Category: History

On Tuesday, November 19th, my daughter and I visited the Hi Jolly Cemetery at Quartzsite, then made the easy 85-mile drive to Yuma, where we visited the grave of one of the Yukon’s best-known early characters, “Arizona Charlie” Meadows. See an interactive map of the basic route here. At...

Although we didn’t put a lot of miles on the car on Monday, November 18th, I shot a lot of photos so am breaking the day into two posts, Kingman to Lake Havasu City, then on to Quartzsite where we overnighted. See an interactive map of the first part...

On November 18th, I posted on Facebook: “I expect that yesterday’s Route 66 afternoon will be the highlight of the trip. An excellent museum, mind-boggling scenery, and a quirky and charming little village in the middle of nowhere.” As it turned out we had another day that equalled it,...

On Sunday, November 17, we drove 195 miles from Phoenix to Kingman, arriving at about 1:45. Kingman is one of the places that anyone with an interest in Route 66 must visit, being in the heart of the longest remaining stretch of Route 66 (158 miles). Starting in Chicago...

Over the past couple of days (Tuesday and Wednesday, September 17th and 18th), I finally completed a project that I began in August 1991. Well, it wasn’t a “project” in 1991, that was just the first time I photographed some of the graves at the Atlin Pioneer Cemetery. In...

Atlin has been on my mind a lot lately, and I’ve just spent another 3 nights there, from Friday, August 6th to Monday the 9th. I had two offers of accommodations, but it took me a while to give up the idea of taking the motorhome with Bella and...

I was unable to figure out a logical break in this post, taking time and number of photos into consideration, so this is a rather odd one. At about 10:20 on Friday, August 23rd, we crossed over the Klehini River from the Haines Highway to explore a bit of...

A friend asked if I’d like to drive into the Atlin – Surprise Lake backcountry yesterday to gather rocks for her landscaping. I love the Atlin area, so the answer was, of course, “yes” and it turned out to be an excellent day, ending with a series of wild...

June 29 was an amazing day, riding behind the White Pass & Yukon Route’s beloved 1947 Baldwin steam locomotive #73 to Bennett and back. I’m still not clear on how this all played out, but 9 days prior I had received an email from a friend at the WP&YR,...

Yesterday, June 20th, was World Naked Hiking Day, one of the two big annual events for nudists and naturists. It’s actually held on the Summer Solstice, which is usually June 21st, but this year Solstice is early. The other big nudist/naturist event is World Naked Gardening Day, but it’s...