Monday, April 27, 2026

JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, A Visit to Historic Keys Ranch, Guest Post by Susan Kean

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Keys Ranch, main house, Joshua Tree National Park. My friend Susan Kean loves to travel and has been a regular contributor to this blog. In ...
Monday, April 20, 2026

MURALS AT THE FOWLER MUSEUM, UCLA, Los Angeles, California

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Close-up of mural created by UCLA students for Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, CA. On a recent visit to the Fowler Museum on the UCLA campus, I...
Monday, April 13, 2026

ON THE “ROOF OF NORWAY” – IN THE JOTUNHEIMEN MOUNTAINS: Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

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Kyrkja (north face), Jotunheimen National Park, Norway. My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to this blog...
Monday, April 6, 2026

HAPPY 15TH ANNIVERSARY to THE INTREPID TOURIST: Sunday at the Pyramids—Notes from the Field

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Teotihuacan, Mexico. Pyramid of the Sun. Fifteen years ago, in April 2011, I launched The Intrepid Tourist. Its original purpose was to publ...
Monday, March 30, 2026

MANET/MORISOT EXHIBIT at the Legion of Honor Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

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Portrait of Berthe Morisot Reclining, by Edouard Manet, 1873 Note: This post describes my visit to the exhibit of the paintings of Edouard M...
Monday, March 23, 2026

ANZA BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK, Guest Post by Tom Scheaffer

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In January, my brother Tom Scheaffer did an overnight visit to Anza Borrego Desert State Park , about an hour and a half drive from his home...