Our time in Tucson finally came to an end this past weekend. We arrived in Tucson last November with plans to stay a month. Our stay doubled in length twice, first to two months and then to four. It was really such an easy decision to keep extending our time; the winters are mild, we [...]
A great big thank you to everyone who took a stab at this month’s Travel Challenge. The tall, windy place is Mount Washington, New Hampshire. The highest wind speed on the surface of the Earth was measured there on April 12th, 1934, at 231 miles per hour.
Congratulations to Sam D for the first correct answer.
To [...]
While much of the country is still buried under blankets of snow or drenched by rain we are enjoying Spring here in Tucson. Located near the heart of the Sonoran Desert, Tucson is experiencing a spectacular wildflower year. We were fortunate this year as the winter rainy season was actually a wet one. The multiple [...]
I would be remiss to focus so much on Tucson without discussing the city’s long aviation history. Sixteen years after the Wright brothers successfully achieved lighter-than-air flight in 1903, land was set aside in Tucson for the creation of a civil airfield. The Tucson field was the first municipally-owned airfield in the country; it really [...]
This month’s challenge is for you geography buffs. Don’t worry, we are only tossing out challenges from places we’ve actually visited.
This place is one of the highest points in the eastern United States, and has so much wind that the buildings are chained down.
Name this place.
Instructions: When you think you have figured it out, enter [...]
Fresh for Spring 2008, we have a new look here on Travel Adventures with Lance and Erin. If you only read our blog via RSS, take a minute to open our site in your web browser and view the changes.
The first thing you will notice is the color scheme. The white and gray tones are [...]
Occasionally circumstances bring together people from opposite walks of life who join forces and create a masterpiece. Such was the case when Arthur Newton Pack met William H. Carr in 1951.
But first some background. William H. Carr was born in New York in 1902. His was a modest family headed by his father who [...]Tucson has no shortage of galleries or artists, perhaps it is the quality of light out here. Recently I made time to visit a couple of the art galleries in town that I have always wanted to see. My first stop was at the Diana Madaras Gallery at Skyline Drive and Campbell Avenue. I am [...]
Seen next to a cemetery in Coventry, Rhode Island, June 2007. They’re not kidding when they say “Dead End.”
(See also Dead end… no U-Turns… on Sam’s blog.)
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