Featured image: The waterfalls at Daggett Memorial Park in Montello, Wisconsin (photo by Cheryl Landes) When I travel and have the time, I follow different backroads to familiar destinations. Often I pick these routes from a map without researching the towns along the way to preserve the element of surprise at what lies ahead. The fun is … Continue reading Daggett Memorial Park offers respite for weary travelers

One World Trade Center rises from the ashes of Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan, New York City. This photo was taken on September 28, 2012. (photo by Cheryl Landes) Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the Northeast. Two planes flew into the World Trade Center in New York City, another crashed … Continue reading Remembering September 11, 2001

Featured image: Sign at the entrance to Haleakala National Park on the island of Maui, Hawaii (photo by Cheryl Landes) Get a close-up look at a volcano crater. Walk trails through white sand dunes and lush forests. Marvel at the beauty of colorful arched rocks and deep canyons. Gaze at geysers shooting water or springs … Continue reading Every Kid in a Park initiative gives fourth graders and their families free admission to national parks

Featured image: The horse barn where the Door County Cowboy Church services are held Memorial Day through Labor Day (photo by Cheryl Landes) The summer sunlight casts a soft glow on the band dressed in checkered shirts and blue jeans through the windows of a white horse barn near Ellison Bay, Wisconsin. Four guitarists, a … Continue reading Cowboy Church offers simple, barrier-free worship for locals and tourists