Category Archives: music
Kicks on 66, Day 3: Amarillo
June 30, 2014 Day 3 of our vacation was the last big leap westward, but before setting off down I-40 to Albuquerque we had a few places in Amarillo to see. I’ll admit I’ve never enjoyed the long haul from … Continue reading
Kicks on 66, Day 1: Cowboy Hall of Fame
June 28, 2014 Route 66 On the first day of our trip west, Wendy and I drove south to Tulsa to begin our journey westward along the modern replacements for historic Route 66, which originally ran almost 2,500 miles from … Continue reading
A Hot Time on Turkey Mountain
June 14, 2014 Wendy and I plan to hike during our trip to Santa Fe, NM in a few weeks. As it had been a month since we’d been out on a real hike, we decided to rectify the situation with … Continue reading
The Secret Sisters Take Me Down to Iuka, Mississippi
Wow! I first heard of Lydia and Laura Rogers, real-life sisters who grew up outside of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, via NPR. The song they wrote with Brandi Carlile, Black and Blue, is indeed reminescent of the Everly Brothers, and after sampling a … Continue reading
Walking the Katy in Cleveland
September 29, 2013 A week after the autumnal equinox, Wendy and I decided to take advantage of seasonal weather for our first out-of-town hike since we hiked in Colorado in mid-July. It rained three inches the day before, so I … Continue reading
Meador Manor 