Casas Grandes (Paquime) & Mata Ortiz $895 Small group tour (minimum 8 persons) led by […]
Copper Canyon – Batopilas, November 1-7, 2017
Copper Canyon – Batopilas Visit Chihuahua City, take the train to Creel, and then by van to the bottom of Batopilas Canyon $1,380 November 1 – November 7, 2017 Wednesday, November 1. Car pool from Alpine to Presidio. Breakfast at El Patio restaurant. Taxi to Ojinaga, collecting a tourist via (free) en route.. Express bus […]
The Rio Grande: where did the water go?
Anyone standing on the banks of the Rio Grande upstream of Presidio might be excused for asking what is great or wild (Mexicans call it the “Wild River of the North”) about the sluggish stream of brown water flowing by. Fortunately, the brown stream is joined at this point by the fast-flowing Rio Conchos, three […]
Trinity Village, Newfoundland
Located on the Bonavista Peninsula, 3 hours drive from St. John’s, is the community of Trinity. Founded in the 17th Century, with a history of fishing, the settlement has a population of 191 residents. The beautifully restored houses are called salt box houses, with a two-story front and a one-story rear, and a […]
New-found-land
Newfoundland, coupled with Labrador, is the most easterly of Canada’s 10 provinces. St. John’s, the capital, is closer to Dublin, Ireland than to Houston. The province an island, reachable by ferry from the Canadian mainland. It has long winters and short summers. We don’t hear much about Canada in mainstream US news. Canadians, who […]
Voices from Both Sides (II)
On May 11, 2013 a community-based effort in Terlingua, TX, led by local musician Jeff Haislip, initiated Voices from Both Sides. This musical event on each side of the Rio Grande at Lajitas, TX was intended to prove that the border-crossing restrictions, established after 9/11, would not divide us. The event was a huge success. […]
Scotland!
Eating haggis in Alpine, Texas! A Get-Together for the tour group going to Scotland in September was combined with a Burns Supper, the annual celebration of Robert Burns birth. This was the menu. SCOTLAND TOUR 2014 Burns Supper & Group Get Together Sunday, September 26, 2014 MENU Pâté Paysan (chicken & pork) Smoked Salmon (peppered) […]