OK in OK

OK in OK

Welcome back to Tire Mom! The drive from Denver to Tulsa was a fourteen-hour haul, and I was wiped when I arrived. I was treated to a great Mexican meal and got a good night’s sleep. It’s amazing that often that’s all it takes to restore us. Dinner with Family The...
Coming Home to Colorado

Coming Home to Colorado

Welcome back to Tire Mom! I loved being in Colorado because as a little girl I traveled all over the state with my family in our VW bus. Naturally I couldn’t resist stopping at the Great Sand Dunes National Park on the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley. I was...
Picture Perfect in NM

Picture Perfect in NM

Welcome back to Tire Mom! As I drove across the desert toward New Mexico, I had the uncanny sense that I could see farther than I had anywhere else. Dry air (and the desert is the driest of the dry) is clearer than humid air because water vapor causes refraction of...
Rosa in AZ

Rosa in AZ

Welcome back to Tire Mom! As I set out for Arizona from California, I had to stay updated on the weather. Hurricane Rosa was wreaking havoc, which you wouldn’t think would be a problem in the desert, but flash flooding kills many people every year. I chose what I...
As Far West As I Could Drive in CA

As Far West As I Could Drive in CA

Welcome back to Tire Mom! The three and a half hour drive from Vegas to Newport Beach, California, was worth it, just to see my college roommate Julia who I hadn’t seen in 40 years. I’d never met her husband or their beautiful daughter, Jen, who became Tire Mom #40....
Irony in Las Vegas

Irony in Las Vegas

Welcome back to Tire Mom! Las Vegas has a limited reputation, but I have to say, even as a non-gambler and clubber, I found a great deal to enjoy there. Me and Chrisy Me, Tasha and Eric First of all, of course, was my Tire Mom #39. Chrisy was a delightful woman who in...