Category: National Parks

Exploring Downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico: Historic Plaza, Adobe Architecture, Art, Culture, Faith, and Southwestern Charm (June 5, 2013)

June 5, 2013

Built in 1776-96, the Santuario de Guadalupe Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico is the oldest extant shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe in the United States. Santa Fe, New Mexico: A History Lesson Through Its Most Iconic Landmarks “A Nation that forgets its past has no future.” I love building art. And it appears … More Exploring Downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico: Historic Plaza, Adobe Architecture, Art, Culture, Faith, and Southwestern Charm (June 5, 2013)

Loretto Chapel: The Mystery of Santa Fe’s Miraculous Staircase in New Mexico (June 4, 2013)

June 4, 2013

Welcome to Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, New Mexico A Gothic chapel, a vanished carpenter, and a staircase that continues to inspire questions nearly 150 years later New Mexico has a way of placing mystery in plain sight. Among the adobe buildings and sun-washed streets of historic Santa Fe stands a small Gothic Revival chapel that … More Loretto Chapel: The Mystery of Santa Fe’s Miraculous Staircase in New Mexico (June 4, 2013)

Divinely Protected: The Lord’s Prayer I Prayed at San Felipe de Neri Parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico Before Everything Changed (March 6, 2013)

March 6, 2013

The Lord’s Prayer The Lord’s Prayer I Prayed at San Felipe de Neri Parish Before Everything Changed (March 6, 2013) Our Father, who art in heaven,hallowed be thy name;thy kingdom come;thy will be done;on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass … More Divinely Protected: The Lord’s Prayer I Prayed at San Felipe de Neri Parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico Before Everything Changed (March 6, 2013)

Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Island of Hawaii (2011)

October 18, 2011

📍: Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site | Park Brochure “Endless is the good that I have given you to enjoy.” – Kamehameha I (May 8, 1819) “How many places in America can you walk in the footsteps of a king? Where else has a stranded sailor risen up to become a great chief over an … More Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Island of Hawaii (2011)

Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park, Kailua-Kona, Island of Hawaii (2011)

October 18, 2011

📍: Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park, Island of Hawaii (2011) “Along the western coastline of the Island of Hawaiʻi lies the hot, rugged lava of Kaloko, Honokōhau. This seemingly barren and harsh landscape does not appear to be suitable for human existence, and yet, long before written history, the Hawaiian people built a thriving settlement upon this … More Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park, Kailua-Kona, Island of Hawaii (2011)

Thurston Lava Tube [Nahuku], Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Island of Hawaii (2011)

October 13, 2011

📍: Nāhuku Lava Tube | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park📍: Day Hike- Nāhuku (Thurston Lava Tube) | Hawaii Volcanoes NP “Walk through a verdant rainforest and listen for the calls of native birds before entering a 500-year old lava tube where a river of 2000 degree fahrenheit (1093° celsius) lava once flowed. Its Hawaiian name, Nāhuku, … More Thurston Lava Tube [Nahuku], Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Island of Hawaii (2011)

“My Last Visit with Bill” by Peter Stowell (2001)

September 15, 2001

Not only was this week a sad one for the world with the worst attack on America’s soil in its history; it became somewhat sadder for me as my brother Bill gave his life to cancer earlier today. He had been ill for a couple years and struggled valiantly against the disease that relentlessly pursued … More “My Last Visit with Bill” by Peter Stowell (2001)