2/14/16 • Written by Julianne What a glorious year to visit Death Valley. This photo is of Desert Gold carpeting the gravely ground in the lowest elevation of the valley near Badwater. SuperbloomThis is the beginning of a Superbloom, something that happens every 10 years or so. As we visit, the blooms are just starting […]

Julianne and I are carrying on our project of traveling by car in a great circle from Detroit to Seattle. So far, we enjoyed Christmas in New Orleans, then booked it across western Louisiana, southern Texas, and southern New Mexico. To Arizona where we stayed a month in Tubac and Tuscon, then up to Jerome […]

2/9/16 • Written by Julianne Who goes to the Grand Canyon and writes a blog about the design of the dining room? Well it is winter: dark, cold. But pretty wonderful here nevertheless. Stunning scenery, clear days. Grand Canyon is more beautiful than the many well-published photos. The photo above is our view from the […]