Category: Health and Hiking
Vail, Colorado in summer is also an eye-opening experience.
August 31, 2023
I had driven east-to-west through Vail many times on Interstate 70 between Denver and Grand Junction. Have stayed just to the west of Vail in Glenwood Springs, where a famous […]
Travel Diamond – One Home run and One Strikeout. Part 2.
May 25, 2023
Part 1 — The Home Run – was a positive experience about a mystery lady who showed up on a trailbike and challenged our thinking about restrictions on TV and […]
Travel Diamond – One Home run and One Strikeout. Part 1.
May 19, 2023
Last week it was a joy to have my brother Neil visiting Albuquerque from Australia. He is a world-class water engineer and an expert in desalination. Plus Mary Ann and […]
Saguaros and Signs on the Hieroglyphics Trail in Superstition Mountains, Arizona.
February 10, 2023
We escaped the bitter cold at the end of January, and drove from Kansas to Albuquerque to Scottsdale – a part of Phoenix, Arizona. Don and Julie, our best friends, […]
A heavenly vacation in Phoenix and San Diego.
November 20, 2022
I yearned to stay at the beach somewhere. The last time was at Cairns in the state of Queensland, Australia. My brother Neil and his wife Lynn flew up from […]
Be Wise as Serpents and Innocent as Doves.
September 15, 2022
This statement by Jesus is familiar to many folks. But what does it mean? I will share two incidents: one when I wasn’t wise enough, and another when I was […]
I was cheering one day, then dropped into deep shame the next.
June 23, 2022
The cheering came on Tuesday. My close friend Mary Ann had a fright. Her hand and wrist and lower arm swelled up so much she couldn’t move her fingers, and […]
Largest-ever wildfire in New Mexico burns houses, other structures, and hiking trails.
May 17, 2022
Hermits Peak wildfire.Hermits Peak in the Pecos Wilderness is a dramatic sight as you drive on I25 from Albuquerque north to Denver. A great gash appears, like the mountain was […]
The brain-changing benefits of exercise
March 11, 2022
Dancing. Susan and Gary Kellogg manage a dance on two Saturday evenings each month in Albuquerque. Susan told us that dancing is not only good for the body, it’s also […]
The Thrill of Searching for Gold and Fire Agates
January 25, 2022
The Superstitions. The Superstitions are where the Lost Dutchman’s Goldmine is located, which is still the object of search parties. The mountains rise up from the plain like a fortress, […]