Steven and I tend to travel big. By that I mean, we want to see a lot so we may miss some of the smaller joys of a place. That's not to say that we drive-by travel. We are not taking selfies at national monuments and moving on, but we may spend only a day …
No, we are not time lords (Susan should speak for herself; I am not willing to concede this point...yet), but we did go back in time last week. Anyone who lives in Chicago or who has ever been in Chicago in the summer knows that every weekend brings a new neighborhood festival. They are all …
Sigh. We have hit the vacation doldrums. We just planned the trip to New York; my return to work is rapidly approaching, and we have no idea what the vacation future holds, or really what the future past New York holds. Vacation planning keeps me going. It's a way of exploring while living daily life. …
Steven and I are planning a trip to New York that coincidentally turned into our honeymoon. We got Springsteen on Broadway tickets before we got engaged, but now the trip is the weekend after the wedding, perfect timing--I get to marry Steven and see Bruce. We started hunting for hotels and airfare in earnest yesterday. …
So many places to stay. How to choose? Steven and I have a very scientific method: a complicated algorithm that combines price, location, intuition, and search fatigue. We like to stay in off-beat or unique places (Mt. Peale Animal Sanctuary or Monument Valley Tipi Village). Sometimes we get a little practical. Here's how we think …
We've been home for almost a week now, and I've had some time to reflect. We travel well and had a great time. We also learned some things and thought about options not taken. Hands down our best purchase were walking sticks. My old hips did not hurt one bit. I thought my arms would …
We woke up yesterday in North Platte, Neb. We weren't sure if we wanted to drive the 11 hours all the way home and came up with various plans for stopping. But really, there's no place between here and there we wanted to stop, so we rolled through eastern Nebraska and western Iowa realizing that …
Today is our last day in Moab. Our last day of vacation except for driving. Boo! We decided to do a hike recommended to us by a park ranger yesterday. It was a 3-mile out-and-back to Corona and Bowtie arches, outside the national park in Bootlegger Canyon, a side canyon of the Colorado. No big …
OK, we're a day behind again, but the heat and the hiking are exhausting! We decided that since we had seen Canyonlands National Park from the river, we would head to the top and see it from the road. The park is set up in such a way that you can pretty much see all …
A couple of days ago we lost our connection to the outside world and boy was it peaceful. (Fill in the blank with a word that describes how you would feel about it.) We drove from Kanab past Moab and up Mt. Peale to spend a night at the lodge at Mt. Peale Animal Sanctuary. …
Doing It On The Road 