Above, sheer granite wall of Yosemite National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. This is something that hikers and rock climbers should be...

Above, trees ablaze from lava at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. As in other national parks, entrance fees a...

Here we go again! It looks like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) may make going through airport security even more...

When I switched to the new blog template weeks ago, I looked through what Blogger has to offer. I already had the new header design in mi...

Above, terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs. Photo by Armand Vaquer. The three-day Memorial Day weekend is almost here and people are goi...

Above, the Grand Teton mountain range. Photo by Armand Vaquer. The Grand Teton National Park Foundation is celebrating 20 years of the...

The ol' Rancho has crossed the 2 million page views threshold, so the new header has been installed. The photograph was taken o...

Above, Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion. Photo by Armand Vaquer. An email from from the nice folks at Graceland.com announced th...

Above, Yosemite's North Dome. Photo by Armand Vaquer. The Buffalo News has an article on the latest edition of the National Geo...

Above, a visitor off Malibu. Photo by Armand Vaquer. A 3.3 earthquake hit around an hour ago off Malibu. I didn't know about...

Above, a view of the Las Vegas Strip. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Admittedly, Las Vegas, Nevada is not my idea of a place to relax and unw...

Above, Lower Yellowstone Falls. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Officials of Yellowstone National Park are expecting a big turnout of visito...

Above, the USS Arizona Memorial. Photo by Armand Vaquer. It does seem that there's nothing sacred these days. The News & O...

Above, The Beast's "maiden voyage" of the season was at the Platrix clampout in the Tehachapi area. Photo by Armand Vaquer....

Above, Half Dome. Photo by Armand Vaquer. This should probably go into the "Aw, shucks!" file. Memorial Day weekend visi...

Above, Checkerboard Mesa at Zion National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Memorial Day weekend traditionally marks the beginning of th...

Above, yours truly trying out an ANA Business Class seat at a travel show.  You're not getting fatter (in some cases, maybe you ...

Above, people gathering at the Otowa Waterfall. The article states, "A sip of water  from the waterfall here is said to purify your ...

Above, The Beast at the Double J Campground in Chatham, Illinois, near Springfield. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Finding a good RV park and...

Above, a scene from King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962). Toho Co., Ltd. It looks like Legendary's Godzilla: King of the Monsters (or G...

The following appears at The Drudge Report on the Manchester bombing:

Above, The Beast at the Elk City, Oklahoma KOA. It would be along the way home. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Since this year's long tri...

Above, The Beast at North Pines Campground last year. Photo by Armand Vaquer. If one is planning to visit Yosemite National Park thi...

When a vehicle gets older, it generally gets harder and harder to find parts for it. After several years, vehicle manufacturers cease...

Above, Caroline Munro and Roger More in The Spy Who Loved Me. For some reason, I was in the mood to watch Roger Moore's 1979 Jam...

Above, Ariana Grande. At least 19 people were killed and others injured when a suspected suicide bomber attacked an Ariana Grande co...

Traders in Tokyo have the jitters over a budget proposal that will be unveiled tomorrow, causing a drop of the U.S. dollar against the ...

Above, The Beast at the Marin RV Park last June. Photo by Armand Vaquer. There appears to be a shortage of parking areas for RVs alo...