Solo Travel and Living on the Road in a Skoolie
Throughout my travels over the last several months, I keep running into places that are stitched into the fabric of American identity as being hotspots for extraterrestrial activity. Aliens. One of the first places I passed through was Roswell, NM. In Roswell, they leaned hard into the rumors of alien spacecraft. The sign outside town…
The first time I saw Ouray Colorado, (pronounced Your-ray or You-ray) I was 18 years old. It was for my high school Senior Trip. In mid-May, Lower Cascade Falls was partially frozen, and in town, you could put a quarter into the telescope and watch people climb the ice. I have been back a few…
Cody, Wyoming is a destination for not only the gateway to Yellowstone National Park, but also to a curated version of the Old West, a tradition which was started by showman Buffalo Bill Cody himself at the turn of the last century and has continued today. If you are looking for things to do in…
With my first introduction to Ireland, I was determined to eat my way across this ancient land. I was on the search for places to eat in Dublin. Ask someone what they know about Irish food and they will probably tell you about corned beef and cabbage, green Budweiser, or a dozen brands of whiskey….
Heart Mountain rises not far from the outskirts of Cody, Wyoming, gateway to Yellowstone National Park and the self-proclaimed Rodeo Capital of the World. Not far away is what remains of a dark page in American history: the Heart Mountain Japanese Internment Camp. One of the few dilapidated buildings left over is an ominous tall…
As inevitable as pumpkin spice…everything, summer has become a smoldering bed of embers, a pale comparison to what it once was only a few weeks ago. In the morning, the dog bowl has iced over. The days are windy and the sound of leaves dancing across the road are the new music of the wind….