Category: Travel Tales

Looking Back: World History

I really wanted this week’s post to be about the beautiful trails we rode in Utah. But in light of resent events, I thought a look at history was a better use of my time. Here are some sights related to the events of WWII that I think are particularly meaningful now. US History: Amache

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Utah: Bryce Valley Horse Park

The main portion of this trip was in Utah. My sister planned this trip months ago, booking horse camp spots and getting passes that would allow us to ride in Bryce Canyon National Park. We drove from Williams, Arizona to Flagstaff to pick up our mules and horse that my parents had hauled up. From

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Arizona: Grand Canyon and Sedona

2025 has been a busy year! I feel like I am playing catchup with my hobbies. I miss things and yet have little time for them. That being said its because I’ve gotten the chance to do and see some pretty cool things. This summer we spent a couple of days in Arizona before heading

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Horses and More

I know I haven’t posted as much as I intended this summer. I have been busy, in good ways: Honestly, this last part has taken the most time because for trip like this you have to get the animals in shape as much as you do yourself, along with getting all their health stuff sorted,

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North Texas Fair and Rodeo on Polaroid

The North Texas Fair and Rodeo is currently going on and of course I had to go. I love taking photos as many of you have learned if you follow my site. I need to go get some more 35mm film but in the meantime I decided to take Polaroid photos. This is a Polaroid

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Welcome to Orcas Island

So this series has been very delayed. It was never meant to be delayed this long I just didn’t get around to it because I got busy and distracted with life. So I’m playing catch-up. Blame the video editing – it takes forever and I’m still working on my book. Yes, I’m actually working on

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Amsterdam: Day Five

This was defiantly the art museum day. If you want to visit the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, buy your tickets in advance. Honestly, that’s my advice for pretty much any popular tourist attraction. Van Gogh Museum Keltin and I both loved the Van Gogh Museum. The way the museum is laid out takes you

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Amsterdam: Day Four

This day started early and ended late and yes, I did take a nap in the middle of it. Albert Cuyp Markt I spoke a bit about this market in my Food in Amsterdam post. Eating is mostly what we did while visiting the market. In addition to food vendors there were also some really

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Amsterdam: Bookstores

While traveling we love to visit bookstores and I do my best to find a book that fits my definition of regional literature. These requirements are: These rules are always in flux. For example, in Spain I picked up a couple of beautifully illustrated books. Anyway, while in Amsterdam we visited two bookstores: Athenaeum Boekhandel

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