High Desert Museum

Didn’t expect to find my childhood home in a museum!

Naval Academy in Annapolis

The United States Naval Academy is located in Annapolis, Maryland, and the entrance is a short walk from the heart of the town. Will and I spent one afternoon touring the Naval Academy. I brought my military ID to get us onto the base, but I believe the facilities are open to the general public […]

A look at Dublin and Ireland Archaeology

Tara and I boarded our first plane Tuesday morning. After a 6 hour layover in Washington, D.C., we boarded our second plane and in 7 hours arrived in Dublin. Exhausted. Sadly, during that time, Tara developed a cold. Though we felt excited and upbeat at first, the kiddo was wiped out by noon. I was […]

Aircraft, ice cream, forests, ocean

It was time to head down the coast. Will had seen a lot of the area where I live, but I wanted to show him the unique coastlines we have on the Pacific that are unlike Atlantic coastlines. I also wanted to introduce him to timberland. I grew up here in a U.S. Forest Service […]

Mini RT Series – three

Pop quiz: what is Oregon’s state fossil? Metasequoia, of course.

After the bomb

I wonder how many Americans knew about this after the bomb: we hadn’t vaporized alien beings, but Christians, and sacred Catholic churches and artifacts.

‘Iolani Palace and Mt. Tantalus

We got up nice and early, and headed directly for the 9am opening of the ‘Iolani Palace, the only actual Royal Palace on U.S. soil. The building was beautiful inside and out. I snapped photos all around our waiting space on the front porch area. As part of the welcome address and rules, they informed […]

Indians at OMSI

One child in the theatre could take no more and shouted, “I wanna get out of here, now!”