Hawaii has been identified as the happiest state in the US and the most mentioned destination for those with bucket lists of places to visit. If you’ve always wanted to go, but think you can’t afford Hawaii, let it go! I have created this…

Our prickly pear cactus are loaded with beautiful ripe purple fruit. This summer bounty produce prickly pear juice and syrup to take us through the year.  This time of the year, I pick the fruit and juice it and then…

After returning home from our 2019 summer road trip, I feel like one of the luckiest women in the world to have such a peaceful, wonderful place to live. While all the travel is fun and exciting, when I am…

June 29, 2019- July 2 Days    21-24 No Miles                     Road Trip Pause in Chadron NE Slept at Bub’s Mom’s house The view each morning in Chadron begins with an…

June 28, 2019    Day     20         Miles         145            Begin    Deadwood, SD         To   Chadron, NE Roads Traveled SD 385 to…

Hawaii has been identified as the happiest state in the US and the most-mentioned destination for those with bucket lists of places to visit.  So… if you’d love to go but think you can’t afford Hawaii, get over it! It is possible to have…

For a perfect day trip from Tucson (or Phoenix), you’ll be delighted if you visit The Boyce Thompson Arbetoreum. Sitting on 392 acres of lush desert just south of the town of Superior, the trails and plantings were begun in…

What a lucky grandma I am! Lily and I are having lunch together once a month. She turned 17 last fall. Busy as a junior in high school and working at Panera, she is making time for us to spend…

Annually for the last 40 years, our whole family celebrates my son, Richard’s, birthday at Caruso’s in Tucson. A family restaurant, Caruso’s serves up the best Italian food in downtown Tucson. Affordably priced, with a vast selection of everything you…