So. We drove 10,439 miles from my driveway and back to my driveway. I made it home Sunday night, about midnight. Sunday morning, I tried to help mom with some computer stuff, got her a ticket for a flight to Boston (as if five weeks on the road isn’t enough!), which took a while cuz…

We are cozy in our little log cabin, with a fire going, and some wine. About 14 stops ago mom asked for a Chunky candy bar, and I haven’t seen one anywhere. Until tonight, when I went into the cannabis shop for some Christmas presents, and there it was, sitting among some other obscure candies.…

We’ve been trying to eat up the miles, but have had a few nice interludes. We left Elk City without exploring it, hoping to get to Little Rock quickly. The miles flew by until lunch time, when I pulled into Checotah, OK. There was a place called June’s, staffed by teenagers or twenty somethings, I…

We made it to Elk City, Oklahoma. The last three hours of driving were in the dark. We left the Earthship to go to the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, stopping at the Gorge on the way. There were many vendors in the parking lot, and I found a great, super soft, double sided Navaho…

Two days ago, in Phoenix, we saw Taliesin West, then Ian took us and his mom to Renata’s Hearth at the Biltmore. So yummy to eat, and quite yummy to see. The decor seemed designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and, indeed, the architect, Albert Chase McArthur had been a draftsman for Wright, and asked him…

From the sturdy flashiness of Zion, with its towering monolithic rocks, which you couldn’t imagine seeing everyday or your head would explode from the impressive beauty, to the noisy, bright flashiness of Vegas, with its constant ‘look at this’ lighting and noise. Getting to the hotel room was not straightforward. You are not allowed to…

The adobe city. Santa Fe is larger than I remember. We stayed at a hotel right in the central area. There was a pool, but it was outdoors. There was snow on the lounge chairs. Nope. We got our act together this morning and set out to the Georgia O’keefe museum. This town has tiny…

We began the day late, luxuriously sleeping in. We don’t have to move on to the next locale til tomorrow. After coffee made in my coffee maker, we headed over to the Chinati foundation. It was begun by Donald Judd when he moved to Marfa and found an abandoned army base. He joined forces with…

We made it to Houston. Good thing is we did laundry! Bad thing is we watched the election results. Until around 11:00. Each of us awoke in the wee hours (see what I did there?) and checked the progress, then went back to sleep covered by pillows. And Ice Cream, and bourbon, and mashed potatoes,…