....around the world in a rowboat. Ok, maybe not that far, but I am taking a solo weekend trip (I am so sad --as far as Steven knows) to Pittsburgh in a couple of weeks. It is part of the baseball stadium tour that I am doing with my son and we're meeting there for …
Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
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. …
More Oddities from Our Trip Out West
America is the land of mass marketing. We are all used to the plethora of junk emails, the fact that the only thing we get in the mail are bills and marketing materials, the huge billboards on the side of the highways and cutesy, if somewhat odd, (deranged?), names that businesses use. I sometimes wonder …
Caveat Emptor (Basic Economy)
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. …
The MLB All-Star Game
My son and I left early to get to the game. It started at 8 p.m., but we wanted to be there when the gates opened at 4:30--p.m., of course. We drove to the Greenbelt Metro stop and took the train from there to the stadium. Given the uncertainties of the drive and the train …
How to Choose a Lodging
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 …
Who needs to plan ahead?
I know, this posting is two days late. I am sorry, I've been otherwise occupied and simply haven't had the time to get this one done. When we last left off our intrepid travelers, they had just returned home from a two-week, all-fun vacation to the outer reaches of Utah. Exhausted and elated, they set …
Lessons Learned
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 …
By the numbers
One of the pleasures of a long road trip is that we rack up lots of interesting numbers along the way....at least I think they are interesting. Here is a summary of our trip...in numbers: Days: 17 Miles: 4,611 States driven in: 10 (IL, MO, OK, TX, NM, AZ, UT, CO, NE, IO) National …
The 750-mile Day
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 …
Doing It On The Road 