Travel

Register For 2016 Spring Break Trip To Washington, D.C.

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Los Alamos 8th graders visit Washington, D.C. during Spring Break. Courtesy photo

EDUCATION News:

It’s time to sign up for next year’s annual 8th grade spring break trip to Washington, D.C.

This trip is available to Los Alamos Middle School and home school 8th grade students. The trip is a private trip and not a school sponsored trip.

The trip has been a highlight for students in the 8th grade at LAMS for more than 30 years. Sign up online at https:////dn.educationaltravel.com/ using ID Number 116072 or call 1.800.468.5899 using the same ID number.

The trip will include sightseeing Read More

Solo Traveler: Cave Homes

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The living room of Shel Neymark’s cave home. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Cave bathroom. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler
By SHERRY HARDAGE
 
Cave Homes

I had the fortune a few years ago to house-sit for a Dutch woman who owned a cave home in Ortahisar, Cappadocia.

Her house was built over an old cave that started out as a large bubble in a hot ash flow. The soft volcanic tuff was enlarged in prehistoric times to form a living space.

The guestroom was created when the cave entrance was walled in with blocks of the same volcanic rock. The room once had two large holes in the roof for Read More

Griggs: Dateline The Bayou April 2015

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‘The Blessing of the Animals’ by Leo Politi, near the top of historic Olvera Street in Los Angeles. Photo by David Griggs

Author David H. Griggs at the El Paso Train Station, during a break on the Sunset Limited run from Los Angeles to New Orleans. Courtesy photo

 

By DAVID H. GRIGGS
Formerly of Los Alamos

From The Redwoods To The Bayou

What a great omen and start for a journey! As the bus cruised south out of Arcata, I caught the ending of a full lunar eclipse in the western sky over the waters of Humboldt Bay.

After the winter in Central America, I spent a wonderful month with my son Tobias Read More

Solo Traveler: Things Or Experiences?

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Oaxacan boys create their own fun. Photo by Sherry Hardage
 
Solo Traveler
By SHERRY HARDAGE
 
Things or Experiences?

I was the only child and grandchild in my family for a long time. When I was four and was asked what I wanted for Christmas, I said I didn’t want toys, I wanted Santa to bring me one of his elves so I would have someone to play with. My mother had to explain that elves are “people” and we simply can’t own other people.

Even at four years old, it was clear that “things” were not nearly as much fun as a friend, someone with a mind of their own, someone who could play!

Dr. Thomas Gilovich, Read More

Griggs: Dateline León, Nicaragua March 2015

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The Hostel Tortuga Booluda (the Lazy Turtle) in León, Nicaragua. Photo by David Griggs

By DAVID H. GRIGGS
Formerly of Los Alamos

Poetry In The Heart Of León, Nicaragua

As a snowbird fleeing the ravages of the northern winter, I continued south. My next stop in Central America was the comfortable and copacetic colonial city of León in Nicaragua, and I was definitely into “shorts and T-shirt country”.

The hostel La Tortuga Booluda provided a great base for my five day stay in León. The staff was very friendly and helpful, giving directions and suggestions, serving drinks and arranging a shuttle. Read More

Weekend Drive To Ghost Ranch In Abiquiu

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Scene from a Saturday drive to Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu and surrounding area. Photo by Robert Beberniss

Scene from a Saturday drive to Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu and surrounding area. Photo by Robert Beberniss

Scene from a Saturday drive to Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu and surrounding area. Photo by Robert Beberniss

Staff Report

Located at 280 Private Dr., in Abiquiu, Ghost Ranch is a unique combination of natural beauty, paleontology, geology, archaeology, history and art.

For more than 55 years, Ghost Ranch has been a national education and retreat center owned by the Presbyterian Church. At one time Read More

NCRTD Asks Congress To Renew Transportation Bill

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NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District has joined more than 240 organizations and community groups throughout the U.S. to call for action as expiration of Federal Transportation Bill approaches May 31.

It has been determined by APTA (American Public Transportation Association), without a long-term federal transportation funding bill, NCRTD (North Central Regional Transit District), along with many other transit organizations, could face tremendous uncertainty, and a bill is needed for better and expanded transportation options, and to continue to grow the economy. Read More

Los Alamos Geological Society Plans Field Trip To Quebradas Back Country Byway April 25

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Quebradas Back Country Byway. Courtesy/www.newmexico.org

LAGS News:

The Los Alamos Geological Society’s (LAGS) April field trip is planned for April 25 to the Socorro Area, specifically the Quebradas Back Country Byway. Several years ago, LAGS planned a field trip to this location, but heavy rains made the road unpassable.

Quebradas Back Country Byway map. Courtesy/www.newmexico.org

The Quebradas Backcountry Byway is an unpaved county road traversing about 24 miles of rugged, colorful landscapes east of Socorro. Much of the Byway includes rolling bench lands that rise above Read More

Griggs: Dateline San Salvador February 2015

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Bishop Romero at the Tivoli Fountain in  Rome in the 1950’s when he was a simple parish priest. The Lutheran and Anglican Churches celebrate his feast day on March 25. Courtesy/Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen

 

Pilgrimage To San Salvador
By DAVID H. GRIGGS
Formerly of Los Alamos 

At the end of January, I planned to travel south from Guatemala to Nicaragua to attend a Rotary Project Fair. Planes would be faster, but buses give you a chance to see more of the country. Central America has a great system of public transportation. I chose one of the Tica Bus “Pullmans”, Read More

RTD Adds Additional Bus To Accommodate Chimayo Pilgrims On Good Friday

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RTD News:

In addition to its regular Chimayo Route bus, the North Central Regional Transit District (RTD “Blue Bus”) will be adding an additional bus along its Española to Chimayo route to accommodate people making the annual pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo on Good Friday, April 3.

Two ADA accessible buses will run on a continuous loop throughout the day 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (the first bus begins at 8 a.m. and the second at 8:30 a.m.) departing from the RTD stop on the north side of the Santa Claran Hotel in front of the Arrow Motel.

The route then traverses NM Highway 76 with multiple designated RTD Read More