Veronica James's Blog, page 112
August 14, 2020
Yellowstone – What a Gas Hole!
We continue our look at ways to travel during the Covid-19 pandemic with a look at Yellowstone. National Parks are a good way to enjoy a getaway while still keeping our social distance.Permanently set aside in 1872, Yellowstone is home to two-thirds of all the geysers in the world...
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August 6, 2020
Venturing through Ventura on California’s Gold Coast
As the virus continues wreaking havoc on travel almost everywhere, biking close to home seems to be one of the best alternatives. With that in mind we revisit this story from a few years ago about pedaling around our hometown.
Southern California is extremely bike friendly, but some places are friendlier than others....
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July 30, 2020
An Empty Nest Couples Tip: Do Something Completely New Together
Like most couples, we entered the empty nest phase of our lives pretty much the same way we entered the world, starry-eyed and clueless.An anxiety-inducing mixture of excitement and terror.
We had our big now what? moment and stumbled ahead, knowing that we had to do something to reconnect as the couple that fell in love all those years ago...
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July 24, 2020
Food for Thought: How Food Enhances Travel
An old adage says that you don't really know someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. We believe it is just as true that you don't really know a place until you eat a plate of its food.There is so much more to visiting a destination than seeing the sights. We try to immerse... CONTINUE READING >>
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July 15, 2020
Ever Wonder What’s at Woodstock Now?
Woodstock. The name instantly brings to mind a whole era to any of us who were old enough to listen to music when the concert happened. I didn't go to Woodstock, I saw the movie -- at a drive-in, no less – with my brother pretending to be my uncle guardian because it was rated R for showing muddy hippy-chick breasts... oh, and maybe that part where Country Joe led the crowd in a chant.
I may have been too young to get into an R movie forty years ago but I was old enough to know something big... CONTINUE READING >>
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July 11, 2020
Did Robert Johnson Really Make a Deal with the Devil?
We continue our series of social distance friendly travel ideas with a look at our trip along The Mississippi Blues Trail several years ago. Markers highlight the history of blues pioneers and stars from the delta to Chicago.
A young Robert Johnson was hanging around the locally renowned bluesman Son House and the elder musician told the kid he needed to do some serious practicing if he was going to be any good. Johnson disappeared for a while, when he returned House supposedly said that he must have made a deal the devil... CONTINUE READING >>
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July 6, 2020
Road Trip! Toolin’ Down Illinois’ Great River Road
Driving is a great way to travel and still maintain safe social distancing. With that in mind, here is another fantastic drive from a few years ago...The Mighty Mississippi in all of its glory - the history, the lore, the beauty and the quirkiness.
Join us as we head down the Great River Road with stops in beautiful, historic Galena, Wine Country (yup, there's wine in Illinois!), Moline, where David traces his roots (he's John Deere's g-g-g grandson!), amazing Nauvoo, and Quincy, where we meet the self-proclaimed "Nutroll Nazi." And that's just the... CONTINUE READING >>
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July 1, 2020
Picture This: The Petrified Forest
As we continue to seek out social distance friendly destinations the wide open spaces of Arizona offer an intriguing option... ancient, petrified trees!
When we heard forest, we expected large groups of upright trees. We felt kind of dumb. The petrified trees are all laying on the ground - alive with vibrant color - left there about 225 million years ago during the Late Triassic... CONTINUE READING >>
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June 27, 2020
On a Mission in San Antonio, Texas
We continue our look back at the best ways to travel while keeping our social distance, this time on bicycles.Seemed like we should learn more about Texas' second-largest city, so we had our mission, should we decide to accept it.
And mission is the right word. San Antonio wouldn't even exist if not for missions. The most famous being the Alamo... CONTINUE READING >>
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June 23, 2020
Utterly Unexpected Palo Duro Canyon
It isn't hard to keep your social distance out on the lone prairie, in fact it might be harder to find someone to get too close to. Still, there are some big surprises and here's one of the biggest! Out of nowhere the Texas prairie drops one thousand feet down into the second largest canyon in the United States. CONTINUE READING >>
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