The Majestic Confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers
Thursday, November 14 2024
John Wesley Powell, Edward Abbey and hiking Canyonlands National Park.
- Published in Features
Route 66 and The Grapes of Wrath
Monday, November 11 2024
I’ve been at both ends of U.S. Route 66 this year, the highway we associate with John Steinbeck and the Joad family of The Grapes of Wrath.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Recollections in Dallas: A Pivot of American History
Saturday, November 02 2024
While in Dallas, Texas, on his Steinbeck Travels with Charley Tour, Clay revisits places and memories connected with President John Kennedy’s tragic assassination on November 22, 1963.
- Published in Features
A Second Encounter at The End of Life RV Park
Monday, October 28 2024
It was getting close to Halloween as I pulled in. The sign at the gate said, “Abandon all hope ye who enter here.”
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Autumn and Joy on the Open Road
Monday, October 28 2024
There is nothing quite like the magic of traveling America in the fall.
- Published in Features
Reports of the Book’s Demise are Greatly Exaggerated
Tuesday, October 22 2024
A stop at a West Texas Barnes & Noble persuades Clay that books remain alive and kicking.
- Published in Features
What Britain Thinks of the U.S. These Days
Sunday, October 20 2024
After leading a 10 day cultural tour through England, Clay assesses how Brits view America in the Fall of 2024.
- Published in Features
Visiting Giant Meteor Crater, Arizona
Tuesday, October 15 2024
Giant Meteor Crater, about a half mile in diameter sits in the northern Arizona desert.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Looking for America in London
Tuesday, October 01 2024
Clay shares impressions from a recent visit to England, where he led a cultural tour.
- Published in Features
To the Desert With Edward Abbey
Tuesday, September 24 2024
Clay visits with Edward Abbey, the colorful, eloquent, and passionate advocate of the American West.
- Published in Features