Petrified Forest National Park and the adjoining Painted Desert in northeastern Arizona was one of my favorite stops of the summer. To me, Arizona has some of the most gorgeous landscapes in the U.S., and we had a perfect day to visit Petrified Forest National Park. […]
Monthly Archives: September 2013
My husband loves the television series “Breaking Bad.” He managed to find a way to watch it every week throughout the end of its final season this summer, even though we were driving cross-country. Personally, I prefer happy TV shows, which Breaking Bad is not. But when Dave requested that we stop in Albuquerque to hunt […]
What do you do when you’re driving through New Mexico and you see signs for a missile range? You follow them, of course. It was August 17th when Dave and I crossed the state border between Texas and New Mexico. A colleague’s Twitter suggestion was leading us in the direction of White Sands National Monument, […]
“Don’t Mess with Texas” may be an anti-littering campaign slogan, but it serves well as a state motto. In fact, until my first trip to Texas in 2009, I thought it was a state motto. It sums up both the people and the land of Texas quite well. After having a fantastic time in Houston, Dave […]
Dave and I are starting to develop a standard line of commentary for each large city we visit this summer. “There are so many things to do.” “We’re not used to all these restaurant choices.” “I love that you can walk so many places.” “This is so much more multi-cultural than we’re used to.” “When […]
Journalist On the Run 