Tuesday – the 30th of January – it was 71 degrees at noon. 71 degrees! Three hours later it was snowing. Ugh. As I was driving around town, I watched the reading in my car thermometer drop to 62, then to 52, then to 35 –in less than in hour. It’s enough to drive otherwise
Most people understand that the River Road is a great drive in the summer. Few are willing to drive its northern reaches in the winter, however. What a shame. Last week I spent a few days driving around sections that I explored in balmier times. Even though some tourist sites are closed for the season,
I just can’t help myself. I had a chance to sneak in one more trip along the River Road and couldn’t resist. This week’s mission: find out why there is such a fuss about the annual fall migration of tundra swans. Tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) spend half of their lives getting from place to place.
Now that the weather has turned colder and snow is just around the corner, at least in the northern Mississippi Valley, I expect to be spending a lot more time at home. This is not a bad thing. My summer was draining. Most weeks I left town on Thursday and came home Sunday. I spent
One of my goals this summer was to go festival crazy, while not overdosing on corn dogs and funnel cakes. Mission accomplished. I only had one corn dog and one funnel cake, but I couldn’t pass up my first (and last) fried Twinkie. Here’s a list of the festivals that were part of my summer/fall circuit: • National
I have driven 15,000 miles since May, so you can probably understand why I feel like I've been living out of my Prius. I need to bring enough stuff to make the trip productive plus a few other things to maintain some minimal level of comfort. Loading and unloading all this stuff into car takes me 2-3
