Category Archives: travel

whatever works

Here is Banjo Man watching the Nebraska-Maryland game on his phone using his YouTube tv app. We were in the Spokane airport food court Saturday afternoon before boarding our flight. Go Big Red…wherever we are!

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flying with dylan

The three hour flight from Providence to Tampa was spent watching the new Dylan movie on my Kindle, compliments of Southwest. “A Complete Unknown” was absolutely wonderful. From Searchlight: Set in the influential New York City music scene of the … Continue reading

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ending the season

Well, here we are watching a Bowl Game at the Austin condo. There are snacks and tacos and high hopes as five fans munch, cheer and fight moments of despair here in the first quarter. The last time we watched … Continue reading

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we may never eat again

Eating fried chicken at the famous Treme restaurant “Dooky Chase” has been on Banjo Man’s bucket list for a very long time. Or so he says. It was news to me when he declared he needed to eat there this … Continue reading

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and the number is…3008

That’s how many miles we covered on our trip home. And yes, we are home.  At 5:15 PM.  It was a day that started calmly at 8:00 AM and would move along quite nicely until we entered New York State … Continue reading

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last night on the road, tomorrow home

This is the prettiest bathroom floor of all the hotel bathroom floors I have seen on the road. We’re in a Fairfield Inn in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. This pretty town is about ten miles north of I-80 and as we … Continue reading

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how did we get to howe?

Indiana, that is. We were up before six yesterday, on the road before seven-thirty. By early afternoon we were feeling so good about the day, I booked a hotel (free with points!!) to make a 500-mile day. We weren’t going … Continue reading

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iowa, yes, we made it

This morning at 9 we “Ubered” to the airport. Our driver was a musician from Nashville who plays jazz bass. Ah, Austin… I saw these at the Austin airport. Tempting. We flew to Dallas, then to Omaha. A very easy … Continue reading

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tuesday night lights

A beautiful evening in Round Rock, Texas. The Funny Grandson’s team won. And cheers were heard o’er the land. More pictures to share tomorrow, but it is late and we are off to the airport in the morning to fly … Continue reading

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a very big sigh of relief

Our Nebraska football watch party was this afternoon. We loaded up on snacks, cheese, crackers, cookies and pie from two grocery stores. There was chicken, potato salad, salad and coleslaw. Here is son Ben enduring yet another close, stressful Nebraska … Continue reading

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