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“I was just 19 when I came here the first time. I walked in and there was this mountain of a man with a long beard and big, bushy, hair...

Decades, centuries, millenia, no one knows when. What they do know is that it will happen. The famous formations and arches of Arches...

Twenty-two years ago, October, 2001, to be specific, entirely by chance, I happened upon what I thought then, and still do, is one of the...

It’s 3:05 p.m. Sunday and I’m sitting in the airport waiting my return flight home. Three days ago, Thursday morning, I’d just arrived at...

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” It’s Christmas in July! If you’re questioning that, just turn on your Hallmark Channel...

When you travel to a big city for the first time, like New York City for example, you naturally have a list of things you just have to...

When you get to be of a certain age, the age at which I find myself, you see discussed all sorts of historical events, events that...

The first weekend in May is just around the corner and that means it won’t be long before a small Iowa town will more than double in...

There’s a rainforest in Vancouver, Canada. Surprised the heck out of me. Some of you, who are much smarter than I, are saying of course...

You’re a 14-year-old boy growing up in Chicago. It’s summer and you ask your mother if you can go spend some time with your cousins a...

I’m pretty sure it’s not something you’ve thought of ever doing, but imagine for a moment driving down an old stage coach trail with...

Confession time. I’m not a hot tub person. There, I’ve said it. My late wife, Connie, on the other hand, loved them. When we found...

I’ve long been fascinated by people who willingly submit themselves to extreme measures for a cause in which they believe. Regardless of...

You won’t see too many military statues when wandering around Reykjavik, or any other part of Iceland for that matter. Maybe one of Leif...

(Note: This article discusses an Icelandic museum devoted to a certain, uhumm, specific part of the male anatomy. So there’s your...

It’s easy reaching the top of Hallgrimskirkja Church tower, almost easy as it is to find the church in the first place. Its exterior...

Many parts of the highway I traveled on my December trip along the West Coast have been closed due to the recent rains, flooding and rock...

I don’t know when Dale Chihuly became my favorite artist. It was a long time ago. I do know exactly when glass blowing became my favorite...

I hope you have moments in life that take you into your past. Unexpected moments that suddenly appear and transport you back to your...

Hello. My name is Alan. I’m a Hallmark Christmas Movie fanatic. It’s true, I admit it, as winter approaches I wait anxiously for the...