In them thar hills we found riches indeed. Spent the night at a camp called Ochoco Divide, at about 4,700 feet, and this morning it was cool enough that a…

I don’t think Janet and I are cool in Virginia. After a pleasant drive up the Shenandoah Valley, I thought we might cut over and head east again, after first…

Or almost. The vivid and smoke-free skies of yore, yes, but now you can’t swim in Odell Lake, for heaven’s sake. And it had taken me some resolve to decide…

I apparently brake for books. Valentine, TX looks like a ghost town, but the sign said it had over 170 people. Nothing fronting the highway looked functional. Then I saw…