Hey, it’s good to be back home again.Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend.Yes, and hey, it’s good to be back home again. John Denverrefrain from “Back Home Again November 3, 2016: The Odyssey is finished, and Odysseus has returned to Ithaca. This was not the 10-year journey that Homer wrote of …
Salinas, California, has been on our “Must Visit” list for nearly as long as we have been dreaming about and planning for our Out There road trip. Many of you know why, but I’ll let the rest of you know… it’s because we had to visit the inspiration for the name we gave to our motor home. …
Five weeks after we drove into the state of California, we are now driving up Hwy 101 out of the state and into Oregon. The time we’ve spent in Cali has been terrific! We saw niece Kelsey row in the NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships. We visited a couple sets of friends in the Sacramento area and really enjoyed our …
A much anticipated event with friend Chris’s children, we had a sleepover in Charley on Saturday night! We let parents Chris and Keith come over and hang out with us for a little while, but then we kicked them and Fred out so we could get on with our plans. We started with some cheese …
April 15th — Why did we leave Moab?!!?! This is what we saw out Charley’s front window yesterday morning as we prepared for our journey up to Salt Lake City. This is what we woke up to this morning! Salt Lake City is just 235 miles north of Moab, and what a difference in weather! …
… make that “Down by the Interstate” but that’s us!! We watched “SNL 40” last Sunday night and laughed through the decades of skits featuring so many of our favorite comedians who got their start on this iconic show. So many classics – The Killer Bees… Cheezborger Cheezborger… Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley… and who can forget the …
After over a month of Florida’s sun shining on us most of the time, eating a lot of oranges and grapefruit, seeing lots of friends and family members, and just being happy and grateful that we’re missing out of the harsh Midwestern winter, we’ve crossed the Florida-Georgia line and are now on our way north and west …
Well actually, this is our year in review since June 1, 2014, the day we ‘launched’ on this two-year road trip. The above map shows our overnight stops from the time we left Chicago seven months ago to our current location – a hotel in Jupiter, Florida, where we rang in the new year with …
December 8-12 — Even though it doesn’t snow down here in the Carolinas, that doesn’t mean Santa’s sleigh doesn’t land on rooftops and Santa doesn’t come down chimneys to deliver toys to good children in 50 degree weather. No… we’re pleased to report that Christmas preparations and traditions still take place, despite the lack of snow, …
