Books Read 2015

It’s been a long time since I mentioned the books that I’m reading.  2015 was my “Irish” year.  I read 25 books and 14 of them dealt with Ireland in some fashion. Here’s the Irish list: The Lion of Ireland, Morgan Llywelyn Finn MacCool, Morgan Llywelyn 1916: A Novel of the Irish Rebellion, Morgan Llywelyn … Read more

Tusayan Ruin and Museum

Along the Desert View Drive on the Grand Canyon South Rim is the Tusayan Museum and Ruin. The Tusayan Ruins were the home of ancestral Puebloans that inhabited the area around 1185 AD. The ruins were partially excavated in the 1930s and no attempt has been made at reconstruction. The museum was built to help … Read more

Fort Bowie Hike – Part Two

Here we have made it to the top and are looking back down the way we came. Go down, through the V, turn right and hike another mile! Fort Bowie ruins as you come up on them from the trail. Here they actually look a lot more impressive than they do once you actually get … Read more