I just watched the movie "Elvis." It's a biopic, not a documentary, so I suspect some of the truth was stretched a bit, but I enjoyed it. Although I remember listening to a lot of Elvis' music, I was part…
So, who, what or where is Jerome? The who part is kind of interesting. Western Mining History says "The town was named after Eugene Jerome, a wealthy financier and officer of the United Verde Copper Company. Eugene was a cousin…
Preface: I've shown images from Kingman, Arizona in the past, but since it's one of the towns named in the song "Route 66" and since it's the town from which I started my drive to Oatman, I thought I should…
When you drive into Williams, Arizona, you can't help but notice that you're on Historic US Highway 66, or, as it's better known, "Route 66." This highway officially began in 1926 when the Bureau of Public Roads launched the nation’s…
My wife and I lived in Portland, Oregon, for twenty-five years and often made day trips to Timberline Lodge. The Lodge is about 60 miles southeast of Portland and sits at an elevation of 5,960 feet on the south side…
From the Mackinac Bridge we headed south through the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Staying close to the Lake Michigan shore we eventually reached Empire, Michigan, near the entrance to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. One of only three National Lakeshores,…
Except for our usual summer week on Washington Island, we haven't traveled anywhere in almost two years. With the weather forecast for a warm sunny week, it was time to make an escape! So, we loaded up the car and…
As you would expect to find in many large old European cities, Munich has palaces. The Residenz, on the edge of Old Town in central Munich, is the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs of Bavaria. It was not…
Sitting only 30 miles from the Alps, Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria. It's Germany's third-largest city behind Berlin and Hamburg. Many consider it to be one of the most livable cities in Europe. Arriving at…