Category Archives: road trip

missing the lake life

Posted on June 6, 2016 by is there any more pie?

In my heart it’s still 1976. Here I am riding in the back of Retired Mountain Man’s truck 40 years ago. FORTY YEARS AGO. How cool is that? I’m still alive. And so is RMM. And so is the truck!

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lost and found

Posted on April 15, 2016 by is there any more pie?

Today Banjo Man and I bought a car. We have owned a 2004 Toyota Highlander for about 5 years now. Or maybe four years. I can’t remember, but Banjo Man pointed out that we have driven it across the country … Continue reading →

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it’s good to be king

Posted on October 30, 2015 by is there any more pie?

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hurricane coming?

Posted on September 30, 2015 by is there any more pie?

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

Posted on September 28, 2015 by is there any more pie?

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

Posted on September 26, 2015 by is there any more pie?

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

Posted on September 26, 2015 by is there any more pie?

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the national music museum

Posted on September 26, 2015 by is there any more pie?

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

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

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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