Wild Wanderings

Otherwordly is an apt description of White Sands National Park. Happily, it is one of the few National Parks that allow dogs, so we had a...

Well, we did end up hiking up Dog Canyon, but only a four-mile round trip outing. It was quite beautiful - and almost completely...

The desert songbirds were already in full chorus when we woke in our little tent around 7 AM. I hoofed it up to the comfort station to...

The speed limit on I-10 in west Texas is 80 MPH, but we inched our way along the westbound lanes at about 25 to 30 MPH, as ice and fog(?)...

You know the phrase "the best laid plans of mice and men"? Well, our plans have been subject to several changes due to trying to avoid...

The best sign seen on the trip so far: CONTROLLED CLIMATE WEDDINGS | WILD HOG HUNTS - at the same location. Yep, that's right, we're in...

What a long day! Another car-related challenge - a shimmy/wobble in the front of the car making us fear for our lives on the highway,...

The best part of today for me came at 2 in the morning. We were all jammed into the back of the Kia Niro, pretending to sleep. As I lay...

Let me start by saying that it amazes me that we left on a two-month road trip with nary a thought about making sure our car was ready...