Old Ones Dream

The Four Corners: Arches National Park

On April 5, 2014 after breakfast we visited the famous Gallup Flea Market for a few treasures to take home for gifts, and then drove north for the rest of the day to Moab, Utah to see Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park. The next morning was cool and... Read more →

The Best I Ever Had: Mexican Southwest

Jerry’s Grill in Gallup NM We arrived in Gallup, New Mexico at dusk of the first full day of our 2014 Trak Trek Southwest. We had taken AmTrak from Greenville through NOLA to Tucson and had driven our rental car North through beautiful country including two Apache Reservations including the... Read more →

Finding Crazy Horse: The Valley of the LIttle Big Horn

Leaving Spearfish, South Dakota in June, 2010 we drove west on US 212 from Belle Fourche, South Dakota to camp at Hardin, Montana; and passed through the Northern Cheyenne Reservation at Lame Deer, Montana and onto the Crow Indian Reservation. We passed by the entrance to the Little Bighorn Battlefield... Read more →

Finding Crazy Horse: The Black Hills

The Black Hills region in South Dakota, Paha Sapa in Lakota, was claimed as the symbolic heart of the Lakota domain. It was described as wintering ground for the people and their buffalo; resource of timber, water and small game; potent with the elemental energies of Rock and Thunder, and... Read more →

The LIttle Missouri National Grassland and Hay Camp

When I met Kim Schade in January 2012 he told me about how he harvests several hundred acres of hay the old fashion way using 60 year old tractors and horse teams. That brought back memories so I invited myself to hire on the haying crew at Schade Ranch. In the spring and summer of 2012 there was no rain and no grass so no hay. I have Medora, ND set up as a location on my weather app so I watched as the snows came all winter and the rains came all spring and, sure enough, I got the call from Kim several weeks ago to come to "hay camp". He says the grass is so green that the badlands look like Ireland. Read more →

Finding Crazy Horse: The Nebraska Sandhills

DEADWOOD Well, the good times scratched a laugh From the lungs of the young men In a Deadwood saloon, South Dakota afternoon And the old ones by the door with their heads to their chests They told lies about whiskey on a woman's breath Yes, and some tell the story... Read more →

Alamo Springs Cafe Hamburger: The Best I Ever Had

In the shade of an oak down by the River, Tanne and I camped at Blanco in the Texas Hill Country. That was April 2011 and our trip, originally dubbed the Blue Bonnet tour, had been renamed the Brisket Tour because of the extreme drought - no Blue Bonnets in... Read more →

Charlene's Famous Seafood Chowder: The Best I Ever Had

On August 29, 2012, the day that we returned from Newfoundland to Baddeck, our new Canuck good friend and Cape Breton promoter, William Jr. "Banjoman" Johnson called us and we met for supper on, that, our last night in Nova Scotia. He asked if we had tried Charlene's Famous Seafood... Read more →

Newfoundland: Rocky Harbour, Port Aux Choix, L'Anse Aux Meadows

On August 23, 2012 T and I rode the ferry MV Highlanders over Cabot Strait from North Sidney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. The 178km passage requires 5 to 7 hours depending on the weather. Our Ride The Rules of Travel for Newfoundland include the following: Newfoundland is... Read more →

Cape Breton Island - The Music

There are many wonderful reasons to visit Nova Scotia, and Cape Breton Island is at the top of the list. Depending on your taste you may say that the Cabot Trail or the Bra d'Or Lake or the historic interpretive centers are the reason to visit Cape Breton but if... Read more →