The lowest spot in North America is located in Death Valley National Park. Badwater Basin, as this location is known, sits 282 feet below sea level. If you're unable to estimate 282 feet, the Park Service was kind enough to…
"Ghost town." What do you think of when you hear that phrase? I always picture old faded wooden buildings looking out on a dusty vacant street in a dry western landscape. But why a dry western landscape? Maybe I'm picturing…
When you go to Death Valley National Park, you have several choices for accommodations: camp in the park, rent very expensive ($200 - $300/night if available) rooms in the park, or stay at much less expensive motels outside the park.…
At the end of last week's post, Riding the rails, I included a picture my wife took of me staring out the window of the Empire Builder, camera in hand, watching the countryside pass by. This week I thought it…
I've written before about the Lions Club Fly-in Fish Boil that's held every year on Washington Island. The last time, however, I wrote mostly about the "fly-in" aspect of the event. It's difficult not to be fascinated by all of…
If you're not a sailor, the usual route to Rock Island starts with a drive north on Wisconsin Highway 42 to the tip of the Door County peninsula. There you can take a car ferry from Northport to Washington Island. …
It's hard to go anywhere without seeing windmills reaching up into the breezes across America. Wind power. We often think of this as a new source of energy. The power of wind, of course, has been used for millennia. Long…
You probably have to live in a place for decades before you really know it. Maybe you have to be born there. In either case, it's certainly impossible to know a city in a day and a half. So, after…
As often happens, I've fallen behind again in reviewing the photos that I've taken in the past few months. Last night I finally started taking a closer look at pictures I took in Las Vegas in early September. I was…