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Checking out Milwaukee’s Harley-Davidson Museum

One of the downright coolest things to do in Milwaukee is tour the Harley-Davidson Museum. And this is coming from a guy who is in no way shape or form in the slightest bit a gear head. About the best thing I know about anything mechanical is to take it into a mechanic when it […]

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Lake Superior’s Coastline

Lake Superior is as large as the state of Maine, and has more than 1,826 miles of rugged shoreline – the approximate distance from Duluth, MN to Miami, FL.

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Hiking at Red Rocks

I’ve lived in Colorado for thirteen years, but not once have I gone hiking at Red Rocks. I’ve done the stairs bunches of times. I’ve even hit the trails at nearby Matthews / Winters Park. But not once have I gone hiking at Red Rocks. Why not? Good question. Probably because of all of the […]

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Driving Yellowstone’s South Loop

The north loop, which I wrote about last week, certainly has a lot of great things to see in Yellowstone National Park. But if you only have one day, then the south loop is where you want to spend it. If you have two days, which should be the bare minimum to see the park, […]

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Taking A River Thames Cruise

Taking a River Thames Cruise under the London Eye.

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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

By an odd chance I came across an excerpt from Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, the 1975 Pulitzer Prize winner in non-fiction. The selection I read, an opening section from the book, was nothing special in my opinion; to be quite frank, I didn’t like it compared to many other wonderful things I was […]

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