Desert Things
The desert is full of weird things. I think that’s one of my favorite parts of the desert. How normal it is to stumble onto strange objects or structures in the middle of nowhere. This thing, we found in Bombay Beach at the Salton Sea. It’s an old airplane that got turned into an interesting […]
Unexpected Arizona
I thought Arizona would be flat, and mostly brown. I was wrong. We woke up early to begin the long drive to Tucson from Holbrook. I wasn’t really looking forward to it because I thought the landscape wouldn’t be very interesting. Around an hour into the drive is when we learned that Arizona has mountains. […]
Rocket Garden
NASA, and anything space related, especially vintage, is something we both really like. So a weekend trip to Florida to visit the space center at Cape Canaveral seemed like a good idea for our fifth anniversary. Neither of us had ever been before. It was the end of September, an escape to someplace tropical and warm […]
The First Time I Saw the Desert
I’d never seen the desert before, but I’ve always wanted to. It seemed like such an intriguing landscape, so different from the dense green rolling hills I was used to. Where palm trees weren’t a strange sight, and cactuses grew naturally. One day I discovered some cheap flights to Las Vegas, and suddenly a week […]
There are Dinosaurs in Holbrook
The little, almost ghost town, of Holbrook is off of the old route 66 in Arizona. We spent the night there in the Wigwams Motel and had fun exploring this old retro town on a cold and windy winter afternoon. I was surprised, and overjoyed to discover all of the dinosaur statues that are just hanging […]
An Antique Store in Detroit
Just outside the middle of downtown Detroit, in an old abandoned brick building just off of a main road, is the coolest antique store I’ve been to. It was a cold November day, right before Thanksgiving. We were spending the day wandering around my old homeland before heading to dinner at my brother’s house. We […]
Under the Blue Ridge Parkway
Driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway, we discovered a trail during a stop at an overlook. The trail weaved through and around giant boulders, and followed the path of the Blue Ridge Parkway, underneath the busy scenic road. This stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway road is the Linn Cove Viaduct, which wraps around the […]
Bearwallow Mountain
Weeks ago on our short trip to Asheville I was trying to decide on a hike to go on. My decision ended up being pretty easy when I read about one that mentioned the possibility of seeing some cows at the top of Bearwallow mountain. We took the 30 minute drive to Bearwallow mountain from […]
Monument Sunrise
Monument Valley was one of my favorite places on the Desert Trip. It was such a peaceful and calming place. We stayed at the only hotel around called The View hotel, which overlooks the giant rock formations. I woke up early to watch the sunrise, before we raced off to our next destination. There was some […]
Visiting My Family in Southfield Cemetery
The purpose of the Michigan trip last year was to visit family members. Live and Dead. My entire family on both sides is from Detroit Michigan. Almost all of them came straight to Detroit when they entered the country, and never left. There are so many of my relatives and ancestors that I never got […]