Mary Branscombe
About: Independent technology journalist writing for a wide range of titles from the FT to Tom's Hardware to IT Pro...
Blog Posts
We froze beer!
--After a personal best of 6 degrees (in American money, during the day) we left our road trip supplies in the car overnight - with a forecast temper...
How many 8th wonders of the world have we seen now?
--But Monument valley is impressive and the 17 mile dirt track takes you right through the buttes and mesas and formations, from the mittens to the t...
The monuments are (mostly) natural
--The Quality Inn in Tuba City gets mixed reviews on Travelocity; we really liked it - warm, clean, spacious, pleasant design, friendly staff. The pr...
Roadside sheep sales
--Roadside sheep sales Originally uploaded by marypcb. Seen at the roadside in Tuba City. I know what they mean, but it made me smile...
Warmer, colder, canyoner
--I was the warmest I've felt in several weeks yesterday, standing in the sun waiting for the rental car shuttle at Las Vegas. We flew on new year's ...
A trip through 2008
--New places visited: Arizona canyons and Meteor Crater; Palm Springs; Les Arc (my first ski-ing resort, where I didn't manage to ski but did tobogga...
