One Very Scary Road In Utah

A Short Story Utah’s Hogsback on Route 12 (some spell it Hogs BacK) Several years ago we spent a couple of weeks checking off items on our bucket list in the National Parks of Utah. We rented a car in Salt Lake City, toured the parks and dropped off the car in Las Vegas. OneContinue reading “One Very Scary Road In Utah”

Riding To The North Pole With Santa On A City Bus

Photographed in North Pole Alaska with some help from AI

Zippo Lighters In Vietnam…

Back To Vietnam As A Tourist While I was in the Navy in the 60s I spent some time in Vietnam and I wasn’t any happier being there than the Vietnamese were happy having me there. The politics of the Vietnam war were very divisive in America at the time and brought out a lotContinue reading “Zippo Lighters In Vietnam…”

Favorite Places And A Few Stories

From special destinations to odd stories and unusual encounters Come Along And Join Us Sure – we understand that the last thing you want to do is add another email to your list of subscriptions, but give us a chance. We won’t spam you or sell your information and we promise we will work hardContinue reading “Favorite Places And A Few Stories”

A Journey Through the Doux Gorges in France on A Historic Steam Train

Take the Tournon Lamastre Steam Railroad back in time and through some of the most rugged landscapes in all of France. Going Back In Time In southeastern France in the Rhone valley you’ll find the Tournon Lamastre Steam Railroad line. It features open-air cars (in the warm months), beautifully restored old steam engines and incredibleContinue reading “A Journey Through the Doux Gorges in France on A Historic Steam Train”

The Running of the 4 Minute Louvre: A 1965 American In Paris Adventure

The photo above is actually an AI recreation of the park under Sacre Coeur in 1965 – it did captured the spirit of the times pretty well with the Brit and American rockers but overlooked the Algerian kids that were also there in large numbers! Shortly after graduating high school the summer of 1965 foundContinue reading “The Running of the 4 Minute Louvre: A 1965 American In Paris Adventure”