All Hail! The Arizona Renaissance Festival
For the past twelve years (give or take a year or two), I've been driving past the "Renaissance Festival" sign...
Month: February 2017
the Story of Solvang
Founded in 1911 by three Danish immigrants, the dream for a safe place to live and raise Danish families began....
alone on Ajo Mountain
Across the desolate highway is a dirt road with a faded sign that leads to Ajo Mountain. The wanderer...
Devils Tower
I feel deeply the change in the air the further I go into the Bear Lodge Mountains. The window is...
the last of the Badlands
Ancient spirits float on the howling wind, stealing your breath away in the badlands. You are powerless to fight it....
The Pickin’ in the Pines Festival 2016
For three glorious days up in the cool pines of Flagstaff, Arizona, you can hear some of the greatest bluegrass...
Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad
The train depot, built in 1896, is where I pick up my ticket before getting ready to board the train...
Snowmobiling in the San Juans
As the train slows to a stop in the mountain town of Rockwood, I spot the white van in the...
Pickin’ in the Pines – the camping experience
Just outside the town of Flagstaff, Arizona, there is a little festival that happens each year in September. People...
Monte Cristo
Back in the year 1889, an gent by the name of Joseph Pearsall discovered silver and gold in the South...
lost on the lost goldmine trail, but I’m alright…
Winter in Arizona is full of blue skies and temperatures in the seventies for the month of February, and that's...
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
When the sixteen year old guitar prodigy first came onto the airwaves, I was in my late twenties. I think...