Japan – First Impressions

First impressions of a new place can impact an entire adventure. My first impressions of Japan only helped my week-long adventure be more spectacular. Japan is a clean, friendly, and orderly place, which is a vast contrast to my current … Continued

Golden Spike National Historic Site

Hailed as the greatest engineering feat of the 19th century and a bandage on a broken nation, the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869, is one of the more important events in U.S. history. The story of … Continued

McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park

Trains, trains and more trains! That is what the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale is all about. After deciding none of us wanted to get up really early to hike Camelback Mountain, we set our sights on this less daunting … Continued

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