Places to Go & Things to See
Big Tex/ Canyon,Texas As big a guy as they come
In Canyon, Texas there is a relic from the fifties that overlooks the freeway that plows through town. This giant statue of a cowboy is known as "Big Tex". He has been here as long as townspeople can remember and civic leaders have started a fundraising...
Cadillac Ranch Gift Shop/Texas Every tourist needs a memento
Just down the frontage road from the Cadillac Ranch is the Cadillac Ranch gift shop. It is before nine in the morning so it isn't open but they have a sign out front that encourages lollygagging. This gift shop is presided over by a twenty foot tall...
Cadillac Ranch/Texas Brainstorm
Before you reach Amarillo, following I-40, you look to the right and see a series of Cadillac's stuck in Texas dirt in the middle of an unplowed field. In the old days the Cadillac's used to be natural, like they came from the factory. They had huge...
Coconuts and Beach/Stone Island Taking a tour break
Our tour boat docks, by a grouping of mangroves,and we disembark into a thatched eating area where a local family will serve us lunch in a few hours. While they prepare our tour's meal, we are taken for a look at this island's coconut farm, watch Polo...
Jungle Tour Mazatlan Off on an expedition
Back in the day, after school, our tribe would gather around the new black and white television in the family room and watch TV serials. There was Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, the Little Rascals, Gene Autry, the Three Stooges, and Tarzan. One of the...
Zona Historico/Mazatlan Historical district of Mazatlan
There are two city zones that tourists see most in Mazatlan. There is the Zona Dorado where newer hotels congregate and bars and discos service night crowds. The beaches are here as well as ten taxi drivers to every tourist and street vendors...
Marina Norte Cheap Mexican home on the water
There are several marinas in Mazatlan. The northern marina tends towards pleasure while the southern marina gravitates towards work. This Sunday the only event that draws skippers off their boats are NFL playoffs on high def TVs in bars and...
Jack Kerouac in Mazatlan On the road
Back in the 1950's, after WW2, most people headed home to raise families. Men were tired of shooting bullets and women were tired of making them. Instead of killing humanity the focus became re-populating humanity. An era of big bands was...
Marlin Stew/ The Shrimp Bucket Good for hangovers
Down near the radio towers, at the south end of the Malecon, is an eatery called the Shrimp Bucket. It is right on the road and if you stick your arm out from a table closest to the rail that separates you from the road, a car will take your arm off your...
Mazatlan, Mexico Gold Coast
The Mazatlan geography is flat and vegetation hugs the ground. The predominant building material in town is cement and tile is used prolifically because it is easy to wash, mop, clean, and maintain. Around us this afternoon are T-shirts aplenty...
Steins, Arizona Murder Pulling off the freeway
I-10 takes you to Los Angeles if you stay on it all the way. Out of Wilcox, Arizona the Interstate takes you along a steadily winding uphill road that goes from long flat expanses to foothills and into rugged mountains. Several miles before you get to...
White Tank Mountain Reserve, Arizona protected nature
Outside the Happy Trails Resort, to the southwest, is a nature preserve named the White Tank Mountains. Whereas Surprise is a continuation of development, an encroachment upon the desert, the White Tank Mountains are resolutely clinging to...
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