Alaska. From Juneau, I took a very noisy ride on an eight-seater plane to Gustavus, where I saw a porcupine walking the beach and another porcupine climbing a tree. Most of the time in Gustavus was spent riding on a…
Yearly Archives: 2023
Polar Park
Worcester, Massachusetts. It’s baseball season and one of my new favorite parks is the Polar Park. If you know Worcester, you are familiar with the inflatable polar bear that graces the sign for Polar on Route 291 as you go…
Posted in Found in the USA
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, covering eighty-two square miles in southwest Colorado. President Theodore Roosevelt signed legislation in 1906 designating this area as a National Park. It is packed with archaeological sites and beautiful desert…
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Red Shoes
I had a favorite pair of red shoes when I was six years old. They were red leather with a quarter inch heel. I wore them with the many dresses my mother had sewn for me. In my red shoes,…
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Cape Cross
The Cape Cross Seal Reserve lies on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast. I was on the Skelaton Coast! Now where did I stash my pirate ship? Cape Cross is home to a colony of Cape Fur Seals. Its name is derived from the…
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