by Deonne Kahler | Oct 8, 2014 | Home in Taos
I’m sitting in a campground near the Grand Canyon and it’s gray and off-and-on rainy, but I’m here for a few days and the beauty of that is I can ride out the weather. So today I’m posting to the blog, eating leftover pizza, taking a long,...
by Deonne Kahler | Oct 1, 2014 | Travel
I’ve said before that one of my favorite things about my quest to see all the National Parks is visiting the ones I’d never heard of, and being delighted with my discoveries, over and over. The sleepy town of Farmington, NM has both a “whiplash...
by Deonne Kahler | Sep 11, 2014 | Travel
It’s fun to say it like that, isn’t it? A rallying cry, or something a pirate would yell. Yarr! Bandelier! Alas, I didn’t see any pirates – or even any colorful shoulder parrots – at Bandelier National Monument, NM, though I did see...
by Deonne Kahler | Aug 29, 2014 | Travel
Moutainair, NM is where the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument visitor center is, and it also happens to be home to the Shaffer Hotel, where I was told they serve tasty meals. I’m always up for a tasty meal, so before my drive to Salinas I stopped in. I...
by Deonne Kahler | Aug 25, 2014 | Travel
It was a Scamping first. I had just woken up and gotten Sam into the Pilot in the Walmart parking lot in Las Vegas, NM, ready to head to Pecos National Historical Park, when a friendly looking woman hopped out of her RV, approached me, and said my name. I gave her a...
by Deonne Kahler | Aug 22, 2014 | Travel
I’m on this new kick of visiting the Parks in the late afternoon/early evening, so the light for photos is better. When I visited Fort Union National Monument (New Mexico) a few days ago, it was exactly the right time for someone to play “Taps” on...
by Deonne Kahler | Aug 20, 2014 | Travel
I’ve been on the road a few days, and I have a good feeling about this Scamp. I’ve had no major mishaps, no losing my iPhone on the trail, no killer bee stings, no potentially dangerous Elvis-obsessives, no getting locked out of Sadie and crying in an...
by Deonne Kahler | Aug 18, 2014 | Travel
Because I’m impetuous and restless and have the luxury of being self-employed, I’m hitting the road today. (My mother once said, in response to my momentary musing about getting a proper day job: “You’d never last. You’d be the crabby...
by Deonne Kahler | Aug 14, 2014 | Travel
This will be my last San Diego Zoo post for a while, I promise. I don’t even like zoos – they make me sad, with all the captives on display for the humans – but this zoo in particular is a photographer’s dream. I posted here about animal...
by Deonne Kahler | Aug 11, 2014 | Travel
At most National Parks, dogs aren’t allowed on trails that go into the parks. Meaning Sam the Wonder Pup does a whole lot of waiting. Before anyone calls the SPCA on me, know that I’m HYPER careful about leaving Sam in the car for too long, and spend a...
