Author: asiwentwalking

Speeding in Arizona

outside WinslowArizonaMay  2018 As you may realize by now, the police keep a constant watch on Lisa when she is driving.  I have been her passenger too numerous times to count when an officer has pulled her over.  She moves fast, but they’re on to her. This time we’re on Arizona Highway 87 traveling north,… Continue reading Speeding in Arizona

The Hills are Alive

Mount RogersVirginiaJuly  2011 We start up the Susan Spillane Trail off the A T to the summit of Mount Rogers.  Our trail is thick with balsam fir trees, so many that the place was once named Balsam Mountain.  At that time, a geologist/physicist/professor at the University of Virginia was awarded the title of the state’s… Continue reading The Hills are Alive

New England Seasons

VermontAugust  2013 Our weather today is pleasant, comfortable, delightful even.  We have wispy clouds, reasonably warm temperatures.  It’s August, it’s summer, one of New England’s seasons.  Summer is followed by autumn, of course, and then by stick season.  When Earth is on the other side of the sun, spring for most, New England experiences mud… Continue reading New England Seasons

One Night a Cabin

Red RockPennsylvaniaOctober  2000 One night, we stay in a two-room cabin in Red Rock, Pennsylvania, just south of the natural wetlands, old growth forest and great variety of waterfalls at Ricketts Glen State Park.  We stay in this cabin because last night, when we camped out, my toothpaste froze solid. We walk into the office… Continue reading One Night a Cabin

Thixotropy

Shake and shakeThe catsup bottle.None will come,And then a lot’ll. — Richard Armour (1906 – 1989)

Sunflower

GoodlandKansasMarch  2013 Eighteen miles past Kanorado, at Goodland, Kansas, stand the largest sunflowers one is ever likely to see.  We are in the car, without directions, but if this flora is as big as I’ve heard it is, we’ll have no trouble finding it.  Yep, here we are, next to Bubba’s Meat Block and Bill’s… Continue reading Sunflower

Kit Carson

Wheeler PeakNew MexicoJuly  2013 In order to hike to Wheeler Peak, the highest point in New Mexico, we must first walk in the Carson National Forest.  These woodlands were named for Christopher Houston Carson, better known as “Kit Carson.” Lisa hears Kit Carson and thinks of a PTA mom.  I think Kit Carson sounds like… Continue reading Kit Carson

Royal Gorge Bridge

Cañon CityColoradoJune  2018 If you want, or if Lisa encourages you, you can walk across a bridge that is 955 feet high.  That is, 955 feet of air below you.  If your hat were to blow off, or if you dropped your book of Chaucer poems, it would take about nine seconds to get to… Continue reading Royal Gorge Bridge