Going Undergound: Exploring Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky

I hadn’t heard of Mammoth Cave National Park until I was exploring the area around Nashville for interesting things to do. With more than 425 miles of officially explored caves, it is the longest cave system in the world and took hundreds of millions of years to form. And it’s just 90 minutes north of … Read more

Exploring the Grand Canyon (South Rim)

On the road to Tusayan & the Canyon After 2.5 great days in Tucson, we set the GPS for Tusayan, Arizona, the town just below the entrance of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The 5-hour, 333-mile route cuts right through Phoenix and several smaller towns including Flagstaff, where we made a pre-planned lunch … Read more

2.5 Days in Tucson: Cacti, Canyons, and a Cookie Cabin

March 2025. I was headed back to Arizona.  I had previously spent time in Phoenix, Tempe and Sedona in 2018, but the plan this time was to check out the Grand Canyon and other to-be-decided spots that were new and interesting. I did one of my favorite things and perused Google Maps — The first … Read more