I recently went to an area wide Bar-B-Que Cookoff in downtown Frisco, Colorado.  Frisco is a beautiful little town off I-70 between Vail and Denver.  I was blessed to be with my friends from Oklahoma.

     All was well except I couldn't find any ribs.  The excitement of the crowd of people and their pets was wonderful.  Everyone was friendly and the western theme was comforting to a West Texas girl. I caugh ... Read More

While working near Rifle, Colorado this year, I had the privalege on many occasions of driving through the beautiful Glenwood Canyon.  Since I was away from home for a couple of months, I had my wife join me for a couple of weeks.  I had no idea how much she loves this canyon!  My wife fell in love with Glenwood Canyon during the many trips that she and her family made between Denver and Grand Junction.  I've taken her to Hawaii, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Alaska, Maine, a ... Read More

If you're like most people, you tend to over pack for your trips.  Our trip was pretty unusual, we happened to be on the Island when they were having record breaking high temperatures on the low side.  Which means the jeans that I packed turned out to be the perfect attire for most of our time on the Island.  But for a normal trip to Maui, here's a link to a great packing list, http://www.sunandsand.com/packinglist.htm.

My husband Larry and I recently had the privelage of traveling to Maui and Kauai, Hawaii.  So many people told us how expensive the trip was going to be that we were extremely nervous.  We were very pleasantly surprised to find a restaurant with the most wonderful view of ocean.  It was inside, but open air.  The breakfast menu ranges from $5.00 to $11.00 which isn't any worse than what we normally see in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.  But, how often do you think we see wha ... Read More

If you ever get the chance to drive Highway 87 through northern Arizona, you'll probably come across a little town called Pine. Stop! They have the most wonderful restaurant called The Randall House. It originally was a house owned by the Randall family, who were pioneers to that part of the country, and Mrs. Randall loved to invited people to her house for meals. The restaurant now serves gourmet food in an area where old fashioned meat and potatoes is standard fare. I've really enjoyed my S ... Read More