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“Frisky” Buffalo In Our Tent Camp
The Happy Couple Terri and I are avid campers and have been since our university days. We’ve camped from coast to coast and border to border. Before we got our tiny popup last summer, we were tent...
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Bemidji’s Big Boy and Blue Bovine
Bemidji (which is the Ojibwe word meaning “frozen brass monkey”) is located in northern Minnesota, and sits quietly on the beautiful and placid lake of the same name. For reverse snowbirds like us, it...
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A Root Beer River and Cyan Sea
For heat-seared Southerners searching for a respite, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is a wonderful place in summer. Temperatures that probably scorch cold-hardened Yoopers (residents of the UP – as in...
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Into the Heartland: 10 Links You’ll Love
As part of our “Slice of Americana Series” every Saturday in July we’re sharing fascinating links to some great bloggers who write about their lives and adventures in the USA. Last weekend we traveled...
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Roadside Americana: Sleep in A Wigwam!
While we love international travel, living in the US provides the opportunity to explore 3.8 million square miles and an amazing array of destinations. In addition to the famous spots and landmarks,...
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MoonPie Over Mobile
Photo courtesy of City of Mobile We’ve received so many questions about MoonPies – “What are they? How do they taste? Where can I get one?” So, back by popular demand is our ode to that delicious...
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Living Off the Grid in the Okefenokee Swamp
The Okefenokee Swamp was strangely silent last Saturday. The only sound was a pinecone dropping from a towering conifer, first snagging in the filmy Spanish moss, then ricocheting off the tin roof...
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Into the East: 10 Links You’ll Love
As part of our “Slice of Americana Series,” every Saturday in July we’ve been sharing links to fellow bloggers who write about their lives and adventures in the USA. This week we’ll wrap up the series...
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Steppin’ Out: The Charleston Hat Ladies’ Promenade
Some will say that hats are about function; they keep your head warm in winter, cool in summer, or protected from falling objects. There are religious hats that inspire reverence, and police hats that...
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And Then the Museum Docent Said, “But Have You Been to the Nudist Camp?”
Today we’re wrapping up our July “Slice of Americana Series,” highlighting fascinating posts from all 50 states + Washington DC! We’ve enjoyed your smart comments, and thank all the talented bloggers...
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Explosion-Proof Baby Incubator? Good Technology – Worst Product Name in History
Is it just me, or does this look more like an oven than a maternity ward incubator? Explosion Proof? Really? I’m sure that in 1955 new parents were comforted by this technology. Anything that helps...
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Happy Independence Day! Or If You Prefer – Amexit
“You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family...
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The End of The Trail: Hamburg Place Horse Cemetery
Shopping centers all across America have the same homogeneous mix of big-box and trendy fashion stores, but their marketing departments would have you believe that their mall is unique. However, in...
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Chasing Summer: Off the Beaten Path in America
Do you recognize this two thousand year-old Mayan temple from Mexico’s northern Yucatan? We wouldn’t think so, because it isn’t Mayan, and certainly isn’t in Mexico. This way-off-the-beaten-track ruin...
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“Frisky” Buffalo In Our Tent Camp
Terri and I are avid campers and have been since our university days. We’ve camped from coast to coast and border to border. Before we got our tiny popup last summer, we were tent campers. Sleeping in...
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Queen of the Gypsies: Long May She Reign
Want to see the graves of Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, and Charles Darwin? Then it’s off to London’s Westminster Abbey. Have a hankering to visit the final resting place of Kelly Mitchell, aka...
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Roadside Americana: Read Between The Signs
Your probably aren’t aware of it, but your sartorial life would be very different if it weren’t for the small town of Meadville in the northwest corner of Pennsylvania. For it was here that, in the...
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Lemons to Lemonade: Biloxi’s Tree Art
After days of destruction, Hurricane Harvey continues its path into the heartland of America. Authorities are calling the destruction and flooding in Houston and along the Texas coast some of the worst...
View ArticleJet Lag and the Hula Lesson
It seems the only way to fly (cheaply) from Sydney, Australia to Honolulu, Hawaii is to fly through the night. Sigh. And this grueling, multi-time zone flight guarantees two things: a wicked case of...
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