Monthly Archives: February 2017

A Water Tower Oasis in Arid Ash Fork, Arizona

Posted on February 16, 2017 by smspangler

Following Route 66 west across the barren, baked brown Arizona landscape in the early morning oven of August 8, 2016, Ed and I were looking forward to nearly a hundred miles of the original two-lane Mother Road just past Ash … Continue reading →

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Shadows & Reflections of Reality

Posted on February 7, 2017 by smspangler

If you seek the fountain of youth, check out Fort Dodge, Iowa. When I asked about a single room for the night of August 22, 2016, the Comfort Inn clerk immediately offered me the senior-citizen rate. “It’s our best!” she … Continue reading →

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