Singin' One's Journeys

Trippin' with author, soprano, researcher, and road diva Randye Jones

2025

Cuyahoga Valley National Park District of Columbia-Maryland-Virginia Rock and Roll Hall of Fame US National Park Service Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

Unplanned Mini-Trip: Rock And Roll HoF, Cuyahoga Valley NP, Western Maryland Scenic RR

traveler Jun 14, 2025

Some trips just happen. This was one of them. I was watching a news story...

Random Thoughts US National Park Service

ARSC, National Parks and More (Gettin’ Home and Afterthoughts)

traveler Jun 1, 2025

Gettin’ Home I didn’t drive the most direct route from Michigan to the DMV because...

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Wind Cave National Park

Five National Parks in Five Days (Days Three-Four)

traveler May 31, 2025

Day Three: Black Canyon of the Gunnison Although Wednesday’s drive to Black Canyon of the...

Isle Royale National Park US National Park Service

Five National Parks in Five Days (Day Five)

traveler May 31, 2025

Isle Royale National Park is an island on Lake Superior about 20 miles from the...

Mesa Verde National Park

Five National Parks in Five Days (Day Two)

traveler May 31, 2025

I was up three hours before the Mesa Verde National Park‘s visitor center was scheduled...

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Five National Parks in Five Days (Day One)

traveler May 31, 2025

I have been planning to visit the three national parks I hadn’t visited in Colorado...

African American history ARSC-Tulsa 2025 Association for Recorded Sound Collections

ARSC, National Parks and More (Conference and Greenwood)–May 17-18

traveler May 28, 2025

The ARSC Conference Although I was rather tired when I finally reached my hotel room,...

African American history ARSC-Tulsa 2025 Association for Recorded Sound Collections

ARSC, National Parks and More (Gettin’ There)–May 14-16

traveler May 28, 2025

A head’s up from the very beginning: This trip was very different than I had...

Pilot Mountain State Park

Backtrack: Pilot Mountain State Park 050715

traveler May 7, 2025

I found these pictures posted on my Facebook page in May 2015. As mentioned in...

Assateague Island National Seashore Ocean City Random Thoughts

Seein’ the DMV: Ocean City and Assateague Island

traveler May 2, 2025

Ocean City and Assateague Island I left home at 1:30 a.m. in order to give...