Category Archives: travel
Westward Ho! Manitou Springs
June 17-20, 2023 | Photo Album Manitou Springs, Colorado is a two-hour drive north on Interstate 25 from Trinidad. Our journey was enlivened by storms. We zipped through Walsenburg, where we have stopped and stayed a few times over the … Continue reading
Westward Ho! Trinidad
June 16-17, 2023 | Photo Album There are two roads from Santa Fe to Taos. Each begins in Española, a 30-minute drive north of Santa Fe. The high road is more scenic, winding through the Sangre De Cristo mountains for … Continue reading
Westward Ho! Santa Fe
June 13-16, 2023 | Photo Album We arrived in Santa Fe and checked into the Casita Bonita studio guesthouse at the Santa Fe Motel & Inn. We always enjoy our stays there, although on our next visit I will try … Continue reading
Westward Ho! Amarillo
June 12-13, 2023 | Photo Album Wendy and I head west each summer for a vacation. We timed this year’s outing so that we could rendezvous with friends in Manitou Springs, Colorado. That led us to revisit Santa Fe, New … Continue reading
Route 66 versus I-44
I grew up in Oklahoma City, and when I was little my parents purchased a cabin on Table Rock Lake in the Ozarks of far southwestern Missouri. That second home was the destination for most of our vacations from 1968 … Continue reading














