA (6/22/23 blog)
12/6/23 - Central Library, Seattle, WA (6/20/23 blog)
12/5/23 - Pioneer Courthouse, Portland, OR (6/4/23 blog)
12/4/23 - Cape Meares Lighthouse, OR (5/29/23 blog)
12/3/23 - Monkey Rock (Mt Jefferson in background), OR (5/20/23 blog)
12/2/23 - Watson Falls, OR (5/12/23 blog)
12/1/23 - University of Texas drones, Austin, TX
11/30/23 - Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN (10/1/23 blog)
11/29/23 - Cheekwood Mansion, Nashville, TN (9/17/23 blog)
11/28/23 - The Parthenon, Nashville, TN (9/14/23 blog)
11/27/23 - Peter Toth's Wacinton, Paducah, KY (9/8/23 blog)
11/26/23 - Squirrel Cage Jail Museum, Council Bluffs, IA (8/25/23 blog)
11/25/23 - Electric curlers; Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island, NE (8/20/23 blog)
11/24/23 - J & J Second Chance Small Holdings, Laramie, WY (8/18/23 blog)
11/23/23 - Site where Evel Knievel tried to jump the Snake River in 1974. ID (8/10/23 blog)
11/22/23 -Gnomeville, Forks, WA (7/1/23 blog)
11/21/23 - Seattle Space Needle; left - from Chihuly Garden & Glass, (6/22/23 blog)
11/20/23 - North Head & Cape Disappointment Lighthouses, WA (6/12/23 blog)
11/19/23 - Latourell Falls & Upper Latourell Falls, OR ( 6/2/23 blog)
11/18/23 - Scene from Astoria Column, Astoria, OR (6/11/23 blog)
11/17/23 - New home, San Antonio, TX
11/16/23 - World's Smallest Park, Portland OR (6/4/23 blog)
11/15/23 - Tower Theatre, Bend, OR (5/21/23 blog)
11/14/23 - Clearwater & Whitehorse Falls, OR (5/12/23 blog)
11/13/23 - friendly visitor to my campsite 6/1/23
11/12/23 - Tillamook Cheese Factory, OR, (5/29/23 blog)
11/11/23 - Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Newport, OR (5/28/23 blog)
11/10/23 - Wurstfest, New Braunfels, TX
11/9/23 - Avery Park Rose Garden, Coravallis, OR (5/26/23 blog)
11/8/23 - St. Edward the Martyr Catholic Church, Sister, OR (5/20/23 blog)
11/7/23 Toketee Falls, OR (5/12/23 blog)
11/6/23 - Humboldt Botanical Gardens, Eureka, CA (4/29/23 blog)
11/5/23 - Lady Bird Grove, Redwood National and State Parks, CA (4/26/23 blog)
11/4/23 - Arena Point Lighthouse, CA (4/10/23 blog)
11/3/23 - Dia de Los Muertos, San Antonio, TX
11/2/23 - (4/8/23 blog)
11/1/23 - Seward Mini Park slides, San Francisco, CA (3/23/23 blog)
10/31/23 - Pigeon Point Lighthouse, CA (3/19/23 blog)
10/30/23 - Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, CA (3/12/23 blog)
10/28/23 - Bullitt amongst the blooms, CA, (3/4/23)
10/27/23 - Peggy Sue's Diner, Yermo, CA (3/1/23 blog)
10/26/23 - UC Riverside Botanical Gardens, CA (2/27/23 blog)
10/24/23 - Pasarela de Chucherías (artist Jazmín Urrea; medium - Flamin' Hot Cheetos), The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, Riverside, CA (2/25/23 blog)
10/23/23 - Ceramics by Artist Joan Takayama-Ogawa, Riverside Art Museum, CA (2/25/23 blog)
10/22/23 - Pioneertown, CA (2/21/23 blog)
10/21/23 - Salton Sea @ twilight, CA (2/20/23)
10/20/23 - University of Texas @ Austin Tower, TX
10/19/23 - Bombay Beach, CA, (2/20/23 blog)
10/18/23 - Heart & Face Rocks, Joshua Tree National Park, CA (2/19/23 blog)
10/17/23 - Mexican Jay @ Chiricahua National Monument , AZ (2/16/23 blog)
10/16/23 - Kartchner Caverns State Park, AZ (2/15/23 blog)
10/15/23 - The Black Moriah, original Boothill Hearse, Tombstone, AZ (2/15/23 blog)
10/14/23 - Gunfight at the OK Corral, Tombstone, AZ (2/15/23 blog)
10/13/23 - Landa Falls, New Braunfels, TX
10/12/23 - Quitobaquito Springs, AZ (2/14/23 blog)
10/11/23 - Taliesin West, Phoenix, AZ (2/13/23 blog)
10/10/23 - Mystery Castle, Phoenix, AZ (2/2/23 blog)
10/9/23 - My new temporary home, New Braunfels, TX
10/8/23 - Honey, I'm home!
