Tag: travels with Toohey

  • Homolovi State Park to Flagstaff, AZ

    April 8-13, 2021 This Travels With Toohey blogisode features our camp at Homolovi State Park where ancient Native Americans left us lots of ruins, a visit to Petrified Forest National Park to witness really old trees (now rocks that look like the old trees), and to Meteor Crater where the most eminent danger was not…

  • On the Road Again

    Fruita Colorado, Colorado National Monument, Rabbit Valley March 29 – April 3, 2021 Yes, we’re back at it after our 3 week hiatus. We left Golden with some sadness in our guts as we said goodbye to friends, familiarity, and, of course, modern comfortable working fixtures. But knowing full well the journey was calling with…

  • The Bee-line to Golden

    March 2 – March 7, 2021 The Rio Grande river starts at over 12,000 feet in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado where the snow melts producing pure fresh water, the nectar of life. From there it drops, flowing through Colorado’s San Luis Valley providing water for growing crops in an otherwise dry land. It…

  • Louisiana: Palmetto State Park

    January 26 – January 29 Our time in the state was brief. Most people think of New Orleans when they think of Lousiana but this town wasn’t in our plans. I have spent my share of time there with college football, watching UGA lose their national championships hopes to Pittsburg with a Dan Marino last…

  • The Quagmire of the Florida Panhandle

    January 3, 2021 – January 13, 2021 Our final days in Florida, spent along the panhandle moving west, were interesting, perplexing, and possibly considered a quagmire* of sorts. The premise of our quagmire is that, as we left Savannah in November, our intent was to explore only the panhandle of Florida and to forgo the…

  • The Okefenokee Swamp

    11/16/2020 – 11/20/2020 We left Savannah eager to continue our journey, heading south on coastal Highway 17 where we weaved over and under I-95 committed to stay off the interstate and keep it slow. Highway 17 is also a road where my great great grandmother and namesake, Blanche Kempner Nussbaum, lost her life when she…

  • In My Mind I’m Gone to Carolina: The Carolinas

    10/15/2020 – 10/23/2020 The North Carolina mountains hold a special place in my memories. One of the earliest trips was with my mom and dad to the High Hampton Inn after dropping my sister off at camp for two weeks. We stayed there for a few nights enjoying time with my grandparents who made their…

  • The Wisconsin Shore

    I’ve always enjoyed the State of Wisconsin with each visit having been positive including fun business trips to neat towns of Milwaukee, Madison, and a life dream of seeing a game in Green Bay. I have a love of all things cheese and when introduced to this magical little thing called a curd, I was…

  • Minnesota: The Northside

    My only personal experience with Minnesota had been a business trip that extended to the weekend in St. Paul, Minneapolis. Mostly, I remember being frisked by police while leaving a busy restaurant at a music event on Hennepin Street. In short, I was wrongly suspected of stealing a purse, but was only temporarily detained in…

  • Goodbye Oregon, Hellooo Washington

    Today was going to be a big push north into Washington with the destination of a horse rescue farm just outside of Port Angeles, WA. We set our plan in motion crossing the vintage looking metal expansion bridge over the Columbia River and into the state of Washington. Our first introduction was a drive that…