Nov 7, 2016 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips, Retired Doug Roadtrips
From Santa Fe, it’s back on the road to Moab, Grand Canyon and Zion national parks. At Montecello I find another roadside attraction with a fantastic boutique ice cream parlor. Screech! On Doctor’s orders (mine), I sooth my sore throat with big dollop...Oct 26, 2016 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips, Retired Doug Roadtrips
An early fall morning in Jackson Hole gives me pause…it’s time to head south in the Ranger-Doug-Mobile, my 1948 (serial #3) Airstream. The annual American Dental Association is in Denver this year and even though I’m retired, off I go to hear the...Sep 24, 2016 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips, Retired Doug Roadtrips
I decide to climb Mt. Lassen with an old friend Rich, who like me, just turned 70. Rich (on right) just retired from UC Berkeley where he was Dean of Chemistry. Joining us are two colleagues, Ezra and Leila. And off we go! 2500 feet later, we’re on the summit...Sep 23, 2016 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips, Retired Doug Roadtrips
Once again, I leave Jackson, Wyo. threading my way south through Flaming Gorge, and out onto the Colorado Plateau. First stop is the “Wall of Bones” in Dinosaur National Monument. We’ve done a bang-up job with our WPA-style poster design here. At...Mar 26, 2016 | Ranger Doug Roadtrips, Retired Doug Roadtrips
Next stop on my tour is………Graceland! I’m so close driving through Memphis that this is one place I can’t resist. Since I just spent $33 on a hot bath in Hot Springs Arkansas, I’m ready to get fleeced again! But, let’s camp...May 11, 2014 | Retired Doug Roadtrips
Our last stop on our 5 months overseas is Portugal. We rent a car in Seville Spain and drive 2 1/2 hours to Lagos on the SW coast. The coast of Portugal is serrated by folded sedimentary rocks once connected to the Grand Banks Newfoundland. This is wild place during...