Our North American road trip we call ‘CAN-AM Peregrinations’ in EMILI – short for EMIssions LIttle (our 2004 Toyota Prius Hybrid Vehicle).
Arizona by Irene Butler Years ago, we saw it as the eagle flies, in a small aircraft dipping its wings from side to side to show off the breathtaking mammoth chasm. “I want to hike down someday,” I passionately related to Rick. And here we were, after a night’s stay in the sleepy little town…
New Mexico – By Irene Butler For miles the parched raw sienna sand dappled with dark green juniper and pale olive sage stretched in all four directions; further off the chameleon mesas rose in grandeur turning from browns to russets with the slightest change of light; mountains in the distance began in charcoals, ending in…
Texas, Arkansas By Irene Butler Arkansas conjures up visions of hillbillies in the Ozark Mountains cooking up homebrew; probably due to Jed Clampet and family hailing from “dem der hills” before striking black gold in the Beverley Hillbillies T.V. series. The banjo and guitar pick’in music and folklore of the Ozarks is still alive, especially…
Chicago and other cities of America by Irene Butler By Irene Butler “You are going to Chicago, but you don’t know what you want to see there?” said the suspicious border guard as her colleague picked through our belongings. Quickly racking my brain for what I knew of Chicago, I only came up with Al…
Friendly Manitoba By Irene Butler Scripted on the province’s license plates, “ friendly” is a well-chosen attribute describing Manitoba’s peoples and places; with our thirty-three family members living here adding heaps to the cordiality. Hospitableness extends from the cultural centre of Winnipeg crammed with entertainment and fine dining, to the Precambrian Shield for adventures in…
