Tantalizing Tempe, Arizona on a Sunny Day
Tempe is a City of Surprises An afternoon in Tempe is only enough time for a glimpse of this...
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Category: Western USA
Red Lodge Christmas Stroll
Red Lodge, and its varied events, is diverse and attracts all manner of individuals to live and visit. Make sure that when you get to Stroll, you’re taking time to converse with old friends and gift yourself some new ones.
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Badlands, South Dakota … Eerie, Majestic, and Grand
One visit to South Dakota’s Badlands won’t be enough. With echoes of our Badlands...
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Finding Inspiration in a Small Town Post Office
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes I grew up in Western Pennsylvania where there was no town. ...
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The Rude People Behind Us…
Since there’s nothing I can do to change other people’s behavior, I must adjust my attitude. Sigh, I get it and promise I will start appreciating the humor people provide and the niceness that exists in the world and everyone who is kind when our paths cross. Tomorrow.
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Places to Enjoy and Sights to Savor in Wyoming
With less than 600,000 residents in our eighth largest state, you may misconstrue Wyoming as a big, wide empty. It isn’t so and one drive through any part of this colorful land will convince you there’s a great deal to see and do.
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Western History at Carbon County’s Historical Society
Red Lodge, Montana has a long history of rodeo and ranching and the area was once heavily mined for coal. Learn about the past of the place by visiting the Carbon County Historical Society.
Read MoreTippet Rise Art Center Surprises and Delights Visitors
Tippet Rise Art Center, located 40 miles west of Red Lodge, is named for the rising slopes of land, as well as a nickname—Tippet—for the owner’s mother. Cathy Halstead says that, “The people we love never really die. They rise again out of memory, out of dreams.” She and husband Peter have created a haven for artists and art lovers on the rolling plains of Montana.
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Picnicking on Top of the World Montana-style
When my parents would come to visit Seester and me during the summers I lived in Red Lodge, dad and I would always take a morning and drive to Cooke City for lunch. Up over the Beartooth Pass we’d go, stopping willy nilly for photo opps and simple moments of enjoying each other’s company. You’d have loved this picnic, Dad.
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Tips to Enjoy Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
By the time we made it to Rocky Mountain National Park via the town of Estes Park, Colorado on our...
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Exploring the National World War I Memorial and Museum
Did you know that the impetus to get the US into WWI was, in part, because Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico and even offered certain US territories to Mexico? Intrigued, click here to read about all the circumstances surrounding our joining the fray as well as the intercepted telegram.
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Montana’s East Rosebud is Worth the Dusty Drive
Driving in the west, you learn that paved roads don’t necessarily take you where you need to...
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RoseMary Griffith
