The traditional grandmother's secrets for making any decent pasta dish (aside from salt in the pasta water, which no Italian would omit but plenty of Brits do) are: - when the pasta is cooked, a… (View Post)

The dog is now up to 27 US states (plus DC) and I have visited 29, soon to be 30. Nkat thoroughly visited are SD, NC, NY, PA, VT, VA, WV, and I know SoCal. (View Post)

So here's Mr Dog at the top of Mount Blue Sky (formerly Evans), which is 15th highest US mountain outside Alaska, and just 100m shy of the Matterhorn. The road - the highest paved in North Ameri… (View Post)

Yes, Colorado at last. I ended enjoying driving Nebraska more than Iowa. Both are fairly flat but Iowa is rolling such that you can't often see beyond a farm on either side, and if the crops are… (View Post)

This is more like it! Mountains (well, hills) at last.... (View Post)