I just realized I never published this post. I’m going to, even after the fact. More a record for us than a post for the masses, but fun stuff either way. Facts From Trip 2016 Movies watched in trailer: Suspect, Clear and Present Danger, Reservoir Dogs, Paycheck, Fifth Element, Red Planet Woodchucks in Miller RiverviewContinue reading “Oregon 2016”
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Oregon My Oregon
We’ve taken our usual sojourn some 2300 miles from Illinois to Oregon this summer. We do this every year, as you probably know if you’ve been following the blog for some time. This year our schedule has let us be more relaxed, more able to just enjoy hanging out at the farm and spending timeContinue reading “Oregon My Oregon”
10 Word Review – Mile… Mile & a Half
Documentary. Muir. Hiking. Photography. Beautiful. Sound. Fun. Scenery. People. Yes.
Live…
Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry. –Jack Kerouac
A Trip to Oregon… and Back Again
Our 2014 trip to Oregon, we’ve now done it for three summers running, was a big one. Gone nearly two full months, we left in the Jeep and returned with the Jeep and an R-pod trailer. There were many highlights from our two months away, these are just some of them. Adventures listed, of course,Continue reading “A Trip to Oregon… and Back Again”
Off the Grid and Back Again
We’ve had a bit of a disappearing act. I was going along nicely, posting something every day as we travelled across the country and them BAM! no posts. Don’t you hate it when someone uses punctuation in the middle of a sentence. Anyway…. We arrived in Oregon a few days ago, picked up our newContinue reading “Off the Grid and Back Again”
Into the Evergreen State
Today’s drive actually seemed shorter than our drive yesterday. Maybe it had something to do with the scenery or maybe it was the people we met along the way. The scenery. What can we say, we finally arrived at the place of the Ponderosa Pine, big lakes, mountains, and green. The smell is familiar andContinue reading “Into the Evergreen State”
Across the Continental Divide
Today, day four of our Illinois to Oregon adventure, found us staying in Montana. It’s an enormous, and enormously beautiful, state. We crossed the continental divide, which always feels great as we are now officially flowing west. As we passed through Butte we looked up to see the Our Lady of the Rockies statue thatContinue reading “Across the Continental Divide”
Passing Through Big Sky Country
We’re tired. We were on the road for 8 1/2 hours today. To long with two dogs who can handle being in the car for about 6 hours. But, we did it and we’re here. Yeah. Today we passed through the Black Hills of South Dakota, Weston somehow got hold of what looked like anContinue reading “Passing Through Big Sky Country”
On the Road In South Dakota
Today’s sites included the National Hobo Museum, hundreds of bikers in their cuts on the road with their MCs, more windmills, more corn, a cool sculpture park along the highway, many more hills, songs sung loudly by each other, many signs for Wall Drug, a far off coffee place that appeared much closer on theContinue reading “On the Road In South Dakota”
The Way to Oregon – 2014 Edition
And they’re off….. Woo Hoo! Seems as though we’ve planned for this a long time. The minute we decided to buy the trailer and put the down-payment on it we started planning. That was a few months ago. And now, here we are. Time always always goes so much faster than you think it will.Continue reading “The Way to Oregon – 2014 Edition”
10 Things That Will Improve Any Road Trip
We are, once again, ready to embark on another cross-country road trip. Our trip this year has several legs, the first taking us 2233 miles, through 8 states, in six days. We tend to not go more than 6 or 7 hours a day when we have the pups, which we will on this trip.Continue reading “10 Things That Will Improve Any Road Trip”
Facing the Book of My Life
Vapor. I was sitting outside this morning, enjoying a bit of time before the heat and humidity forced me back inside. I had a cup of coffee and was chatting with K about our trip to Oregon this year, going over some of the little details of the trip out, discussing some of the thingsContinue reading “Facing the Book of My Life”
Airports
It’s travel time, once again. I’m currently sitting in the Central Illinois Regional Airport which is located in Bloomington/Normal, Illinois. Here in Illinois we seem to like our twin cities. There are shirts for sale here that say, “Leaving Normal”. I like them. I got here way too early. I’m not used to these smallContinue reading “Airports”
Jumping In
Some of you may have noticed a decreased number of posts in the last couple of weeks. Or, to be clear, basically no posts in the last couple of weeks. I finally remedied that today, with a 10 Word Review, but otherwise… nada, zip, zilch, zero. I love Z words. I have a great explanationContinue reading “Jumping In”
Thankful Everyday – Day Twenty-Nine
29. I’m thankful for travel. I’m lucky enough to have been a few places. K and I love to experience a new place; the people, the smells, the tastes, the culture, a window into the way people live their lives. We love this. I’ve loved it since I was young and our family headed outContinue reading “Thankful Everyday – Day Twenty-Nine”
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Thankful Everyday – The Ninth
Day Nine…. 9. I’m thankful for the visual world. I am made breathless every day by something I see. It seems everywhere I look there’s beauty and magnificence. It constantly amazes, enlightens, and nourishes my soul. Leaves blowing from trees, blue sky, rain drops falling just so, structures made by man, light in all it’sContinue reading “Thankful Everyday – The Ninth”
Tripping
We love car trips. Load up the dogs, their supplies, the camera gear, the clothes, and make sure the iPod is filled with good tunes to travel by. We choose to road trip sometimes when flying might be easier, or faster, or even cheaper. We like the experience of it. So much better climbing behind theContinue reading “Tripping”
The world’s best cities are …
I’ve been to 5 of the top 25 cities in the world and all but one of the top 5 U.S. cities on this list. Looks like I need to put my travel pants on! The world’s best cities are … – CNN.com.
One Month – 6475 Miles
We’ve been home now for a few days. Getting home after being away for a month is a process. Check the house, clean up the yard, re-set your air and take the long hose off the de-humidifier in the basement, spend significant time with the kids and the grand boys, do laundry, and settle backContinue reading “One Month – 6475 Miles”
Oregon Odyssey – Day Seven & Eight
Ah road trips, how I love them. The sights, the experience, the music played along the way. They are glorious things. When I was a kid our family did road trips all the time. It was sort of our thing. We mostly stayed in Oregon for these, though we did venture out to Arizona once,Continue reading “Oregon Odyssey – Day Seven & Eight”
Oregon Odyssey – Day Six
Our sixth day on the road took us from Burley, Idaho to Burns, Oregon. Nearly three hours less time in the car today than yesterday, which was great. We even took some time to stop for our second cup of coffee at the Flying M Coffeehouse in Boise. We’d stopped there before and loved theContinue reading “Oregon Odyssey – Day Six”
Oregon Odyssey – Day Four
Today we moved from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Montrose, Colorado. It wasn’t a bad day of driving really, about 6 and a half hours on the road after we checked out and then drove to not one, not two, but three coffee spots in Santa Fe before getting a cup. Our first choice endedContinue reading “Oregon Odyssey – Day Four”
Oregon Odyssey – Day Three
Hippie coffee from 806 in Amarillo, no large legs, planted Cadillacs, a decently short drive, wild horses, prairie dogs, southwest food Guatemalan style at the Tune-Up Cafe, head of hope, abandoned route 66, a walk with the dogs along the non-existent Santa Fe River and past two cathedrals, the oldest church in the U.S., andContinue reading “Oregon Odyssey – Day Three”
