Episode 1: A little mini-series on what to do in Las Vegas besides gambling – and there’s a lot! Containers have fascinated me for a long time. As a kid, a large, refrigerator-sized, cardboard box was a place of creativity
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Before I took that nasty fall in the campground a month ago, I planned on staying out here at Lake Mead for a few weeks, checking out the places I used to go and maybe finding some new ones. Now
Celia’s Rainbow Gardens ~ Quartzsite, AZ
Before I get too far away from Quartzsite, AZ, I want to tell you about Celia’s Rainbow Gardens. Celia was the daughter of Paul & Joanne Winer, who are Quartzsite residents, and in 1995, when she was 8-1/2 years old,
The Ocotillos are Blooming ~ and They’re Gorgeous!
One of my all-time favorite desert blooms is the ocotillo. Tall and reaching for the sky, the dead-looking branches fill up with little bright green leaves, and the tips sprout these gorgeous brilliant red flowers that stand out against the
Scenes from a Desert ~ Out Geocaching in Quartzsite, Arizona
A couple of weeks ago, over the period of a couple of days, I found thirty geocaches. (It’s not really as spectacular as it might sound – my all-time record in one day is 84, found in New Mexico at
Quartzsite in March ~ What to Do in an Almost-Ghost Town
If you’ve ever been to Quartzsite, Arizona, in any January, you would never recognize it today. The huge RV lots with hundreds of monster-sized high-dollar all-the-bells-and-whistles motor homes, trailers and fifth-wheels, are gone, empty asphalt slabs now in their place.
Let’s End This Accidental Hiatus
It’s been almost three months since I last posted anything I wrote. Oh yeah, there’s that Christmas message with the Christmas tree I designed on my iPhone, but I think that was just some attempt at convincing myself I was