Category: Westward Ho!

Easter: He Is Risen; Family, Faith & Freedom

  Charmaine, Your Business Blogger Penta-Posse at the Grand Canyon Easter 2005 In this political season, every Presidential Candidate will be in church on Easter. A photo op, if nothing else. Two Easters back...

Leaving Las Vegas

It wasn’t just the horrible hotel (see below) — we were glad to be leaving Las Vegas altogether. I’d been to Vegas before; so had Jack. But as adults it’s easier to mentally edit...

Circus, Circus is Lousy, Lousy

Warning: the following post has no transcendent meaning and no flights of poetry whatsoever. Rather, I offer the following sad tale of woe for the benefit of any fellow travellers to Vegas who might...

"Mom, that woman is naked!"

Las Vegas is a seductive place. As we drove into town down the Strip, the Penta-Posse was thrilled — billboard-size flat-screen televisions with life-like fireworks . . . (Women in g-strings – “Mom, that...

Alchemy of Achievement

Major John Wesley Powell lost an arm in the Civil War, yet he went on to lead the first expedition that traveled the full length of the portion of the Colorado River that cuts...

He is Risen!

He is risen! He is risen indeed! The alarm went off at 3 AM. Could we manage to rouse five tired children and make it to the sunrise service at the Grand Canyon 90...