Alan on October 11th, 2011

Words can hardly describe the beauty of the Grand Canyon and pictures barley do it justice. Many visitors to the Grand Canyon National Park never visit the north rim because it is remote and although it is just 10 miles by air from the south rim, it is a 220 mile drive by car. And […]

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Alan on October 10th, 2011

In planning our trip to the South West in October I knew we would be encountering some chilly, if not downright cold weather. Thus bringing along headgear was a must. Just a week or so before we left my dear friend Keo began a project called Handmade for Bibles. Her first project is handcrafted head […]

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Alan on October 10th, 2011

Mesa Verde National Park is an experience you don’t want to miss. This park was on our way to Marble Canyon, our final destination this past Wednesday resulting in having very limited time to explore it. Make sure you don’t do what we did. We planned 3 hours at the park and spent 4 ½. […]

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Alan on October 10th, 2011

In planning our trip to the southwest we considered some safety tips but really did not know some of the more practical things until we arrived and got some safety training from locals. What we learned is crucial information about maintaining health and welfare in traveling to higher elevations like the mountains of Colorado and […]

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Alan on October 6th, 2011

Thursday Sept 29th was the third day in our great trip west. In 2 1/2 days we made it from Florida to Mid Kansas. Hays, Kansas to be exact. All the reports received from friends traveling through Kansas were rather negative: get prepared, psych yourself up because it is a long trip and it’s boring. […]

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