Our president has been saying a lot lately about how much he would like America to return the tradition of saying, “Merry Christmas.” Yesterday, he said Merry Christmas in a big way…with one of the largest public land giveaways in US history. Ho, Ho, Ho!!! Plenty has been said about this already, but I’ll risk saying a few more. It’s […]
The Appalachians: America’s First Frontier
Today’s featured mountain range is…The Appalachians! America’s First Western Frontier. And…Our very own backyard. 🙂 The Appalachian Mountains are the largest and most significant mountain range east of the Mississippi River. They are a very old range of mountains (nearly 500 million years), very much worn down by the passage of time, and this accounts both for their […]
Which is the ‘best’ US National Park?
Which is the ‘best’ US National Park? Obviously a subjective question, and part of that subjectivity comes with what exactly you are looking for in a park. Car camping vs hiking, mountains vs. desert, etc. But one thing is obvious…a whole bunch of people like to go to National Parks, and a sizable percentage of them go to […]
Monarch Butterfly Migration
Recently we went to Southport, NC to celebrate Sylvia’s birthday (Sylvia insists on having a birthday EVERY single year.) While we were there, we caught the Monarch Butterfly migration as it was passing through. Though it is far less well known than bird migrations, Monarch Butterflies do migrate South to warmer climates during the winter. In the Western US these […]
OH, BOUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome to the New Blog! We are recently back from a trip to Southport, NC celebrating Sylvia’s annual birthday! She insists on having birthday every single year. Our BecauseItzThere on WordPress is now open for business, but the old legacy site will stay out there for a while…until Google shuts it down or reclaims the storage […]
Blue Ridge Parkway 2017
Each year Sylvia and I take a cruise out to the Blue Ridge Parkway to see the sights of fall. This year, we went three times. Here are a few places we visited this year. Beacon Heights Located at milepost 305 on the BRP, Beacon heights is a very popular outlook in the vicinity of Linn Cove Viaduct and Grandfather […]