Fred is 60 today — hip, hip, horray! Fred at age 2, 1958; Fred’s graduation picture from Chenoa High School, 1974; Fred last week, nearly 60 As many of you know, Fred grew up in the small town of Chenoa [pop. 1,800] in central Illinois. During the course of our travels he has written articles …
This is a map we have hanging up inside Charley, our RV. It shows all of the national park units, and the pink highlights show which ones we’ve been to. Can you tell what area of the country we haven’t visited yet? Well that’s about to change as we make our way back to the …
Back in my working days at HP I had the opportunity to get to know and work with a lot of really great people, but there were a handful of absolutely fabulous colleagues that I really enjoyed collaborating with. Beth is one of the handful and I loved working with her. Together we were the …
Our 2016 began in a hotel room in Effingham, Illinois. After a wonderful couple of weeks back in Illinois and Wisconsin visiting family and friends for the Christmas holidays, we are now making our way back down to San Antonio, Texas, where Charley’s been parked out next to our friends’ shed since we left him …
The photo above has nothing to do with anything in this post… I’m just sharing it because it’s so cool… it’s the rocks on Ruby Beach in Olympic NP In case you haven’t noticed, our website is getting an overhaul! It’s nothing crazy different, but with the help of a fabulous web developer we’ve found in …
… once again comes to Chicago! An unprecedented three times in six years!!! Woo Hoo!!!!! So here we are in a campground about 30 miles from Crater Lake National Park. Can’t get TV over the airwaves… too many trees. Verizon service is, once again, nonexistent, which we’re getting used to by now in these remote areas. We …
A few days ago, March 25th, marked two things of note: 1) Fred’s 50-something birthday, and 2) the 50th anniversary of the historic civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama to protest the lack of voting rights in the south at the time. In a recently published article in Fred’s hometown newspaper, The Town Crier, Fred …
Selma to Montgomery: The Voting Rights Fight Continues Read More »
Check this out – I’ve created a map that shows the locations of all of the national parks. Those with a green icon are ones we’ve visited; those with a pink icon we have yet to visit. Hover your cursor over an icon to determine the park. Check back on our progress from time to …
Fred’s latest journalistic piece was recently in the Chenoa Town Crier. In it, he recalls his time in Italy with his former shipmates. They reunited for the first time in 35 years over this last New Years Eve. To read a copy, click here: Boys of Italy
