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Forty-five minutes north of Santa Fe is Velarde, New Mexico, a community of 500 souls and Black Mesa Winery. The twenty six year old winery is owned by Jerry and Linda Burd. The winery has one of the largest reserves…
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Less than 30 minutes from the heart of Santa Fe, NM, is Dream Catcher Ranchito. Owner, Mary Ann Andrews, invited me to the ranchito to watch the shearing of seven of her Alpacas. The Alpaca’s front and rear legs have…
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The coveted “spring-break” was quickly approaching. How does one find an affordable, appropriate, fun place for young teenagers to visit? For any entertainment venue, that’s a lot of requirements to fulfill. Air tickets for 4 people was out of the…
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For my 60th birthday I was given the experience of a lifetime with a day at the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Texas Motor Speedway. Excited and apprehensive, I arrived at the track early in the morning and drove through…
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Fifty miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico lies the healing waters of Ojo Caliente (literally, Hot Eye, but poetically, Hot Springs). During the time of the ancient peoples, this area was known as P’osi, meaning “where the water comes…
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Just an hour out of Greenville, SC, is the Dupont State Recreational Forest of North Carolina, a wonderful place to spend time relaxing in nature and getting some moderate exercise. If you are well prepared you could spend from 5…
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The Greatest Showman, now playing in many theaters around the world is a marvelous tribute to an era gone by, since the 146 years of the thrill of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus tours ended in 2017 with…
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If you visit Cuba, you are not allowed to have fun. The United States lists twelve approved reasons to travel—excluding tourism, which rules out a sybaritic vacation at a beach resort, but not much else. Most independent travelers select the…
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The 2018 Winter Olympics will kick off in PyeongChang, South Korea in February. Steamboat Springs has produced more Olympians than any other town in North America. Howelsen Hill and the ski jumps can be seen from Ninth and Lincoln (the…
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For many of us New Year’s Day begins with the tradition of watching the beautiful Tournament of Roses Parade preceding the Rose Bowl Football Game in Pasadena, California. Each year we have marveled at the enormous figures on the floats…
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