The last weekend of summer…
Labor Day. I do not like Labor Day at all. It is such a depressing day filled with regret of missed opportunities for summer days. It is the second worst day of the year. On that lovely note, let me...
View ArticleBirthday Road Trip ’16: Mesa Verde
The idea for this year’s road trip came to me a few months earlier. I saw pictures of the cliff ruins in Mesa Verde and wondered where they were located. After looking them up and discovering they were...
View ArticleMy Europe Road Trip: Part II – Germany
Berlin We arrived in Berlin at 7:00am. Of course, we could not take any time to rest. We already lost one day. Our hotel rooms weren’t ready when we checked in at the hotel so we dropped our luggage in...
View ArticleMy Europe Road Trip: Part III – Switzerland and France
Switzerland We drove into Switzerland. All of us were a little disappointed that we would not get a stamp in our passports. But on the plus side, we switched countries relatively easy. It only took...
View ArticleMy Europe Road Trip: Part IV – The Netherlands
The Netherlands (aka Holland) I’m going to show my ignorance but before this trip I did not realize The Netherlands = Holland. I learned it right before we left when I was looking over my itinerary and...
View ArticleMy Europe Road Trip: Part V – Back in the USA
Homeward Bound At least we were able to sit together on our nine hour flight to Chicago. But the plane wasn’t as nice as our plane to Berlin. The tv screens were much smaller and the movie choices...
View ArticleThe Itty-bitty Birthday Road Trip of 2017
If you go to Europe in June you probably shouldn’t plan your typical birthday road trip. That is probably written in some life manual somewhere I’m sure. It makes sense especially since my birthday...
View ArticleThe Weekend Trip
The Set Up A week after my oldest grand-nephew’s birthday he set a date for his baptism. His family lives 257 miles away. No problem! This is a special day so of course I wanted to be there. Not...
View Article100,000 miles later
In April I paid off my car. What a great feeling! In May, I noticed this: And that soon became this: Now, I didn’t put all 100,000 miles on my car but I put the majority of them there. So, what else...
View ArticleRoad Trip
The winter has been unkind. Trapped here as if in a bind. Needing to get away wanting to slip away so close to running away on the first sunny day. You’ll find me on a road trip moving at a steady clip...
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