Prisoner of Hopes

Category: Nature

  • Phoenix Zoo: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    Phoenix Zoo: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    The Phoenix Zoo is not quite what we hope but still an enjoyable day. We embrace the experience and meet a new friend who tries to share his lunch.

  • Saguaro Shut Down: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    Saguaro Shut Down: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    Saguaro National Park is wild and wonderful in its desolation. On this trip we are almost the only ones there, which fuels my imagination.

  • Casa Grande: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    Casa Grande: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    It was supposed to be a road trip to visit lesser known national parks. But a government shut down causes to think even more outside the box. Local color saves the day.

  • Animal Cafe Takes My Stress Away: Travel Goals Japan

    Animal Cafe Takes My Stress Away: Travel Goals Japan

    In this post, I fall in love with Tokyo’s pet cafes.

  • Meiji Morning: Travel Goals Japan

    Meiji Morning: Travel Goals Japan

    This morning I wake up with the sun. It is a mystery to me how my internal clock always knows sunrise. Even on the other side of the globe, I’m up at the first hint of dawn. Last night we arrived in Tokyo after nineteen hours of travel. Unsurprisingly, the boys are still fast asleep.…

  • Safari In The USA: Rural Road Trip Arizona

    Safari In The USA: Rural Road Trip Arizona

    I am going out on Safari! Our bus just arrived to take us to the bush country of Afri…… make that Arizona. Somewhere between Camp Verde and Cottonwood Arizona is the Out Of Africa Wildlife park. It is a crazy place. A few minutes ago I stepped out of my car. Now I am boarding…

  • Hopi Ruins: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    Hopi Ruins: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    After standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona for about as long as we care to, we head out of town on Route 66. Within a few minutes, we find a trading post that sells native made products. I leave with a lighter wallet and some beautiful jewelry. The shop keeper recommends that we visit…

  • Canyons in Navajo Country: Rural Road Trip Arizona

    Canyons in Navajo Country: Rural Road Trip Arizona

    Sometimes a place calls to me with no rhyme or reason. Canyon de Chelly has jumped off the map for a number of years. It is off the main highways and requires a multi-hour detour through rugged landscape. Deep in Navajo country, the canyon has remained illusive. You have to mean to go there. It…

  • Albuquerque Botanical: Rural Road Trips New Mexico

    Albuquerque Botanical: Rural Road Trips New Mexico

    The Albuquerque Botanical Garden is an unexpected delight. The grounds are immaculate. It is a shady oasis in a desert landscape. As we walk among the trees by a large lake, I am refreshed. It is nice to visit the desert, but I am a hillbilly girl who loves the forest. This will have to…

  • Birthday Special: Rural Road Trip Missouri

    Birthday Special: Rural Road Trip Missouri

    My mother in law (who is likely reading this) just had a birthday. This year she insisted on taking all of her children and spouses out for fried chicken. In her world (and mine) family is everything. On her ninetieth birthday, all she wanted was a trip to a beautiful nearby state park with her…