Very conveniently located on my new back-roads route from the Ranger Doug Intergalactic Headquarters in Seattle (my warehouse) to Tucson is Hood River, Oregon. And conveniently located in that town are two good friends whom I’ve known most of my adult...
Update 2/8/24: Here’s a story about ELDA by Robert Blum. Just received news that ELDA Castle, the Abercrombie & Fitch founder’s home built in 1927-35 was destroyed by fire:...
There is very little snow this year so both Yellowstone and Grand Teton are plowing roads a month early. I take advantage and walk the road for exercise. One of the most iconic places in the west–the Taggart Creek Corals and the Grand Teton–this time...
After my visit at the San Bruno NARA facilities (last post), I’m off to Jackson Wyoming, known to most as Jackson Hole, to commence rewriting my book. First thing I did, was to tear up last winter’s draft and start combing through the 1000 scans of the...
I left Kupreanof September 20 for Seattle on the ferry–another disaster which I’ll address in a separate Alaska Ferry Post soon. This time, I drove my new Toyota Tundra on board loaded with all sorts of tug stuff and two coolers of food/halibut, etc. And...
Cappadocia lies in central Turkey yet is surprisingly easy to access. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was a National Park until Erdogan pulled its park status, calling it an “economic development and tourism zone” or some such...