Raven's Roads

Archives: 2011 October

Prescott is different

Prescott is different

Prescott is an urban-wilderness interface area. I’m still looking for the plugs and sockets.

Ash Fork

Ash Fork

We traveled into Ash Fork where I disguised a snarfari very cleverly as an opportunity to pick up mail.

Golden road

Golden road

Look carefully, and you can see where the old road was. Look even more carefully, because in a few years it will all be gone.

High on route 66

High on route 66

I climbed to the top of route 66, where it meets the freeway. And I wondered where the other lane went.

Shadows going west

Shadows going west

Route 66 makes me happy, and unexpected route 66 is better still. I wish I had enough oomph to walk six miles.

W is for Williams

W is for Williams

It might have been our fourth attempt, but we finally made it to Williams. A few dozen landmarks and a giant ice-cream later, I was most satisfied.

Wil-e Coyote

Wil-e Coyote

The coyote that crossed the road this morning was probably relocating away from hunters, but I’d put my bets on the coyote. I could almost see it rolling its eyes.

Learning something new

Learning something new

I worked on a new kind of project today, my first infographic. For National Public Lands Day, everyone else ran around like lunatics.

Equinox

Equinox

One of my articles has gone viral, unexpectedly. (That’s likely one of the definitions of viral.) By the way, isn’t evolution wonderful?