10/7/23 - Vicksburg National Military Park, MS
10/6/23 - 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL
10/5/23 - Laurel Falls, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
10/4/23 - Cable Mill, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
10/3/23 - Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN/NC
10/2/23 - Incredible Tiny Homes, Newport, TN
10/1/23 - Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN
9/30/23 - Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
9/29/23 - Rainbow Falls, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
9/28/23 - Mel's Diner, Pigeon Forge, TN
9/27/23 - Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame & Museum, Pigeon Forge, TN
9/26/23 - Chester Frost Park, Hixon, TN
9/25/23 - Chattanooga Choo-Choo, TN
9/24/23 - Tennessee River, Chattanooga, TN
9/23/23 - Cloudland Canyon State Park, GA
9/22/23 - Rock City Gardens, GA
9/21/23 - The Lost Sea, TN
9/20/23 - Ruby Falls, Chattanooga, TN
9/19/23 - World's Largest Cedar Bucket, Cannonsburgh Village, Murfreesboro, TN
9/18/23 - The Tales of Tourism, Paul Anthony Smith, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN
9/17/23 - Scarecrows! Cheekwood Gardens, Nashville, TN
9/16/23 - Mammoth Cave National Park, KY
9/15/23 - John Bell Cabin & Bell Witch Cave, TN
9/14/23 - Wayne Newton @ Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
9/13/23 - Cedar Creek @ Sunrise, TN
9/12/23 - The sign says it all...
9/11/23 - Garden of the Gods, Shawnee National Forest, IL
9/10/23 - World's Largest Cup of Soft Drink, Cape Girardeau, MO
9/9/23 - Mississippi-Ohio River Confluence, IL
9/8/23 - Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden, Calvert City, KY
9/7/23 - Route 66 Red Rocker, Cuba, MO
9/6/23 - The National Shrine of Mary, Mother of the Church, Laurie, MO
9/5/23 - Infinity Float Spa, Osage Beach, MO
9/4/23 - Abandoned Castle, Ha Ha Tonka State Park, MO
9/3/23 - Main St Music Hall, Osage Beach, MO
9/2/23 - Angel Showers, Ozark Caverns, MO
9/1/23 - Lake of the Ozarks, MO
8/31/23 - Bullitt & The Bebb @ the Sallie House, Atchison, KS
8/30/23 - Tall Oak, Peter Toth's Trail of the Whispering Giants, Doniphan County Courthouse, Troy, KS
8/29/23 - Holy Family Shrine, NE
8/28/23 - Sunrise @ Mahoney State Park, NE
8/27/23 - St. John's Catholic Church at Creighton University, Omaha, NE
8/26/23 - Ranger's Danger, Mahoney State Park, NE
8/25/23 - World's Largest Ball of Stamps, Boys Town, NE
8/24/23 - Sunken Garden, Lincoln, NE
8/23/23 - World's Largest Time Capsule, Seward, NE
8/22/23 - Platt River, NE
8/21/23 - Kool-Aid Man and footprints @ Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hastings Museum, Hastings, NE
8/20/23 - Jellyfish & rabbit imprints, Happy Jack Chalk Mine, NE
8/19/23 - Great Platte River Road Archway, NE
8/18/23 - Hidden Falls, Curt Gowdy State Park, WY
8/17/23 - Vedauwoo, WY
8/16/23 - These Boots are made for Talking!, Cheyenne, WY
8/15/23 - Cowgirl Hat Ball by Terry Maker, University of Wyoming Museum of Art, Laramie, WY
8/14/23 - Laramie Murals Project, WY
8/13/23 - Fossil Cabin, WY
8/12/23 - Leaving Idaho, riding into the sunrise.
