Travel experiences, memories and stories about exploring this great planet of ours

I recently traveled to Chicago for a long weekend because, well, it’s the closest cool big city to where I live and it only takes an hour to get there by air. Of course we wandered the Magnificent Mile, visited Marshall Fields, took in the view from the Hancock Observatory, stared in awe at the [...]

I don’t know why we went to Southfork. Some girlfriends and I recently spent a long weekend in the Dallas area, and one of my girls really wanted to go see Southfork, the ranch made famous by the television show “Dallas” (you can see it online here). It costs $8.95 to tour the ranch. Visitors [...]

In retrospect, it’s probably a bad idea to expect much out of a zoo in the summertime. I mean, the animals are as hot as the humans. They want to be lounging in whatever speck of shade their caged homes provide, and doing as little as possible besides. But a recent visit to the Tulsa [...]

My hometown celebrates spring and fall with street festivals (Springfest and Autumnfest, respectively, because we’re really creative here). Springfest is coming up this weekend, and I can’t wait to stroll the Farmer’s Market, see the hippies, wander through the booths, take in some belly dancing, maybe some kids doing karate, and look at some cool [...]

I love spring. There’s just something about the slow reawakening of the world that makes me want to get outside and enjoy it. Where I live, the winter wasn’t bad at all this year: two very easy snowstorms that didn’t cause any problems. We were lucky. And now the world is in bloom again and [...]