Veterans

Curves in Life can bring pause, numbness, and questions

Curves in Life can bring pause, numbness, and questions

All around good guy, You will be missed Steve!

The Long Road Home

The Long Road Home

“What every one of us looks for, but damn few of us gets to see...is just what's over the far horizon.

 The trick is ... to know it when you see it, and an even bigger trick ... is to know what to do about it when you find it.” – From “Last of the Dogmen”

Oklahoma City – Revisited Part 2 - Twin Fountains RV Resort

Oklahoma City – Revisited Part 2 - Twin Fountains RV Resort

“We have been “Traveling Life’s Highways” (seeing America through the eyes of a veteran) over 23,000 miles around the United States and Canada.  For almost five months, we have stayed in over 100 RV resorts including: National Parks, KOA, Good Sam, and many mom and pop campgrounds.  Twin Fountains RV Resort is the best that we have found.”

Oklahoma City – Revisited – Part 1

Oklahoma City – Revisited – Part 1

Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma.  

Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger. - Brad Henry

Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park

“You can shake the sand from your shoes, but not from your soul.”

Sedona, Arizona

Sedona, Arizona

“Whatever path brought you here
There is a reason why you came,
Through you may not know it now.” 
― Ilchi Lee, The Call of Sedona: Journey of the Heart

Meteor Crater, Winslow, Arizona

Meteor Crater, Winslow, Arizona

“But to carve the Grand Canyon, Earth required millions of years.  To excavate Meteor Crater, the universe, using a sixty-thousand-ton asteroid traveling upward of twenty miles per second, required a fraction of a second.  No offense to Grand Canyon lovers, but for my money, Meteor Crater is the most amazing natural landmark in the world.” - Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Standin’ on the Corner” in Winslow, Arizona

“Standin’ on the Corner” in Winslow, Arizona

"Well, I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see.  It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me." - Eagles

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park

“The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself.  The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features.  Language and illustration combined must fail.” - John Wesley Powell

Horseshoe Bend

Horseshoe Bend

“Adventure is a path. Real adventure, self-determined, self-motivated, often risky, forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world” – Mark Jenkins

Lower Antelope Canyon

Lower Antelope Canyon

“The breathtaking beauty and splendor of Lower Antelope Canyon definitely cannot be captured in lenses or words.”

Viking Surprise Helicopter Serial Number 64-13670

Viking Surprise Helicopter Serial Number 64-13670

“If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land and save your life.”

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Angel Fire, New Mexico

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Angel Fire, New Mexico

“When sons or daughters die in battle, parents are confronted with the choice of what they will do to honor the courage and sacrifice of that son or daughter.” – Doc Westphall

Tar Pit & Geronimo’s Bluff

Tar Pit & Geronimo’s Bluff

“I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven’t seen, how much I’m not going to see, and how much I still need to see.” – Carew Papritz

Military Park Vietnam War Memorial “Brothers in Arms” Monument

Military Park Vietnam War Memorial “Brothers in Arms” Monument

“Travel has a way of stretching the mind.”

Memorial Day 2018

Memorial Day 2018

“I asked for all things that I might enjoy life,
I was given life that I might enjoy all things.”

Six Weeks on the Road and Feeling Fine!

Six Weeks on the Road and Feeling Fine!

“Traveling makes one modest — you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”
— Gustave Flaubert / Flaubert in Egypt (1849)

A Brotherhood from Innocent Days Gone By

A Brotherhood from Innocent Days Gone By

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”