Glacier National Park Trip: Part 1 It's difficult for me to imagine a time when most work was done by hand or by horse. Then came the advent of steam. Then came the railroads. The quest to build a railroad…
It was upsetting to read today that the Mission San Xavier del Bac, located south of Tucson, was vandalized. The vandalism was discovered this morning (4/7/16). The Mission, which has been at this location since the late 1700s, has been…
The week is almost over but I can't let it pass completely without reminding you that this is National Parks Week. I love our National Parks. Over the years I've been to over 50 units of the National Park System…
Plate tectonics, subduction zones, magma, volcanoes, such are the facts of life in The Ring of Fire. The Cascade Mountains that stretch from Canada to California are a manifestation of these forces of nature. On May 18, 1980, they contributed…
It's always a bit sad when a family member moves away because you can't see them as often as you'd like. But, when you have the opportunity to visit them you may also have the opportunity to see a new part of the country. That's the…