Category Archives: road trip

560 miles of the Midwest

Posted on June 25, 2015 by is there any more pie?

I think this is Ohio. I think this is Missouri. I think this is the Mississippi River. I think this is going to be a very long day. FYI: Kansas is a very, very, very wide state.

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on the road day four: miles to go before we sleep

Posted on June 24, 2015 by is there any more pie?

Banjo Man and I made a deal to get on the road **early** Monday morning. We had a big day ahead of us. The goal? To get from Terre Haute, Indiana to as close to Abilene, Kansas as possible. At … Continue reading →

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road trip: day 3, the serpent mound

Posted on June 23, 2015 by is there any more pie?

Okay, this was a little out of the way. But how many ancient prehistoric sites can you actually visit in America? A lot, actually. And many of them are in Ohio. We’d missed the mound at Flint Ridge the day … Continue reading →

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road trip day 2: thank you, chickie williams

Posted on June 22, 2015 by is there any more pie?

I’d never been to Wheeling, West Virginia, though I’d tried for the past three years to plan our days on the road to make it there. I wanted to go to Chickie Williams’ grave and say thank you for the … Continue reading →

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road trip day one: zane grey pilgrimage part 1

Posted on June 19, 2015 by is there any more pie?

I’m making several special stops on this year’s road trip west. I’ve wanted to do these little pilgrimages for years, but various circumstances and deadlines and commitments kept getting in the way. Not this year. When I–a skinny bookworm–was … Continue reading →

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five days until lift off

Posted on June 14, 2015 by is there any more pie?

I’m glad I have five more days.

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counting the miles

Posted on June 6, 2015 by is there any more pie?

I’ve been trying to plan our road trip. We’re taking a much different route this year, which is exciting for me. But Banjo Man is in the middle of cataract removal (one eye fixed last week, one eye to be … Continue reading →

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shopping in georgetown

Posted on May 27, 2015 by is there any more pie?

Last Monday my daughter-in-law took DMP and I to a town north of Round Rock. Georgetown is one of those beautiful little Texas towns with its downtown built around a center square and a courthouse plopped in the middle of … Continue reading →

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sarge is in charge

Posted on May 4, 2015 by is there any more pie?

Sarge took good care of us yesterday, as you can see. Banjo Man decided to take advantage of Sarge’s muscles and Southwest Airlines free baggage policy and bring out some “important” summer things ahead of time. I think the new … Continue reading →

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lunch in georgetown

Posted on April 24, 2015 by is there any more pie?

If you are hungry and you are in Georgetown, Texas and your daughter-in-law suggests eating here, you make haste to this restaurant and plan on having the chocolate cream pie for dessert. Just sayin’. After we were full of sandwiches … Continue reading →