All the hallmarks of a Cascade Mountain pass, but with a southern flavor and a spice of autumn. The hallmarks are, from west to east: lush foothills, dense forests, signature…

This is a bigger part of the country than I remembered. I always had the idea the Great Plains took up most of the land area of the U.S., but…

The Salton Sea is always described as a monumental engineer’s mistake. Over a hundred years ago, somebody accidentally diverted all of the Colorado River into a dry basin in California.…

This is to be a welcome vacation… …but first I got some help getting clarity on what I needed a vacation from. Call it corruption. Awoke this morning pretty cold,…