by Jeffery W. McKelroy When leaving San Francisco, Heading north to Fort Bragg, you will take the 101. It only takes three hours to get there if you stay on this route and the interstate will take you through wine country or you can hop over to the 1. The 1 is the coastal highway.…

by Jeffery W. McKelroy The southern route to San Francisco will take the traveler through the Mojave Desert, west on Interstate 40 where it links up with I-5 or “The 5” as Californians say. Once there you realize the complete change in weather from the hot arid deserts of Arizona and New Mexico to the…

by Jeffery W. McKelroy Billed as the “Largest Ghost Town in America”, Jerome is just a short five-hour drive north and west from Bisbee and through Phoenix. If you don’t mind adding an hour to the trip you can take a detour through the scenic Tonto National Forrest. The town of Jerome is located at…

by Jeffery W. McKelroy Four hundred and sixty miles to the south of Madrid, New Mexico along Interstate 25 will take you almost to the border with Mexico and all the way to Bisbee, Arizona. If Bisbee sounds familiar, it is probably because it plays prominently in many Western movies and is at least frequently…