Last year we did our leaf peeping in Japan. The colors of the trees were amazing. No offense to the traditional sites in the Catskills, the Great Smoky Mountains, the Berkshires or Colorado but I daresay the Japan Alps may be the best leaf peeping venue in the world. Unfortunately, Max was required to stay... Continue Reading →
Earlier this month the Alpha Japanese Female (AJF) celebrated a birthday. She's not a big fan of birthdays; even less a fan of admitting that each one represents another year gone by. I tell her to relax and enjoy them. A year spent vertical is clearly better than the alternative. Besides, it gives me an... Continue Reading →
Lipstick stains have long been prima facie evidence of a wayward partner. Cliché. Some of you Ancient Ones will recall that in 1959, Connie Francis made bank singing her something less than immortal song “Lipstick On Your Collar.” Mock if you will but that tune sold over a million copies and what have you accomplished... Continue Reading →
Rocky Mountain National Park is our second favorite of the western US national parks behind the extraordinary Glacier NP which is on the America-Canada border at the top of Montana. We’ve been to Rocky Mountain National Park several times (Max has been there twice) and we are always ready to make a repeat visit. We entered... Continue Reading →
Max's recent road trip included a few days in Colorado, one of our favorite states. Although we had not specifically planned to visit Denver on this trip, we found ourselves in nearby Boulder CO and thought it would be fun to make a day trip to the "Mile High City." The AJF insisted on a... Continue Reading →
When we told Max we were taking another road trip he was less than enthused because he knew that the first couple of days would be a test of his endurance as we crossed through some of the harshest places in the country. No way to avoid it, road tripping across the vast swaths of... Continue Reading →
We left the Rancho in mid-morning and set our sights on St. George Utah. It’s a place we love and a place we lived from 2004 to 2010. St. George is red rock mountains and Mormons, weak beer and Paiute petroglyphs. It’s a town full of friendly folk and vistas that can sooth or exhaust... Continue Reading →
Max is heading out on a road trip! Starting tomorrow and for the next two weeks or so, he will be traveling into Cowboy Country on a journey that will cover a couple thousand miles. He's got his cowboy hat, his six-shooter, spurs, some chewin' tabaccky and a bad attitude bigger than he is. He's... Continue Reading →
The temps over the weekend were crushing. How hot was it? So hot the Jehovah's Witnesses were proselytizing by email So hot the bees took off their yellow jackets So hot my dress trousers became sweat pants. OK, enough with the :snorf: but here's proof of how hot it was. Fortunately, since then the... Continue Reading →