8/11/23 - Lava Hot Springs, ID
8/10/23 - Sunrise @ City of Rocks National Preserve, ID
8/9/23 - Don the World's Largest Janitor, Museum of Clean, Pocatello, ID (8/8/23 blog)
8/8/23 - Eagle Waterfall Nest & Trail of the Whispering Giants, Idaho Falls, ID
8/7/23 - Bruneau Canyon, ID (8/1/23 blog)
8/6/23 - Shoshone Falls, ID (7/31/23 blog)
8/5/23 - Freak Alley Gallery, Boise, ID
8/4/23 - Top of Inferno Cone and bottom of Snow Cone, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve , ID
8/3/23 - Table Rock; view of Old Idaho Penitentiary (blue) & downtown Boise, ID (red); (8/2/23 blog)
8/2/23 - Swainson's Hawk & Lanner Falcon - Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey , Boise, ID
8/1/23 - Bruneau Dunes State Park, ID
7/31/23 Thousand Springs & Balanced Rock, ID
7/30/23 - Old Idaho Penitentiary, Boise, ID
7/29/23 - Monastery of St. Gertrude, Cottonwood, ID, (7/21/23 blog)
7/28/23 - Teapot Dome Service Station, Zillah, WA (7/16/23 blog)
7/27/23 - Payette Lake, Ponderosa State Park, ID
7/26/23 - Canna Lilies, Pollock, ID
7/25/23 - 5 of Seven Devils Mountains (l) from Heaven's Gate (r), ID
7/24/23 - new campsite, Pollock, ID
7/23/23 - Hells Canyon, ID/OR
7/22/23 - First (l) and Second (top r) Indian Presbyterian Churches (today), Sterling Presbyterian Church, ID (7/20/23 blog)
7/21/23 - Dog Bark Park, Cottonwood, ID
7/20/23 - Amber Waves of Grain, OR, WA, ID, America the Beautiful
7/19/23 - Underground Pendleton, OR
7/18/23 - My window view, sunset-sunrise (top left, clockwise), Burbank, WA
7/17/23 - Palouse Falls, WA
7/16/23 - Wild Horse Monument, Quincy, WA
7/15/23 0 Leavenworth, WA
7/14/23 - Coal Mines Trail, WA
7/13/23 - Ross Lake, North Cascades National Park, WA (7/12/23 blog)
7/12/23 - Diablo Lake, North Cascades National Park, WA
7/11/23 - North Cascades National Park, WA
7/10/23 - Ladder Falls, North Cascades National Park, WA
7/9/23 - Granite Falls, WA
7/8/23 - Big Four Ice Caves, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, WA
7/7/23 - Sol Duc Falls, Olympic National Park, WA (6/30/23 blog)
7/6/23 - Deception Pass Bridge from above and below (yesterday); Pacific Madrone - far left; WA
7/5/23 - Tree of Life, Kalaloch, Olympic National Park, WA (6/29/23 blog)
7/4/23 - Sea Cucumber, Burrows Bay, San Juan Islands, WA
7/3/23 - Peace Arch State Park, Blaine, WA
7/2/23 - Crying Lady Rock (left), Second Beach, Olympic National Park, WA
7/1/23 - Cape Flattery, WA