Archive for May 2015
Utah’s Mystic Mike
Harry and I said goodbye to Boulder and pointed the Bug west along Route 70 into Utah’s hilly desert. Beside the road, bulbous outcroppings grew from treeless hills looking very much like the crusty flesh of giant warts. In the distance ochre mountains stood bare and wind sculpted. Atop buttes, stony crowns laced by wind…
Read MoreWall Street, Boulder Style
In 1972 I bought my first ten-speed bike at a shop in Boulder. There are nothing but mountains around Boulder, but I had gotten into shape hiking with my boyfriend Rick for the previous weeks and thought I was ready to roll on two wheels. We didn’t wear helmets in those days, and I had…
Read MoreClayton, New Mexico ~ Where the deer and the dinosaurs play
To avoid the metropolis of Albuquerque on our way to Boulder, we took a shortcut through the farthest northeast corner of New Mexico. I’ve always wanted to see a bit of New Mexico, and a bit is all I got when we stopped in the tiny town of Clayton New Mexico calls itself “The Land of Enchantment,”…
Read MoreCadillac Ranch
“We have to go to Amarillo,” I told Harry. “Why Amarillo?” he asked. “Cadillac Ranch, of course.” I’m not sure what my fascination has been with Cadillac Ranch, but since I first heard of the art installation years ago, I’ve been longing to see it in person. It’s not about the Bruce Springsteen song from…
Read MoreOklahoma City (the German version)
So far on our March Bug Trip we had encountered a snowstorm, sleet, freezing fog, and a chill that required layering on as much fleece as I’d packed. By the time we approached Oklahoma City, I was ready to uncork a bottle of wine and sit by a fire. The Oklahoma capital spreads miles from…
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