September 8 – Grace’s 23rd birthday. I woke her up and informed her that I was 23 when I got married, which was a scary thought. By daylight it was a lot easier to see where we were. I mean,…
Park City/Deer Valley, the Salt Flats, and Nevada
September 7. We got breakfast in Park City, then I drove Grace around to some of the neighborhoods where I have been looking at real estate…mostly on line, but also in person. Hard to believe that it had only been…
Minnesota, South Dakota and the Badlands
September 5. It was pouring in Rochester, Minnesota when we got on the road, and it was pouring all the way through Minnesota. While not very nice to drive in, the weather had the beneficial effect of convincing Grace that…
More Chicago, and some setbacks
September 4 We woke up to another brilliant day in Chicago. The plan: Millennium Park, a boat tour, then get on the road again by mid-afternoon. In Millennium Park, where I pulled out my good DSLR camera for the first…
First full day…Chicago!
September 3. Here’s Grace and the car at the start of our first full day on the trip, in the parking lot of our lovely accommodations in New Stanton, PA. Note the green bookcase… still there. You can get the…
On the Oregon Trail (but by Plane, Train and Automobiles)
“Show me the photos from your road trip across the country,” said NO ONE EVER. I’m posting this mostly for my own benefit, so I can remember the trip, and maybe Grace will get a chuckle out of it too. I…