Lake Superior has fifty-six lighthouses along its 2,730 mile shoreline. One of them -- a retired one -- can be found in Ontonagon. The current Ontonagon Lighthouse was constructed in a "schoolhouse" style in 1866 to replace an older wooden…
Highway 45 continues north from our overnight stop in Three Lakes. It goes through the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan all the way to Lake Superior. I've lived in Wisconsin for forty-eight of my seventy-three years but have only been…
Watching the recent Olympics in Tokyo reminded me that when Kathy and I lived in Portland, OR, we often visited the Portland Japanese Garden. The garden covers twelve acres in Portland's Washington Park and includes eight separate garden styles, an…
Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southwestern Utah. If you need a nature fix, Bryce is pretty nice. Spoiler Alert: Despite its name, Bryce Canyon is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern…
Native Americans have inhabited the area around the Grand Canyon for about 12,000 years. The first Europeans, soldiers led by GarcÃa López de Cárdenas, did not see it until 1540. His disastrous failure to find the fabled Seven Cities of…
I haven't traveled in a while, so I dug out some photos from an old trip, a very old -- no -- a very, very old one. From 1977 - 1982, I taught chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in…
When I finally extricated myself from the tangled web of traffic that is Las Vegas, I headed north on US Highway 93. Traffic there was light. I occasionally saw a car through the windshield. I occasionally saw a car in…
July 12, 2019 Dear Diary: The sunsets have not been very good this week. This was our last night of vacation on Washington Island so we decided to build a fire on the beach, roast some marshmallows, and see if…
When I'm planning a road trip, especially a long-distance one, I have a tendency to seek out big name destinations. Since I enjoy nature photography, I often plan my route to include National Parks. They could be parks that I…