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hello old cat

I’ve been decorating.  This little cat came from one of Banjo Man’s sisters when she worked for Hallmark.  One Halloween she sent us a box of decorations, which we put to good use for almost thirty years. Or maybe more. … Continue reading →

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goodbye hurricane, hello sun

The hurricane went somewhere else.  I stopped paying attention to the tv weathermen right after I heard we weren’t going to get hit. Hurray! It has rained for days, though.  Friday was one of those “better build an ark” kinds … Continue reading →

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hurricane coming?

It looks like we didn’t purchase our generator in time for the first hurricane.  We might get hit with Hurricane Joaquin late Sunday night. And there’s no time to order the generator and get it hooked into our electric and … Continue reading →

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home on monday night

13 1/2 hours on the road. 605 miles. A very long day, but we are happy to be off the road after 8 days of travel. This was by far the hardest day.  Rain, semi trucks, traffic, traffic jams, endless … Continue reading →

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saturday’s 300 miles, day five

We overslept.  I blamed it on yet another time change, as we are now on Eastern Daylight Time, three hours later than the lake. Banjo Man thought, since it was our anniversary and because we only had to drive 300 … Continue reading →

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south dakota, always funny

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the national music museum

We’d wanted to stop here for years, but the timing had always been wrong.  This year we arrived at 11 AM, popped some quarters into the parking meter and hustled inside.  The museum’s collection holds some of the finest instruments … Continue reading →

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friday night’s amazing race

Today we were determined to get into our motel room tonight in time to see the opening episode of this year’s new season of “The Amazing Race”. We got a late start. But we still managed to drive 515 miles … Continue reading →

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iowa sunrise

This was taken in the breakfast room at the Hampton Inn in West Des Moines this morning.  I saw the sky and ran back to our room for the camera.

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leaving des moines

Friday morning and we’re packed up and ready to go.  It rained all day yesterday but we stopped in Vermilion, South Dakota to tour the musical instruments museum.  I have pictures of Dylan’s and Johnny Cash’s guitars.  Beautiful violins, too. … Continue reading →

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