Clearly I’ve been on hiatus, but I honestly hadn’t planned to be away from my keyboard this long! I hope my readers aren’t thinking I gave up on our travel chronicles — I couldn’t do that!! Since leaving Texas on December 2nd, I’ve been in Amsterdam and Bruges with our niece Kelsey who just finished up …
Congratulations to our college graduate, Kelsey Ann Kramer! After four years at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and then one final semester of study abroad in Granada, Spain, to hone her Spanish-speaking skills, our niece [who’s also my goddaughter] Kelsey graduated yesterday! She majored in Spanish as she wants to be bi-lingual, but took a full load …
Callused hands. Coiled muscles. Legs on fire. Brute power. Perfectly coordinated team movements. Sweeping oars. With the following images I have attempted to capture the extraordinary beauty of it all.
Monday through Friday for the past four years, our niece Kelsey was at the University of Wisconsin’s boathouse on Lake Mendota by 6:15 a.m. for what was usually a two-hour practice before she attended her daily college classes. Her second practice of the day took place at 4 p.m. and ran for another hour and a half. On Saturdays …
I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again — one of the things we like the most about being out here on our road trip is being able to catch up with friends along the way. We did that once again this past weekend when we were able to see my long-time colleague from my …
Another city in the U.S. I’ve always wanted to visit is Savannah, Georgia. It’s consistently ranked in the Top You-Name-It American cities… top places to visit, top places to live, one of the friendliest… and now I know first-hand why! Let’s start with where we stayed. In a campground, of course, but this was another really …
October 18 & 19 — We’ve joined Kelsey at several of her Wisconsin Rowing regattas over the last three years, but this one takes the cake – literally – it’s the largest two-day regatta in the world. We were so excited she got to make the trip with her UW team as that meant we …
September 11 — All-day rains kept us from hiking in Baxter State Park today, so instead we opted to hang out a bit at the Appalachian Trail Cafe in Millinocket, Maine. After all, with a name like this in the town where the A.T. ends, how could we stay away from such a namesake joint? Immediately upon …
Friday night fish fry @ Springers on Lake Kegonsa (above) As we always do, we really enjoyed our time up in the Stoughton area. We started our morning at our Lake Kegonsa State Park campsite. Bill & Lisa came by to see how we’re living now in our 220 ft² apartment on wheels, then we …
