Monthly Archives: July 2013

Again, we left under a bright blue sky but temperatures 10o lower and greatly reduced humidity than we’ve had since leaving home 8 days ago.  Unlike the past two days where the endless fields of corn appeared to run nearly … Continue reading →

We got an earlier than expected start this morning … and, since we crossed into the Central Time Zone this morning we arrived at our next campground by 1:30 PM. Heading west toward Illinois under a clear blue canopy, the … Continue reading →

With a sense of guilt and great sadness we had to leave Lexington this morning; although we did speak with Kathy to check on Jack before getting underway. Driving north, more farmlands before crossing the Ohio River and entering … … Continue reading →

During the next three days, we spent the afternoons and evenings in Nicholsville, as Jack had been brought home on Tuesday afternoon.  Together with Kathy, Kerry, Jack’s son, Mike, and several of Jack’s closest friends, we held a vigil and … Continue reading →

Leaving West Virginia, the landscape along a relatively-traffic free I-64 ranged from forest-covered rolling hills and, the closer to Lexington we traveled, farmlands. After checking in at our campground, we drove to Nicholsville and then to the hospital in Lexington … Continue reading →

Under a gorgeous sky, the first 1½ hours of today’s drive south from Somerset, PA took us through some of the most beautiful farm country we’ve ever seen …   albeit, some sections of the road were narrow and had … Continue reading →

After almost two months at home, we left Langhorne again, heading west along the PA Turnpike.  Along the seemingly endless cornfields, were punctuated by old barns and silos on which Debbie seems to have had a fixation today. Then there … Continue reading →