New Mexican Beauty

It’s a hard thing for me to come through here without going back and feeling like a kid traveling to North Carolina rather than from it.  Before we moved, I had lived in Arizona for over 10 years but had traveled across country to visit NC several time which is when we fell in love […]

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AZ Trip Update: The Plains

Image is of Old 66 abandoned building at Exit 0 (scary) off the I-40 After eating my hotel breakfast yesterday, we hit the road again and drove through the sea of grass known as the Great Plains.  I have always loved the wide open spaces and I love to imagine what it would be like […]

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Every River I Cross

I am typing this at around 2:15 am this morning, Thursday from my hotel room in Amarillo, Texas.  Yesterday I crossed the mighty Mississippi River!  Before steel bridges which came in the late 1800s, people had to literally cross the river by raft, ferry, or by just simply trying to swim themselves and their possessions […]

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The Rite of Spring

Picture is of Sedona, Arizona. Alright, why is there no WiFi!!? Sorry guys, my house is being renovated and we have been staying at a place with no internet connection. Tomorrow night I am leaving for Arizona and my first stop will be Memphis, Tennessee. We are taking I-40 from Asheville, North Carolina (my home) […]

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