A Bridge too Far
3 April 2020 One of the most popular hikes in Sedona is the 5.8 mile loop to Devil’s bridge, a natural bridge in the Red Rock State Park formed through years of erosion. Dean assured me that it was perfectly safe…
Roswell – the Ruth is out there
In 1947 a ‘weather balloon’ crashed near the town of Roswell in New Mexico and ever since the locals have been been making good money charging tourists to see alien memorabilia made out of local junk. In fact it is…
Hamilton Pools
Hamilton Pools in the Travis County near Austin has been described as the area’s ‘Best Kept Secret” and one of the state’s best swimming holes. Unfortunately the secret is out. Numbers of visitors are controlled and reservations - particularly in…
Houston Rodeo
Nothing creates a traffic jam quite like cowboys riding down the freeway, so when we saw police cars escorting a bunch of riders down interstate 59, we were curious to know what it was all about. As it turned out,…
Houston Space Centre
When you drive around Houston you can’t help but notice that Americans are very patriotic. If it is shaped like a pole, or in anyway pole like, they‘ll hang a flag on it. Sometimes two - a state flag and…