We spent today with Chris and Lisa. We spent some time at their house and some time touring Eastman, the development where they live. We hiked by a lake The lake we hiked to Talking by the lake and we walked in a wild Rhododendron Garden that had a variety of plant life. We also […]
June 8, 2021 : Trip 4, Day 5 – Grantham New Hampshire Read More »
Today was capitol visiting day. We visited two state capitols and ended the day at Chris and Lisa’s house. Our first stop was just a short hop over the border from Seekonk Massachusetts to see the Rhode Island Capitol. The Rhode Island Capitol This was our first visit to a capitol building since the onset
June 7, 2021 : Trip 4, Day 4 – Providence RI, Concord NH, and Grantham, NH Read More »
Today we had a different drive than Skyline Drive. We traveled from Edgewood, Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island. Our drive went well until we got to the George Washington Bridge. As we were approaching the bridge, traffic backed up quickly. Google suggested another route so we took it. Things went downhill from there. Most of
June 6, 2021 : Trip 4, Day 3 – Newport Cliff Walk Read More »
Today we completed our tour of Shenandoah National Park. Since it was Saturday, we tried to get an early start. We planned to start with a hike on Bearfence Mountain Trail . We were about 30 seconds late getting to the trailhead. We saw someone pull into the last parking space as we arrived. We
June 5, 2021 : Trip 4, Day 2 – Shenandoah National Park Read More »
Ready to travel! We begin our travels again with excitement and trepidation. We are ready to continue our travels, but concerns about travel during a waning pandemic are in our minds. Still, the joy of travel wins out over such concerns. We are headed up the east coast to see one national park, three state
June 4, 2021 : Trip 4, Day 1 – Appomattox Court House & Shenandoah National Park Read More »
A second and third trip have now been cancelled because of COVID. We wonder when we will be able to travel again. We now consider our fourth trip to be time travel through a pandemic to a different future than we expected. While it is disappointing to delay those trips, it has really hurt to
August 12, 2020 : Trip 4, Day 1 – Again, The Pandemic Continues, Travel does not. Read More »
Today was supposed to be the beginning of our fourth trip. Our three weeks of travel through the Southeastern United States would have included Savannah Georgia, Daytona Beach Florida, The Everglades, Key West, Florida, The Dry Tortugas National Park, Biscayne Bay National Park, The Kennedy Space Center, Disney World, Jacksonville Florida, Charleston, South Carolina, Columbia,
April 13, 2020 : Trip 4, Day 1 – A Trip Deferred Read More »
When we were planning this trip, we had a choice to take the interstate system for the shortest ride, or to take the “back roads of Kentucky” and spend about 30 minutes extra driving a few less miles. You can see below what we picked, but it is not what you think. We chose the
September 21, 2019 : Trip 3, Day 20 – Driving Home to Greensboro, North Carolina Read More »
Today we got to see where our Highlander was assembled. Not too many pictures though. Car manufacturers love to keep their assembly line design a secret. This sign explains the assembly line very well. Everywhere we looked we saw automated equipment doing the heavy lifting and the precision work. It takes less than a day
September 20, 2019 : Trip 3, Day 19 – Evansville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky Read More »
We went for a long urban stroll through Chicago today. The only difficulty we encountered was trying to locate the parking garage where we had rented a space for the day. Between tall buildings, dual level streets, one way streets, and lots of traffic, it took close to an extra hour to find our spot.
September 19, 2019 : Trip 3, Day 18 – Chicago, Illinois Read More »