Gila Hot Springs isn’t what it used to be, but up the road the Cliff Dwellings National Monument is still free and still worth the short slow drive.

Back down through Lake Roberts and San Lorenzo, where there were more quail in one spot than ever, crossing the road.

Then the vineyard, ripe and lush, where I like the Cab best for a change.

City of Rocks. She called it New Mexico Stonehenge and that was perfect.

The restaurant known as Revel is closing in two weeks but we made it for one more time and that once more will help us miss it with a pining respect.

I drank a little too much delicious Willamette Valley Pinot but only a little too much.

Elsewhere in the noosphere: Turning a Free Pallet into a $1,200 Desk