State of Wilderness

Month: July 2014

  • Art Interactive: Cadillac Ranch/Blue Lake Experimental

    For forty years, an audience-interactive art project dreamed up by a San Francisco based art group Ant Farm has been on display in a pasture in Amarillo.  This iconic stop off Route 66 invites people to get out of their cars, walk a bit to the row of rusted out Cadillacs half-rising out of the earth,…

  • Caprock Canyons State Park: Free Verse Style

    Rising from a dream, Noticing a sky full of stars, I look over and Jason met my eye We go outside to look, my oldest son following silently We all marveled at the detail Of the galaxy above us And go back to sleep in awe   Morning’s first light, We sneak away for a daybreak…

  • Setting Forth: Dallas area Grandfather Caches

    We thought we had a good system.  We thought we had figured things out.  J is an expert packer, and he had a four day weekend to think it through.  When we finally got the Subaru loaded up, though, with the kids, dogs, us, our camping gear, and clothes for the next few weeks arranged…

  • Western Wilderness

    We are finally home from a wild road trip out West, and still processing it all. I want to share with people some of our experiences, but it is going to take a bit of time to work through the details. Here is a simple summary of the trip details, though: Miles Covered: 6602 Caches…