

M/V North: An Account of My Trip to Alaska by Motor Vehicle & Motor Vessel
KAKE, ALASKA—It’s at the precise moment I begin to write these very words—to start recording my whiny notions about why it’s impossible...


Making America Dope Again: A Series of Encounters While Wearing a Silly Hat through the South
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—Until you’ve spoken with someone who has a murderous glint in his eye when talking about Barack Obama, it's difficult...


This Land Is Your Land: The Foreign Concept of the Bureau of Land Management
SPRINGDALE, UTAH- To a native New Yorker such as myself, the lyrics of Woody Guthrie's iconic folk song "This Land Is Your Land" hardly...


The Hike to Delicate Arch: A Distinctly American Experience
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, UTAH- As far as National Parks go, Arches is one of the most accessible for those unable or unwilling to engage...


An Afternoon Stroll Through the Grounds of Temple Square, Ground Zero of Mormondom
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH- Standing tall at the other end of an impressively manicured, electric-green grassy field sits the Salt Lake Temple,...


Traveling Along US-50, The Loneliest Road in America
US-50, NEVADA- Even though “somewhere around Barstow” is in the eastern part of California, the image conjured by Hunter S. Thompson’s...


A Lazy Ride Along the Pacific Coast Highway
SAN DIEGO to SAN FRANCISCO— U.S. Route-1, at times known as the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), is the famous route that runs up the Western...


Four Corners Monument: A Site Where Four States Meet, and Not Much Else Happens
FOUR CORNERS, ARIZONA/UTAH/COLORADO/NEW MEXICO- Driving south along US-191 out of Utah on my way to the Grand Canyon, I crossed the...


Thoughts From A Short Afternoon Driving Around a Polygamist Enclave
COLORADO CITY, ARIZONA—I really couldn’t help myself. I had to get out of the car and go into the Post Office. Sure, I was sitting in the...


Zion National Park: A Springtime Oasis in the Middle of a Desert
SPRINGDALE, UTAH—Most of Southern Utah is a dry, arid, desert landscape. You’ll drive down a road and you can see for miles in every...