Prisoner of Hopes

Tag: perseverance

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

    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…

  • Caving: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    We find ourselves in Arizona near Karchner Caverns. We booked a Koa near highway 10 and within a short drive to Tombstone, where we will adventure tomorrow. But today, we need to secure two tickets to see the cave. I call and ask for same day tickets. I am put on hold. I tell them…

  • Stroll Through The Park: Travel Goals Japan

    A remembrance of the day that every museum and cultural attract in Tokyo is closed. We make our own fun.

  • Random Stop at the Chandler Museum: Rural Road Trips

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

  • Casa Grande: Rural Road Trips

    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.

  • Tlaquepaque: Rural Road Trip Arizona

    Tlaquepaque (tlock-ay-pick-ay) is a delightful and eclectic village of shops amid a historic looking adobe cluster of buildings.

  • Home Sweet Tokyo: Travel Goals

    We are off on another adventure. Today we spent fifteen hours in flight and six more in airports. We lost a whole day by crossing the international date line. I am tired and also excited as we land in Japan. I don’t speak the language and I can’t even read the alphabet (characters?). But I…

  • Gold King Ghost Town: Rural Road Trip

    Occasionally you regret almost immediately your choice of adventure. I’m sad to say, today was one of those days. I was enticed by advertising. Signs along the highway teased us with promises of the King gold mine. It was just up the road a bit higher on the mountain from Jerome. I love a good…

  • 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…

  • Route 66 in Holbrook, AZ: Rural Road Trip

    We planned a three day stop in Holbrook, AZ thinking we would enjoy petrified forest national park. It is shut down, due to the government’s fight over the big beautiful bill. There isn’t much to do in Holbrook except the park. So….. We visit the rock shops. Turns out there is plenty of petrified wood.…