Leaving Red Wing we drove south along the Great River Road. The name is a bit of a misnomer as it is not one continuous road, instead it consists of numerous small highways and byways in the ten states that border the Mississippi River. We started out that morning on the Minnesota side of the [...]
To wrap up our summer adventure we thought it would be fun to start at the headwaters and then follow the Mississippi River south before turning west toward home. Truly, it was a great idea and we were both excited about the trip. However, we soon came to the sobering realization that we just didn’t [...]
I’ll admit it, I am a Cheesehead—in more ways than one. First of all, I love cheese (all kinds, except maybe Limburger). Then there’s the fact that I lived in northern Wisconsin for a short stint in the early 90s which is directly responsible for my being a Packer-Backer. So I was more than happy [...]
It was a rare day for me here in Ohio—a day without family plans. Before anyone gets their nose out of joint allow me to explain. In late July Lance and I drove all the way from Amarillo, Texas to Wellington, Ohio specifically to visit with my relatives. At roughly 1,300 miles it was no [...]
For our first stop of this summer’s road trip we didn’t have that far to go. We left Tucson Thursday evening—it was still in the triple digits as we headed out at 7 PM. We figured it would be better to drive through the low, hot depression that is Phoenix at night rather than during [...]
Wow! It’s been a while since our last update. Some of you have wondered what happened to us, well, everything is fine—we’ve just been extremely busy (more about that soon). I’ll pick the story up right where we left it, the end of Spring. We took advantage of the last of the coolish weather here [...]
I was really looking forward to Saturday, March 28th. Not only was I signed up for a free, in-depth tour of Romero Ruins at Catalina State Park (near where I grew up) but I also had family from Ohio flying in to town. Now, you may be wondering where Lance has been during the last [...]
On our return from Puerto Penasco we stopped at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, north of the U.S.-Mexico border, to learn more about this special place. Approaching the Visitor Center we were confronted with a grim reminder of the Monument’s location along the border; a memorial to Ranger Kris Eggle who was shot to death [...]
Taking advantage of a natural lull in work over Christmas Lance and I escaped for a few days of rest and relaxation to Puerto Peñasco, Mexico—Rocky Point as gringos call it (though if translated properly it would be Rocky Port). In an a effort to “get away from it all” we left our cats in [...]
There’s an odd quirk of human behavior where we tend to take the things around us for granted. When I was about ten I read that a large percentage of New Yorkers had never been out to the Statue of Liberty (this was pre-9/11, obviously). I was flabbergasted—growing up in Arizona I couldn’t imagine being [...]
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