Tag: travel

  • Silver Canyon: The James Bond of Westerns (Stop #2: Utah)

    The second significant stop on my first foray into western lands was Hildale, Utah. Never heard of it? I hadn’t either, but it’s where I could find the cheapest hotel for visiting Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks. It is a town smaller than the pinprick you’d get on your thumb by trying to pin…

  • Bless Me, Ultima: A Chicano Classic (Stop #1: New Mexico)

    My first major stop on my road trip was Albuquerque, New Mexico. Before that I’d stayed a night in San Antonio, but only to make the twenty-six hour drive from Florida to New Mexico semi-bearable. With bloodshot eyes and aching limbs, I drove into Albuquerque around seven in the evening, checked into my hotel, and…

  • Kurt Vonnegut, Indianapolis & Wicked Cool Libraries

    That’s right, we’re doing Vonnegut this week. Because I really like Kurt Vonnegut, and because my New Year’s resolution was to stop half-assing things, I went big for this one. For those of you who don’t know, Indianapolis was the birthplace of the great Kurt Vonnegut. It was also the birthplace of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.,…