Amber waves of grain, fruited plain, extra humidity, extra nice people, extra gravy. Nothing like the heartland to give you a extra helping of just about everything. At the core of this country is the foundation on which a good portion of our values, our economics, our diets; perhaps even our sense of identity originates. [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2008 by dianagene
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If you haven’t had the chance to go there, it is hard to relay how big Texas really is. Suffice it to say, she’s a biggie. So in the mere week and half that we had to see the lone star state, we didn’t get to see very much of it. However, the bits we [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2008 by dianagene
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We don’t know who Carl is or where he is. We looked for him for a while….
He wasn’t in jail and he wasn’t in the TeePee (or we hope he wasn’t)
But we did find a great big cavern.
We had our flashlights, so we went inside.
But, we didn’t find Carl, ………………………….
however, the cave was full [...]
Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by dianagene
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and….. they are among us……
Where is the Border Patrol when you need them?
Posted on July 16th, 2008 by dianagene
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Heading south from Colorado, we decide to take the”Scenic Highway” on our way to Sante Fe. The “scene” would take us through tranquil farmland with quaint houses and barns so obviously homes to the lucky few who could speed with familiarity down this two lane twisting road. The pastures would be green and lush as [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2008 by dianagene
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Whenever we get to spend time with our cousins, Steve and Marcy who spent most of their careers in real estate, we get to see lovely homes and properties. This pride in home and abode is a long held American value. Having just sold our house as part of becoming rootless, it seems the trip [...]
Posted on July 13th, 2008 by dianagene
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We got sucked back into Utah on our way from Nebraska to New Mexico. We really needed to visits the other worldly natural rock formations of Arches National Park http://www.nps.gov/arch/ and Canyonlands National Park http://www.nps.gov/cany/ both found in eastern Utah.
My-oh-my-O! These places are EXTREME! So we became mildly extreme (oxymormon time) ourselves and took way [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2008 by dianagene
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Running coast to coast like several other Interstate System highways, I-80 is the highway that runs through the middle of the United States and therefore offers the rich center of what this country offers. We toured Nevada to Nebraska; neophyte to nature. It is truly amazing.
(try clicking on the photo if you want to see [...]
Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by dianagene
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