Category: Travel

Today we decided to drive less, and spend more time at specific places. Laura had spotted an Audobon property about 20 miles from here. After breakfast, we headed out of town on Quarry Road to Highway 116. We were on the original road that we took into Middlebury on Monday, but this time it wasn’t … Read More “We Came, We Saw, We Had Ice Cream” »

This thing was in one corner of our room at the Inn. Jet lag is usually defined as a disruption of sleeping and eating routines brought on by crossing multiple time zones very quickly.  If you leave off the timezone part, I think what we experienced this morning qualifies as jet lag.  Instead of crossing … Read More “Breakfast in VT, Lunch in NY, and Dinner in NH” »

Even at 5:30 AM it was hot and muggy.  As we made final preparations for departure around the house, we were hoping that the northern climes of Vermont would be more comfortable.  Laura is compulsive about air travel, so we got to the airport in plenty of time for our flight.  Enough time, it seems, … Read More “The Eastern Seaboard by Air” »

In our basement is an odd collection of boxes left over from a storage unit we had been using while moving.  I had never gotten around to sorting and throwing away, so I thought now was to time to reclaim some floor space.  Easier said than done.  Most of these boxes contained things such as … Read More “Sabbatical Reflections” »

It’s Furman’s Spring Break!  Yep, right here at the end of February.  So, with threats of snow in the forecast for Virginia and Maryland, we decide to head to Washington DC to see our friends John and Kate Kaup, who are up there for a year while on sabbatical. The snow wasn’t enough to hinder … Read More “Doing That DC Thang” »

This weekend Laura and I made our biennial trip to Boone, North Carolina, for the Furman-Appalachian State football game.  It’s usually one of our favorite game road trips, with the leaves turning and the air taking on its first hint of crispness.  The recent tropical weather had left roads in a mess, however, and even … Read More “You can’t get there from here…” »

We had breakfast at Cracker Barrel.  The Cracker Barrel.  The first one ever opened in Lebanon, Tennessee.  It should have been more impressive than it sounds, but it wasn’t.  The only interesting thing was that they serve syrup in mini-bottles. We were in a hurry to get home.  Apparently traffic and construction were going to … Read More “There and Back Again” »

Kansas City seems like a nice city.  St. Louis seems like a nice city.  So what happened in between?  I’ve been none too impressed with what I’ve seen along I-70.  Blue Springs seemed like a loud, rude town, and it seemed like this attitude continued eastward.  We saw more billboards along this route, particularly for … Read More “Last Night on the Trail” »

If some railroad official hadn’t driven a spike into a railroad tie 140 years ago about 600 miles west of here, we might have gotten more sleep last night.  Our motel seems to be right across the road from the Transcontinental Railroad.  We had seen lots of trains yesterday, bu we heard even more during … Read More “Flat as a…” »

If the settlement of the West had been left up to yuppies in fancy convertibles, the Sioux, Apache, Shoshone, and others would have had little to fear.  Planning to make a life in, or ever crossing this harsh environment, must have taken a determination I can scarcely fathom.  Today our route took us along more … Read More “Fly Over States” »