Henry Flagler put Florida on the map and made it accessible by train to all.  He started in St. Augustine and worked his way down the coast to Palm Beach.  Whitehall was the home he built for his second wife, Mary Lily.

 It was a rainy day when I visited Whitehall....

As I drove Highway 87, the diagonal highway from Amarillo, TX to Raton, NM it truly defined "wide open spaces"...and I grew up in South Dakota!  What I didn't expect to see were hundreds of antelope, and they weren't like the ones I've seen in other parts of the countr...

Bent's Old Fort is located  about 4 miles Northeast of La Junta, CO along the scenic Arkansas River.  The parking lot is about 1,000 feet from the fort.  There are shuttles if you are unable to walk that far, but I suggest that you walk, if at all possible.  This allow...

 Fred and Teddy in front of Mission Concepcion

Fred and I decided to take a vacation to San Antonio.  We stayed on the Riverwalk in downtown, because why wouldn't you?  It is so charming with many restaurants and bars to satisfy any foodies appetite; not to mention the...

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have a new domain name and have applied it to this website and will be applying it to my Instagram account.  Thanks for following!

The new name is: NationalParkMom.com

 Christmas Day we left Taos, NM and decided to visit one of the newer National Monuments on our way home.  

As you're driving north on the highway out of Taos one notices that there are mountain ranges on either side of the high valley floor (7,000 ft.) where...

 On the northwest side of Albuquerque, NM is Petroglyph National Monument.  It is located in three seperate canyons and a visitors center. 

The Government shut-down had just started this day, so we didn't bother stopping by the visitor center as there are no t...

 This would have been a photographer's happy place but the lighting this day was terrible. So my apologies, but perhaps that will inspire you to go check it out for yourself.

Almost 2,000 years ago El Morro was an established Puebloan site.  They carved into the sandsto...

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is dedicated to the memory and life of the sweetest lady in Richmond, VA, Cindy Herndon Parcell.

 Sunset Crater Volcano last erupted 933 years ago.  Volcanoes leave an indelible mark on the land that lasts thousands of years.  The...

I was so honored to be joined by Karen Harriman and Anna Suter the last night camping. They were with us when Anna finished her mortal life here and they were with me when I finished this campaign.  Words fail to express my gratitude to them.

We were also honored t...