It would cost me around $242 to fill the RV gas tank if I remained in Commiefornia. Yes, that's what I would be paying if I fille...

Above, one of several Anasazi cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Cortez, Colorado is the gateway t...

Last evening, I was a mile up the hill in Jamestown at Greg Lucier's for his brother Larry's birthday party. While there, a big d...

Above, the new next-door neighbor. Photo by Armand Vaquer. This morning, I had to go into Gallup to pick up some ambrosia salad for to...

Above, Bothe-Napa Valley State Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Back in the early 1980s, I headed north to the Napa and Sonoma Valleys ...

Above, The Beast at the Double J Campground near Springfield, Illinois. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Ever wonder what is the lure of RV tra...

Above, Timothy Dalton and Robert Brown (right) at Hemingway House. For the first time in about three years, I watched the second James...

Above, the assembled telescope. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Finally, after the last parts to the new Celestron telescope arrived in the ma...

While browsing around the Flying J grocery aisle, I spotted this item where the aspirins and related items are kept: Yes, it's r...

Above, some vintage American cars in Havana. Photo by Armand Vaquer. It has been a couple of weeks since the U.S. Treasury Department ...

Above, Nagasaki's Hypocenter Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. It used to be that foreign visitors to Japan just confined their visi...

Back in the 1970s, I transferred to California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) from El Camino College. Back at El Camino Coll...

Above, today's bottle of Alien Amber Ale. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Since the Interstate 40 bridge and on/off ramp reconstruction ha...

Poor New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. She's "horrified" that President Trump will be deporting her 2022 voting ...

Above, the driver's view of Tioga Road. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Tomorrow is the first day of summer and it has been announced th...

Fire Weather Watch URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 311 AM MDT Thu Jun 20 2019 ...FIRE WEATHER WATC...

Above, the famous Itsukushima torii gate in 2004. Photo by Armand Vaquer. One of the stops we made during 2004's G-TOUR was the It...

Above, The Mittens at dusk. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Monument Valley may not be a national park (it is a Navajo Tribal Park), but it is...

Above, the Great Buddha and travel insurance helped on tour member. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Fifteen years ago (incredible as that ma...

Above, a view of Grand Canyon Village. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Grand Canyon National Park has achieved its goal to become an Interna...

Above, the lobby of Old Faithful Inn. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Ever thought of living and working in Yellowstone National Park? An ...

Above, Wizard Island at Crater Lake National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Did you know that Crater Lake in Oregon is still consider...

Above, all mowed. Photo by Armand Vaquer. After seeing my neighbor James mowing his property (on his tractor-mower), I figured it was ...

Above, Susan Howard in Dallas. Yesterday, I was reading the latest issue of the NRA's magazine, American Rifleman , and was going ...

Last evening, I was relaxing on the sofa after watching Angel and the Badman (1947) and before watching The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) (b...

Above, storm clouds over the mesas. Photo by Armand Vaquer. After getting a few items at Walmart in Gallup, I headed back home and not...

Above, the 2019 KOA Kampground Directory. For years, holders of the KOA (Kampgrounds of America) Value Kard Rewards memberships (like ...

Above, Shibuya 109 department store in the Shibuya shopping district. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Over the years, it had been said that Ja...