Cities

Whipping Wind City

Sheric April 10, 2022May 8, 2023 Cities, Journeys, Post-COVID Shutdown 2022, State

Corpus Christi’s tourism slogan is Sparkling City by the Sea. If that is true and the city is indeed sparkling, it might be because it has been sand blasted clean. After spending 4 days in constant high wind, we propose

Imagine Sitting

Sheric April 4, 2022May 8, 2023 Cities, Fam Camps, Journeys, NAS New Orleans, New Orleans, Post-COVID Shutdown 2022

When are you too old to attend a concert? We’re not talking about a concert at a symphony hall where a patronly usher escorts you to your comfortable velvet seat and everyone around you sits and listens quietly when the

Final Four Frenzy

Sheric April 3, 2022May 8, 2023 Cities, Fam Camps, Journeys, Louisiana, NAS New Orleans, New Orleans, Post-COVID Shutdown 2022, State

March Madness brings April Badassness in the City of New Orleans, dominated by frats and alums, decked out in team colors, partaking in every debauchery the voodoo city can conjour. You’re more likely to find us hiking a coalwash or

Trippin’ through Taos

Sheric September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Cities, Colorado, Cross Country During COVID 2020, Journeys, National Parks, New Mexico, State, Taos

Taos, New Mexico is a high desert arts community in the foothills of the Carson National Forest below the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. A four season destination, Taos is the temperate hub to access Rio Grande water sports, Rocky Mountain

True Grit at Great Sand Dunes National Park

Sheric September 5, 2020September 5, 2020 Cities, Colorado, Cross Country During COVID 2020, Great Sand Dunes, Journeys, National Parks, New Mexico, State, Taos

If you’re thinking Sand Dune, you might be thinking long-ass walk to the beach or riding a camel while wearing a white robe and Aladdin headwrap. At Great Sand Dunes in central Colorado it’s neither. A prevailing westerly wind whips

Taos, Soul of the Southwest

Sheric August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Cities, Cross Country During COVID 2020, Fam Camps, Journeys, New Mexico, State, Taos, Warren, Wyoming

From Yellowstone to Grand Teton to the Whiskey Basin of Dubois, western Wyoming is a place we could disappear for awhile. Like Washington state. We pulled off the quick get- to-Taos trip with loose plans versus reservations. If we were

Puttin’ on the Ritz

Sheric August 21, 2020August 27, 2020 Cross Country During COVID 2020, Small Town America, State, Washington

We left Wednesday morning with the Channeled Scablands in our sights – a 225 mile return to eastern Washington’s Coulee City, maybe play 9 holes at The Vic or take a dip in Baker Lake for old times sake. Ten

Washington Wrap-up, No Lie!

Sheric August 18, 2020August 27, 2020 Cities, Cross Country During COVID 2020, Fam Camps, Lewis-McChord, Mount Rainier, National Parks, North Cascades, Olympic, State, Tacoma, Washington

Washington’s Badlands It’s been almost two months exploring the Evergreen State, showing up at the Grand Coulee Dam on June 22nd where we discovered the Badlands of eastern Washington. Sunny, dry and 70 degrees, it was a long sleeved hiking,

We Get Around, Tacoma

Sheric August 15, 2020August 27, 2020 Cities, Cross Country During COVID 2020, Fam Camps, Lewis-McChord, State, Tacoma, Washington

Sometimes you gotta get out of the rainforest, off the beach, down from the mountain and get some urban livin’. Nine miles southwest of Joint Base is downtown Tacoma, home of world renown glass artist Dale Chihuly and launching pad

All Cheer Mt Rainier

Sheric July 25, 2020August 27, 2020 Cities, Cross Country During COVID 2020, Fam Camps, Lewis-McChord, Mount Rainier, National Parks, State, Tacoma, Washington

Carlsbad has its under-otherworldly caverns, Bryce has its spooky hoodoos, Arches has its, well, arches but Rainier doesn’t Have, Rainier IS. Rainier is omnipresent. Whether its lurking in the clouds, looming behind the fog or lighting up the city, Rainier

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