The Odd Little Opera House in the Middle of Nowhere
A flat tire in a ghost town outside Death Valley. A sweaty nightmare for most travelers. But for Marta Becket, the beginning of a dream.It was 1967. While her dusty tire was attended to, Becket wandered off to a dilapidated recreation hall nearby. Inside, she saw a stage caving in, walls covered in
Paddling Out with California’s Older Women Surfers
On a chilly Saturday morning, Pam Orr drives to Campus Point at the University of California, Santa Barbara, surfboard in her backseat. It’s been a stormy few days. She and her five friends have been texting all morning about tide reports, wave height, and swell direction, unsure if surfing is a goo
Finding Catharsis at Murrieta Hot Springs Resort
Up, down, forward, repeat. Taking steps through thigh-deep water is usually pretty straightforward for me, an able-bodied person. But it turns out simple motor skills become a lot harder when the water temperature lingers in the same range as the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Alaska in autumn. Ever
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