Monthly Archives: April 2010

We had a great time with Jack and Kathy.   Of course, when we first met, I, as the older cousin and had to check up on him.   They gave us a whirlwind tour of the Lexington area.  Highlights were … Continue reading →

We awoke to a thick fog which burned off by the time we got on the road.  Our first stop was Mammoth Caves.  Enroute we apparently went back in time passing   Unfortunately, the tours we hoped to take were … Continue reading →

We got on the road early, hit the grocery store and made another gas station’s day!   As a omen of things to come, we managed to take a 5 mile circuitous route to go one mile (had we stayed … Continue reading →

Today turned out to be our longest [and least interesting] day on the road, clocking more than 360 miles while taking close to 7 hours to travel from Overland Park, Kansas to Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Due to an overcast sky … Continue reading →

It was a very special weekend!  Debbie and I were able to meet and spend some time with eight nieces and nephews whom I’d never met and the only three of whom Debbie had last seen at their Uncle Brett’s … Continue reading →

We woke to a crystal clear sky, the threatening skies of the past forty-eight hours gone!  Continuing our drive east along US Route 50 … the Santa Fe Trail … (which we’d initially picked up in La Junta, CO), we … Continue reading →

Last night we were treated to a series of weather alerts on television, all just to our west and centered over the town where we’d originally planned to stay.  About bedtime, however, the sky was bright with lightening ground strikes … Continue reading →

We left Taos and drove the westerly sector of the “Enchanted Circle” through the eastern section of Carson National Forest … and again topping out over 10,000′.  Driving through the pine forests, some 2-3 feet deep in snow, you could … Continue reading →