ColumnsHit the RoadLas Cruces offers visitors glimpse of the ‘real New Mexico’E'Louise OndashJune 5, 2023June 8, 2023 June 5, 2023June 8, 2023068 The line at the Aqua Frescas stand at the festival in Las Cruces is long, and the vendors must be making a killing. The thermometer...
ColumnsHit the RoadScottsdale trying to honor past and ‘be as contemporary as possible’E'Louise OndashMay 24, 2023 May 24, 20230113 The one-square-mile Old Town Scottsdale of today is divided into nine themed districts....
ColumnsHit the RoadWorldWhen not enjoying great outdoors, Scottsdale-area museums worth a visitE'Louise OndashMay 8, 2023May 8, 2023 May 8, 2023May 8, 20230106 Arizona’s big draw in the spring is undoubtedly the great outdoors, but when it’s time to take refuge from the sun, three Scottsdale-area museums will...
ColumnsHit the RoadWorldTonto National Forest’s exquisite vistas found off the beaten pathE'Louise OndashApril 17, 2023 April 17, 20230164 I’ve got a death grip on the seat in front of me as our well-worn Hummer bumps and twists over a sandy trail that loops...
ColumnsHit the Road‘We are all artists’: WNDR Museum relies on visitor inputE'Louise OndashApril 11, 2023 April 11, 20230116 The downtown San Diego venue combines art, technology and the imagination of visitors to provide an encounter that is fun and challenging. ...
ColumnsHit the RoadLaguna Beach, minus the crowdsE'Louise OndashMarch 29, 2023 March 29, 20230196 Attention local SoCals: It’s spring and that means that the beaches are ours....
ColumnsHit the RoadAnza-Borrego blooms in wake of winter rainsE'Louise OndashMarch 21, 2023 March 21, 20230910 Rushing water is not a sound you hear in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Except for this spring....
ColumnsHit the RoadBotanic Garden’s World of Orchids a treat for the sensesE'Louise OndashMarch 14, 2023March 14, 2023 March 14, 2023March 14, 20230250 SDBG has turned 120 species of orchids — 260 plants — into a grand, artistic display pleasing to even those who aren’t flower lovers....
ColumnsHit the RoadIn ‘Wild Patagonia,’ photos capture a challenging terrainE'Louise OndashFebruary 28, 2023March 1, 2023 February 28, 2023March 1, 20230410 If you are lucky enough to catch any portion of Patagonia on a good-weather day, you take photos — and that’s what Anthony Garvin has...
ColumnsEnvironmentHit the RoadRegionBolsa Chica coastal wetland’s luxuriant wildlife, hiking trailsE'Louise OndashFebruary 13, 2023February 13, 2023 February 13, 2023February 13, 20230775 Birds in mud. That’s how one Yelp reviewer describes Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach. And it’s true. There are a lot of birds in...