Carl Henning

Touted as the first location for baseball’s spring training, Hot Springs provided access to bars and baths. Gangsters frequented both, too.

Medicinal hot springs, Al Capone and other gangsters, illegal casinos and brothels, and major league baseball spring training. What do these have in common? Hot Springs National Park.

Many Christians have some version of the poem Footsteps in the Sand (sometimes, just Footsteps) in their homes. It’s often give as a gift. The authorship is disputed, but here is one version: One night I dreamed a dream. As…

Concluding the travel hardware we carry is the emergency kit. It’s contained in a green plastic tub in the trunk. At a minimum, I recommend “flares,” jumper cables, and compressor. First needs. Reflective vest, work gloves, head lamp, goggles, LED…

Part 2 of hardware we carry. You probably don’t need any of these, but on a long trip we use some of these. Emergency kit. Contents in next post. First Aid Kit. This contains items assembled by retired-nurse-in-residence and is…

I’ve reviewed the apps I use for travel in “There’s an App for That…” Five years ago I said I would add a post about my hardware. This is it (a tad late).

Traveling lately has been minimal or with a purpose of just getting there. Hence, limited travel posts. But after the last just-get-there trip, I realized it was time to update the available apps. (Originally posted: August 20, 2019) As I…

We visited Selby Gardens in 2023 when they had Tiffany items on display and major ongoing construction. The construction is done and the results are great: new parking garage, gift shop, theater, and more. This time the exhibition was “Yayoi…

My first troll was in Portland (post). Seattle has five more, two of which are on islands. Here’s the three on the mainland.

We’ve been to Northwest Trek before for the free roaming herbivores and not free roaming carnivores. The moose and some of the cats made no appearance, but there was still a lot to see.