My sister: "You need a hyperfixation interest. I think everyone needs one, actually. You need a deep dive rabbit hole."
On my drive across PA I visited the mythic Centralia. You can read up on the modern ghost town in any number of places. So here I'll share my photos and feelings of the place.
Centralia is an unassuming grid of overgrown streets tucked between the Pennsylvania hills. When I …
more ...A life full of activity is a fulfilling one. So the saying doesn't go. I made it up. And now that I have a car in the City of Steel I can fill my days with activities beyond food festivals and coffee shops. Here is a list of adventures now …
more ...I'm writing this post several months from when I visited Chaco Canyon. I visited Chaco Canyon in the first week of February on my drive up from Albuquerque to Monitcello. This was a beautiful drive.
I was listening to Brave New World as I passed valley and mountain. It just …
more ...Here are some photos from Redwoods National and State Parks, an hour and a half north of Eureka, CA.
A storm rolled in before I left Apple Valley.
One thing the West has that the East doesn't is independent drive-thru restaurants and beverage stands. Ever since New Mexico I've been seeing coffee trucks and smoothie wagons. I've also seen a good number of drive-thru Mexican restaurants. All of them …
more ...We headed out for a casual day of hiking in the Kanab region. We visited the Toadstools Hoodoos, the Belly of the Dragon, and Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park.
The first is a short hike, with just a few cool rock formations. I was really hoping for more of …
more ...I traveled to Bryce Canyon the 21st of February. I don't have much to say right now so here are some photos.
We went on a hike down into the canyon. It was pretty icy. Here you can see some wonderful colors between the red stone and the white snow …
more ...Friday evening we stepped out to take in the foggy full-moon. I'm not one for superstition but the previous full moon claimed SOPHIE, this one was to claim its own victim, albeit mechanical. Unsuspecting, we spent a good half-hour watching the local cats play tag in the moonlight.
The …
more ...I woke up today in Carlsbad, NM. I was to drive west through the Lincoln national forest and across the Sacramento mountains. I began the day late since I was waiting for my Airbnb's dryer to finish its task.
So I headed out to La Patrona to grab a breakfast …
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