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Monthly Archives: June 2016
wired up
We have internet access again!!! Thanks to John, the tech man at our provider, and a new fancy-shmancy router from Staples, we are connected to the outside world once more. Banjo Man, having spent many computer hours burning bandwidth … Continue reading
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staring at the lake
Yes, we made it. Six and a half days, three-thousand miles and almost perfect driving conditions. It’s chilly here, but the forecasting for summer weather to return in a couple of days. Tomorrow we’ll haul chairs down to the dock … Continue reading
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day 6, getting closer with every mile
Tonight we are in Missoula. You’re probably wondering about these grizzlies, aren’t you. We stopped outside of Bozeman this afternoon to see a grizzly rescue facility, “Grizzly Encounter”. Yesterday we spent a Longmire kind of day in Buffalo, Wyoming. … Continue reading
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day four,sioux falls to rapid city
I am waiting to see mountains. After four days of farms, well, I have seen enough. Banjo Man and I have pointed out so many beautiful farms and barns and homesteads to each other. Hundreds and hundreds of miles … Continue reading
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pictures from day 3, on the road
Towel sculpture at the Hampton Inn in Joliet, IL. Believe it or not, this was at a truck stop! Advertised as St. Louis style ribs. Banjo Man can’t resist a patriotic woman. I should have bought that hat. We’re in … Continue reading
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day two, final road trip
Today we once again practiced our new routine: up at 5, out of the parking lot before 6 AM. It’s a miracle, I tell ya. And it only took 45 years to convince Banjo Man that traveling this way could … Continue reading
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last cross country road trip, day one
We actually were on the road at 7 AM. In Connecticut by 7:30. New York at nine. Pennsylvania before 11. The new old car did great. There was no road construction in Scranton—first time in many years—and very little … Continue reading
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cleaning up, packing up, heading out
We’re twelve hours away from heading west. It has been an insanely busy week–okay, the last three weeks have been intense!!!–so I’m feeling a little frazzled. The car is packed, which is unusual. The car is not stuffed to the … Continue reading
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once upon a time in disneyworld
The news this morning about the two year old being taken by an alligator in Disneyworld is horrifying and tragic. But it’s not a surprise. We were in Disneyworld in April of 1985, staying in Fort Wilderness. I don’t think … Continue reading
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working out with sarge
Sarge is a workout beast, which is not news. But what he did today? Well, I thought you’d get as much of a kick out of learning about it as Banjo Man and I did. It seems that Sarge and … Continue reading
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