How did I end up at Idaho’s Mammoth Cave and Shoshone Bird Museum? In my travels across the US, I’ve passed numerous “roadside museums”. These are always so run down it’s questionable if they are even operational. The entrance often features a large, faded, crumbling outdoor animal statue meant to attract the interest of children […]
Category: Misadventures of Dr. K
Misadventures of Dr. K – Cruise Ship Tipping Trauma
Although I frequently travel solo, I still get plenty of anxiety thinking about new situations. This is especially true for scenarios where I have limited control, like on a cruise ship. In 2024, I made it a goal to test the cruise waters. I landed on a 4 day cruise to the Bahamas out of […]
Misadventures of Dr. K -“Florida Man” Encounter
On the whole, I’ve had good experiences with Avis car rentals. With the free “Avis Preferred” program you can generally skip the counter and go straight to your car assigned car in the lot, which saves a lot of headache, and human interaction. The problem arises when you don’t like the car they’ve assigned you […]
Misadventures of Dr. K – Arizona White Mountains Edition
We spent the morning in Tucson planning our Petrified Forest National Park adventure and listening to news reports of an impending blizzard. Feeling fairly invincible in our rented Toyota Prius, we loaded up the car and set out over the mountains. Because plows and salt trucks don’t seem to be a thing in Arizona, it […]
Misadventures of Dr. K – Joshua Tree Edition
When I told my friends and family I was going to do a road trip through the mountains and deserts of California and Nevada all by myself, they had some concerns. “What if you get attacked by a bear?”, “What if a mountain lion stalks you?”, “What if you fall off a cliff?”, “What if […]