Another hour east on I-40 through the town of Holbrook on Route 180 will take you on the Southern end of Petrified Forest National Park. I did stop to take a picture at “Wigwam Motel” where the rooms are designed as Wigwams.” I still think they rent rooms too. Plenty of petrified rock was being sold by various venders.…
About an hour east of Sedona on I-40 is one of the “Natural Wonders” of the USA, Meteor Crater. I was tempted to just drive past, but having seen the 1984 John Carpenter’s film, “Starman,” with Jeff Bridges, we had to stop. One of the guides did confirm that the movie’s last scenes were shot here with National Guardsman…
The next day we ventured to Sedona. Our daughter, Pamela, was here several years ago and gave us the dream to visit. We are glad we did. Sedona is a beautiful area tucked in the Verde Valley and Red Rocks. Our Best Westin Sedona Inn was perched on a hillside overlooking this vista. We enjoyed the tour we took with…
We picked up our rental from Enterprise at the Weston and drove five and half hours to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Originally, I told Kathie it would take four hours. We did manage to stop at a historical town called Seligman. It was part of Route 66 trek. We went into the Rusty Bolt to find a cloth…
We were let off at Palm Beach International airport by our good friends, Chuck and Mary Johnson. I met Chuck when I was 13 back in 1968 playing basketball at the outside courts at Stuart Middle School. Chuck was in his first year of teaching at my alma mater, Martin County High School. Mary was sitting in their red Mustang…
As I was sitting at my desk in the Dean’s Office, really not wanting to be there, I would dream of distant places. One of these places is Hawaii. My mom gave the dream to me long ago. She never made it. I chose a “Retirement trip” others would only dream about. One hundred days exploring Arizona, Hawaii and Cabo…
It is to the “right” side facing towards the sea I have seen the best coral and sea life. However, the left side is not bad, particularly for seeing turtles. Most of the tour boats moor on the right side. By car, Honolua Bay Located between Mile marker 32 and 33. We like parking by the small bridge as you…
Half the length of the real Eiffel in Paris, France (1063 feet high), it was a cleaver movie by Bally’s Entertainment Group creating a half size version of the real Eiffel. Celebrating their new hotel, Paris, along the famous Las Vegas Boulevard, it was built in 1999. It is now an iconic point landmark along “the Las Vegas Strip.” The genuine Eiffel was built in 1889 to…
When we first arrived about three in the afternoon we had the entire hotel by ourselves. By 9:00 P.M., it was totally filled with travelers. If you plan to stay in Winslow, I would make a reservations as selections for hotels are few.We thought of staying in La Posada Hotel, not far from here. That would have been a treat…
On December 16, 2014 will mark the 70th Anniversary of one of the largest battles ever fought in United States history: The Battle of the Bulge. Nearly 20,000 U.S. soldiers would die in this battle that would last for over a month. It was on December 16th, 1944, my father, Henry T. Bielicki, was wounded in the Hurtgen Forest forever…