Bonneville Salt Flats
Salt surrounds us. It saturates the water and settles on the ground. You can smell it in the air. It has been bulldozed into mountains. Watching it all is the […]
New River Gorge, WV
A low fog blankets the dirt road, concealing the cabins and tents. It is midnight in West Virginia and I am in a fairy tale. Or possibly a horror story. […]
Creation Museum
I had heard about the Creation Museum and got such conflicting reports that I knew I had to see it before I died. So after the abandoned ship, we went to […]
Abandoned Ship
A story recently went viral about an abandoned ship in a creek off the Ohio River and I needed to see it. And after some research, I found it. The […]
Detroit Canals
The local paper in Michigan did a story about Detroit Canals. We’re only 40 minutes away so we decided to go on a Saturday in the afternoon. The article didn’t state […]
Zion National Park
I LOVE ZION NATIONAL PARK! This is the park by which I compare all other parks and every other one fails compared to here. I’ve been so many times because […]
Castro Street
Man, I wish I could have spent more time at The Castro. I was getting a tattoo in that district and spent most of my time inside a tattoo parlor. […]
Haight-Ashbury
Haight-Ashbury I felt like I had to go to Haight-Ashbury even though I had to walk quite a distance to get there. It was exactly what I expected. There was […]
Paxton Gate
I’d heard about this store that sells curios and oddities like they do in British detective movies set in the olden times. No creepy store owner, though. Just normal people. […]
Aquarium of the Bay
Aquarium of the Bay doesn’t make it into my top five favorite aquariums, mostly because of the hands on exhibit. Little kids touching the sea cucumbers and anemones and screaming […]
Pier 39
Pier 39 is home to the sea lions. There are floating docks that the sea lions sleep on. Despite there being several docks, they all seem to want to be […]
Fisherman’s Wharf
I decided to go to Fisherman’s Wharf on a Saturday when there would be a makeshift market. It was packed. You could buy just about anything there – it was […]
Alcatraz
I bought my tickets online and picked them up at the gate. The boat was fun but cold and windy. I definitely stayed outside and up front and it was […]
Palace of Fine Arts
I was wandering around San Francisco when I saw this beautiful pavilion. I was drawn to it. Turns out it is the Palace of Fine Arts. I walked along and […]
California Academy of Sciences
Um, this place is pretty cool. It is a natural history museum, planetarium, rainforest, aquarium, and zoo all wrapped in one. I learned a lot, but since I’m writing this […]
Exploratorium
I hated this place. Despite it being a hands-on museum, I was still overwhelmed by the amount of children that were there. Buses and buses and buses of them. They […]
Louise and Claire 