united states

August 24, 2011

Driving to New York State

While road tripping through the U.S., I try to make a point of staying off the interstate highways. They are great for making good time, but […]
August 16, 2011

Photo from the Road: Philadelphia Public Art

Philadelphia is best known for its groundbreaking Mural Arts Program, which has produced some 3,000 murals city-wide and led to the city being called Mural City […]
August 7, 2011

Photo from the Road: Reading Terminal Market, Philadelphia

Recently I’ve been through so many colorful markets of Southeast Asia. It’s great to see some of the finest markets back home in the US. This […]
July 28, 2011

Virginia Back Roads: Finding History, Natural Areas, and Wine

I’ve done a great deal of exploring the United States in the past year, but only recently started taking a look at my own back yard here […]
August 12, 2010

Remember that Time We Camped in Death Valley in the Middle of the Summer

By Stephen Bugno I don’t know why I thought it would be a good idea to visit Death Valley in the middle of the summer. It’s […]
August 9, 2010

Loathing Las Vegas

By Stephen Bugno   1:43 am. St. George, Utah. At Denny’s refueling. The only place in town that’s open. Two cups of coffee down. Two hours […]
August 6, 2010

Across Slickrock and through Narrow Canyons

By Stephen Bugno We camped the night before on BLM land up on the Devil’s Backbone Road, the original road from Boulder to Escalante, close to […]
August 3, 2010

The Best National Park You’ve Never Heard of

The Best National Park You’ve Never Heard of   Leaving Winter Park on our way south we would cross the Continental Divide three times before day’s […]
July 28, 2010

Photo from the Road: Monticello Tractor Pull

We had just visited Canyonlands National Park Needles District after camping the night before at the base of the Abajo Mountains in Manti-La Sal National Forest […]
July 26, 2010

Climbing Torreys Peak via Kelso Ridge

By Stephen Bugno Out of breath, hysterical, physically exhausted and shaking from extended adrenaline and fear, I round up the final scramble to the summit of […]
July 23, 2010

Boulder, CO: City of Beer

By Stephen Bugno After a big final night out in Boulder, we rolled out of town in the am twenty miles south to Golden where we […]
July 18, 2010

Kansas, I think I love you

  The first thing you notice are the distances. The long and straight roads. The cresting bluffs that afford huge views while driving the length of […]
July 12, 2010

By Interstate to Denver

By Stephen Bugno Part one of this road trip is getting myself to Denver in time for my brother’s wedding. I regret having to take the […]