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The best travel reveals the unexpected.  The unexpected inspires. I have been across the Rio Grande river several times since I moved out west.  And I was dismayed each time to find a trickle at best....damn up stream? So it was a surprise to find the Rio Grande Gorge State Park that offers hiking, and boating opportunities.   The view of the gorge from the second highest suspension bridge in the US was worth the side trip.And I am inspired to go back for hiking, camping and boating adventures.  OK maybe there is [...]

(favorite restaurant)Every adventure has some disappointments especially if you are willing to drive down dirt roads with high expectations and the knowledge that not everything works out as planned.We went down this road:And found this:When we had hoped to see the ranch and the tree that inspired this:The Lawrence Tree by Georgia O'Keeffe.This trip had so many favorites it is difficult to list them all here and each one needs a separate blog.  We found Georgia O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch if not the DH Lawrence Ranch.  The tour did not disappoint and we saw the [...]

Our trip began by fitting an upright vacuum cleaner into the small SUV along with luggage for three women who each needed clothing and shoes for warm or cool weather, shoes for all occasions, hiking to dining and in between.   Literally everything AND the vacume cleaner.First stop?  Gallup, NM not on the itinerary.  When you live in Chinle you drive one and a half hours to get your vacuum repaired.  Luckily Gallup was on the way.If travel is about learning I had already learned something new.  Now I know where to get my [...]

We still had children in high school and foreign exchange students living with us when my husband decided he didn't know enough about poetry.  He delcared Sunday evenings to be poetry night at the Williams home.  (Really? Who is the writer in this family?)No one was allowed to dinner without a poem.  Sunday evenings found the kids grumbling.  "Do we have to bring a poem tonight?""Yes!  And tell us something about the poet too." There was a mad rush just before dinner as everyone flipped through books or raced to the computer to find [...]

Pickin' Pinons Part II:  Where Grandma Gets Lost,  There be Bears, and I Make it Home in Time to Serve Dinner for Ten.The plan this time was to meet at the Saw Mill store (the place where my friend's cows hang out when they disappear).For once I found my way over dirt roads in my trusty four wheelin' jeep and got there first.  No cows.My friends arrive and I jump into their car.  We take the road to Blue Springs Canyon and pass Deer Springs Village(three hogans)."There are some things you need to [...]

Pinon Pickin' Part I: Where the Sling Shot comes out and I Don't get to Pick Pinons.I have mentioned before that a writer takes every opportunity for a new expereince that could lead to material.  So when I got a text message inviting me to go pinon picking, I texted back "sure, when?"  (My texting abilities are limited and I actually said sur, wen?) After several texts, it was determined we would meet on Monday morning at the Little White House Canyon and I would follow my Navajo friends to the Pinon picking [...]