Author Archives: Lisa Stenger-Smith

Monument Valley The buttes and monoliths assault your senses  as you go down the Moki Dugway that begins the Monument Valley area descending from the flatter, higher area into another level of wide open.   As it is April, there is some green on the ground to contrast the beautiful red sandstone.  We had to stopContinue reading “Arizona – Monument Valley , Antelope Slot Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, – April 2026”

Snow Canyon State Park, St. George Area The reds of the sandstone in so many textures and cypress green mixed with a bit of the distant white mountains are incredibly beautiful.  Petrified Dunes /Lava Flow Hike Luckily they were petrified and not sandy dunes – made the hiking a whole lot easier and oh soContinue reading “Utah (Snow Canyon, Capitol Reef, Kanarra Falls Slot Canyon, More)”

The lush green of Kauai immediately dominates your senses.  Mix that with the red clay soil and you have a Sedona-like calmness that these two colors are supposed to bring to us humans, but there is no talk of vortexes here.   So many beautiful beaches and oh the 430am rooster crowing is part of theContinue reading “Kauai, Hawaii(May and December)”

We have been Vinny VanGoing in Colorado for the month of September  2025 enjoying only a fraction of the beauty and what is available to experience and see in the incredible state,  especially with the Aspens shimmering into the yellows and gold.  As we all travelled here in 2014, 2015 and 2022 I also includedContinue reading “Colorado, September 2025”

Our last days in this incredibly beautiful province were upon us, and we are backtracking a bit to catch all the things we had missed during the last 6 weeks before heading to Gander for “Come From Away” and the ferry back to Cape Breton, those both being firm dates.  These are somewhat in theContinue reading “Westward to Port Aux Basque Ferry, Newfoundland”

Quidi Vidi The most picturesque Harbor town, and I got the reflection – no wind so atypical, but it happens.  Quidi Vidi Lake Loop provided the easy 3-mile thirst build-up for the Quidi Vidi Brewery.  We had boondocked for an entire week when we arrived at Quidi Vidi ready to take on the Brewery.  ItContinue reading “St. John’s Area, Newfoundland”

St. Vincent’s Beach We had heard that the humpbacks were to be at St. Vincents, so much like we rushed to get to Twillingate for the Icebergs, we were in a bit of a rush to see these magnificent creatures too.  When we arrived, the frenzy was in full swing.  We kept walking down theContinue reading “Southern Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland– Whales”