The holiday rush is through, but I’m still feeling harried and stressed out. (And that’s even after a vacation!) I need to remember to take a deep breath and quiet down. “Silence alone is worthy to be heard.” — Henry David Thoreau I took this photo of a desolate looking... Read More

We’re told it’s fall. You wouldn’t know it from the heat in our house. We’re also told that in the fall, people go apple-picking. Wouldn’t know much about that either. However, this summer, on our great National Parks road trip we got to go on our very first apple picking... Read More

Here’s a look at two of the most famous hoodoo landmarks at Bryce Canyon National Park: Thor’s Hammer and the Three Sisters, on the Navaho Loop Trail. (I’m sure you can figure out which lump of rock is which.) With the government shut down going on, all of our National... Read More