Prisoner of Hopes

Tag: travel

  • War Eagles: Rural Road Trips New Mexico

    War Eagles: Rural Road Trips New Mexico

    The War Eagle Museum is a privately owned museum filled with historic aircraft and cars. It is located at the Dona Ana County airport at the border of New Mexico and Texas. We are only here because it popped up on the GPS as we were driving to El Paso. I have zero expectations and…

  • Beautiful Surprise: Travel Goals Japan

    Beautiful Surprise: Travel Goals Japan

    Just walking through Tokyo, we take a short cut suggested by Google Maps. We are on our way to Tokyo Tower to get an aerial view of the city. Google says we can walk through an ancient wooden door. My husband is leery because it is obviously not a street and Google has taken us…

  • El Paso City: Rural Road Trips Texas

    El Paso City: Rural Road Trips Texas

    From thirty thousand feet above the desert floor I see it there below A city with a legend, the West Texas city of El Paso Where long ago I heard a song about a Texas cowboy and a girl And a little place called Rosa’s where he used to go and watch this beauty whirl  I don’t recall…

  • TeamLab: Travel Goals Japan

    TeamLab: Travel Goals Japan

    With our son along for the experience, we journey across Tokyo to find teamLab. As we wander between office buildings and upscale retail, I am convinced we are lost. Finally, we find the entrance tucked in a remote corner of a very large, sterile mixed use building. We are directed to put our coats and…

  • White Sands: Rural Road Trips New Mexico

    White Sands: Rural Road Trips New Mexico

    Today we decide to channel our inner elementary school selves. We leave with all the excitement of “are we having a snow day”. But not before we stop and borrow two round “UFO” sleds from our campground. It is hot and fully in New Mexico’s high desert. But Apparently sand dune sledding is a thing,…

  • Electric Town: Travel Goals Japan

    Electric Town: Travel Goals Japan

    You want it? They’ve got it. At least that seems to be the case in Akihabara. We are spending the afternoon in Tokyo’s Electric Town. As we walk across the river from the train station, we see police vans blocking off the streets. This allows the thousands of consumers to wander freely through the city…

  • Queen of the Desert: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    Queen of the Desert: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    Today we head to Bisbee, Arizona. It is a small town built on a legacy of copper. The copper queen mine sits just at the edge of town, a reminder of a booming past. The present condition of Bisbee is the opposite of booming. It has seen better days. Still there are antique shops and…

  • Tokyo Tower: Travel Goals Japan

    Tokyo Tower: Travel Goals Japan

    It screams tourist trap. There can be no purpose visiting Tokyo tower except to have a tourist experience. And yet I am drawn like a fly to a flame. Not quite Eiffel Tower vibes, but the smaller Tokyo Tower is impressive when juxtaposed against the monastery that sits beside it. I guess the Tokugawa shoguns…

  • 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…

  • Caving: Rural Road Trips Arizona

    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…