No. 45 - Playing Hooky in Highlands
942 Words. 4 Minute Read.
In addition to being charming, welcoming, and engulfed in natural beauty, the entire town smells good...intoxicatingly good...mountain laurel, lilac, and magnolias inextricably mixed up.
No. 44 - The Big Easy & Orvis
1,919 Words. 8 Minute Read.
The further south I went, the less English was spoken, the better the etouffee, and the more likely I’d be drinking beers in dirt floor honky-tonks.
No. 43 - Jackson Hole & A Yellow Submarine
1,789 Words. 7 Minute Read.
My first real adventure was spending college summers working in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This was in the late 90s when Jackson was a bit sleepier and content with Aspen being the playground of the rich. There were a few celebrities, but it was limited to a run-in with Harrison Ford in the backcountry.
No. 41 - Mt. Rushmore & Rushmore Academy
2,128 Words. 8 Minute Read.
Let’s assume for a moment that there’s another Mount Rushmore, but instead of Presidents, the faces of Wall Street titans, the Duke of Del Monte, the world’s finest golfer, and a young man from the University of Pennsylvania are immortalized in granite. Naturally, it begs the question, “Who are these men and why are they deserving of a grandiose monument?”