There is something about how hiking in the silence of a desert that is addictive, as though this absence of civilized noise experienced miles into the hike is something you’ve craved your whole life but didn’t know it. The experience is not truly silent, respective to the definition. You hear your breath, rhythmically marching and… Continue reading Desert Silence
Yesterday’s post showed a few of the 150+ vehicles available at the Cloud Museum. I thought it was interesting that while I appreciated the restored models, I was more in touch with the well-used, rusting hulks that predominately cover the outdoor part of the museum. Something about that patina and what must have been (at… Continue reading Time Machine: Cloud Museum Part 2 – Antiques & Ephemera
Cloud Museum Between Yuma, AZ, and the Imperial Dam LTVA (long-term visitor area) where I've been hiding from nasty Michigan winters for the last few months, there is a private collection of cars and machines from a bygone era. The Cloud Museum is one person's vast lifetime collection of vehicles, antiques, and ephemera from the… Continue reading Time Machine: Cloud Museum Part 1 – Autos
This post may not interest most of you, since it is about visiting a real place lodged in my memories from 60+ years ago. If one is fortunate, an opportunity may arise to revisit such places and illuminate the shadows of memory. I am in California for probably the next several weeks. I started off… Continue reading Illuminating the Shadows of Memory
Tomorrow I fly back to the mainland to Denver, and end my 25-day Hawaiian vacation and adventure. It's been a great trip and visit with my two sons who live in Honolulu. And while I didn't catch any of the other islands on this trip, we made good use of the days to explore Oahu's… Continue reading Mahalo, Honolulu
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