What I’ve learned from being on the Road One Month

We are a bit over one month into our Road Trip. Here are some things I’ve learned First, I am hella privileged.  This trip is made easier and indeed possible by these privileges.  I’m healthy.  My partner is healthy.  We are both white.  I am traveling...
Santa Fe to the A’s in Texas

Santa Fe to the A’s in Texas

We left Santa Fe on Monday, arriving in Austin Wednesday afternoon, a trip of 668 miles in three days. We stopped at Amarillo, lunched in Lubbock, stopped at Abilene (which I now know how to spell, since I had to look up lodgings online), then on to Austin, where will...

Santa Fe

Ahhhhh, back in the homeland. I grew up in Denver, and the even though there’s 400 miles between here and there, the high desert and the culture is so very familiar. Santa Fe has it’s own charm, but I find myself going, “Oh, yeah, I remember...

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Everything they say about Spring Training is true.  The stadium is small and easy to navigate.  You don’t have to fight crowds, you’re really close to the field, you can see the players, there are lots of fly balls, the games are more interesting because...

The Hidden Canyon

Driving along the road to the first outlook, I wondered if we were on the right road. The landscape to the left and right of the road looked the same — low level sagebrush.  Yet when we pulled into the first overlook: BAM! The Canyon is at the center of the...