North America

River House Motel, Bend, Oregon

When we revisit a place, we rarely stay multiple times in a motel or hotel despite putting a lot of pre-trip planning into selecting our lodging because we almost always end a visit by thinking...

Yellowstone: The Nearby Regions

Yellowstone National Park is deservedly one of the world's great tourist destinations, but if you limit your visit to the confines of Yellowstone National Park you will miss a lot of...

Get Your Kicks on Route 666

Ok, the once famous song and highway was US Rt 66, but there was once a US Rt 666, all of 60 miles long, and it connected Montecello UT almost to Cortez CO. Put another way, it connected Arches and...

Roadway Inn aka Skyline Motor Inn, Cody, WY

Cody, WY, West Yellowstone, MT' and within Yellowstone National Park itself, are the three major locations of lodging for visitors to Yellowstone. Of the three, we prefer Cody, even though it is the...

Snorkeling 3 of Florida's Freshwater Springs

Just beyond the University of Florida’s bustling 88 thousand seat football stadium lies hundreds of tranquil, crystal-clear-blue freshwater springs still isolated from UF’s uproar. The...