Prisoner of Hopes

Category: Hardships

  • Dawson City: Travel Goals Canada

    Dawson City: Travel Goals Canada

    Our plane lands in a small field outside Dawson City, Canada. Just before landing we have a spectacular view of the Alaska Range including the mighty Denali. As we make our way into town, we pass mountains of mine tailings. The earth was ravaged here in the early quest for gold. Dredges sliced and diced…

  • Totem Garden: Travel Goals Canada

    Totem Garden: Travel Goals Canada

    Today, I am standing in Stanley Park, Vancouver. I have a virtual meeting and here on Brockton Point I have great cell service. I find a secluded area and take the call. It is just around the corner from the Totem Park. While I talk, I have a front row seat to the parade of…

  • Tiny Town that is Somehow Larger than life-Tombstone: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    Tiny Town that is Somehow Larger than life-Tombstone: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    The show down at the OK Corral….every kid (at least kids my age) has heard of it. It was immortalized in print and film. My favorite version is Tombstone with Kurt Russell, Sam Elliott, and Val Kilmer. So on this road trip through Arizona, I am determined to see the place for myself. There may…

  • Random Stop at the Chandler Museum: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    Random Stop at the Chandler Museum: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    A random stop turns into a profound learning experience as we face history and our current national condition

  • Dove of the Desert: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    Dove of the Desert: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    A beautiful church in the desert provides refuge for an Indian nation. I am moved by its elegance and authenticity.

  • Jerome: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    Jerome: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    Jerome is a little city with a big past and tenacious residents. It is built on a steep hillside. Some might call it a mountain. It once was the center of a mining empire. Today it is best known as a ghost town. There are only dozens of people who call it home. I drive…

  • Thor’d: Rural Road Trips

    Thor’d: Rural Road Trips

    We bought a brand new Thor motor coach and I am thrilled with the lay out. No one tells you however about the problems that comes when you buy a new rig. So many moving parts that need to be tested and tightened. Our first weekend, we noticed our WiFi booster wasn’t working. Then the…

  • The Canyon Remembered: Rural Road Trip Texas

    The Canyon Remembered: Rural Road Trip Texas

    We are standing in Palo Duro Canyon. A roadrunner follows us around the parking lot. He assumes an assertive stance on the red dirt hill just off the sidewalk and challenges us to follow along the trail to the river. Of course I tag along. He is cute and I love to hike. It is…

  • On The Road Again: Rural Road Trips Oklahoma

    On The Road Again: Rural Road Trips Oklahoma

    As we head out on another adventure, I am oddly ambivalent. I don’t feel ill, but I also am not myself. Usually I am giddy with excitement. Today, I could just as easily go back inside and hide under a blanket. But grand adventures aren’t for the timid. So we load up, hook up the…

  • Revolutionary Countess: Travel Goals Ireland

    Revolutionary Countess: Travel Goals Ireland

    We visit Lissadell house on a warm summer afternoon. The family home of the Gore-Booths, Lissadell sits outside of Sligo, Ireland. It is now owned and lived in by Irish attorneys who allow tours to offset the upkeep. The estate had a great location with both Ben Bulben and Knocknarea mountains in view as well…