Earlier this year, I purchased an “America the Beautiful” pass from the National Park Service, determined to make the most of the NPS Centennial. In March, a tardy visit to Death Valley still caught the tail end of the 2016 “Super Bloom.” (The very, very tail end.) Keeping with the “late to the party” theme, … Continue reading “America the Beautiful” Pass
Month: December 2016
Introduction Part I: Happy Centennial NPS
Throughout my childhood, my grandfather owned a bakery. Any time my mother needed to talk to her father, she’d drop in while he was at work, me and/or my older sister in tow. Usually, we’d find Papa K. decorating a cake. (All present day cake-centric reality programs aside, I now realize I lucked into a … Continue reading Introduction Part I: Happy Centennial NPS
Campfire Tales 