Heading Home

Heading home now, we drove through the rest of New Mexico, the northern panhandle of Texas, and most of Oklahoma.  In Conway, Texas we stopped again…

New Mexico

We spent the night in Grants, New Mexico, a small town that is worth visiting longer.  There are a lot of vintage signs around the town,…

Today we turned back to the east, starting our return home.  I drove first, and hadn’t asked exactly what route we would take to our next…

Off Road for a While

We stayed a few days in the desert at my cousin’s house, a pleasant respite.  We’re just getting to know each other – you can tell…

Finally on the Blue Highways!

Today we took the opportunity to get off the interstate system and travel on real “blue highways.”  Leaving I-5 south of Bakersfield, we crossed the Tehachapi…

Pacific Highway

[caption id="attachment_533" align="alignright" width="1200"] Mount Shasta from 25 miles away[/caption] Today we took the Pacific Highway (I-5) from Seattle to Willows, California.  We drove though changing…

Bainbridge Island, Washington

Never missing a chance to get out on the water, we decided to take the ferry to Bainbridge Island.  The view from the water was wonderful,…

Visiting Relatives in Seattle

Yesterday we spent the day visiting relatives.  We drove up to Snohomish to visit my aunt – the widow of my father’s younger brother.  We had…

Vancouver, British Columbia

At last!  My first time in a foreign country!  When I was about 8 years old my family went to Niagara Falls but stayed on the…

Onward to Seattle

We left Montana, and drove across northern Idaho to Washington.  Nothing was as we expected, and the topography changed so much it was hard to take…

Montana

We arrived in Montana at the end of the day yesterday.  We weren’t able to find many hotels in the area where we wanted to stop,…

2014 Cross-Country Road Trip

Our first two days of this trip went by very fast.  We decided to get out west as fast as we could, so our firststop was…

Water lily pond beside the road to Sandbridge

View from the condo balcony

Beach Trip 2014

This year we rented a condo at Sandbridge in Virginia Beach.  We were there for the week of July 4th, which unfortunately was when Hurricane Arthur…

Joshua Tree National Park

We stayed in Yucca Valley with my cousin, and while we were there we visited the nearby Joshua Tree National Park.

Zion National Park

This well-protected park doesn't allow cars.  You have to take the tram, but it ran frequently, so it was easy to see everything without worrying about…

Red Canyon

Small and unassuming compared to the other parks, this was still a nice place to stop.  

Bryce Canyon National Park

Just amazing!

Arrowhead Country Inn & Cabins – Mt. Carmel, Utah

We stayed here for a few days so we could visit the nearby National Parks.

Cedar Breaks National Monument

On our way from Salt Lake City to our cabin in Mt. Carmel, we drove over a scenic highway to view this beautiful area.

Salt Lake City, Utah

It was rough getting through the mountains in a driving rainstorm, but the next morning we were greeted with a double-rainbow.

Ogalalla, Nebraska

Just here for one night, but found this "Boot Hill."  In the days of the Nebraska Territory, Ogalalla was a stop on the Pony Express and later along the transcontinental…

American Pickers

Found at the “American Pickers” Antique Archeology shop in Le Claire, Iowa.  It was too expensive to buy, but free to photograph.

2013 Cross-Country Road Trip

          Le Claire, Iowa was supposed to just be a one-night layover, but car repairs kept us there a second day.  Home…

Kitty Hawk

Franni collected these on the beach at Kitty Hawk last summer.  It was great to have the families together at the beach, and the 4th of…

Appomattox Court House National Park

We took a day trip to Appomattox Court House, the restored town where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.  The weather was warm and…

Woodson’s Mill

We visited Woodson’s Mill in Nelson County, Virginia during their Historic Garden Week.  The mill is open for visitors most of the time, but doesn’t grind…

Pink Cadillac Diner near Natural Bridge, Virginia

Back Home! We took two days to drive home so we could take some back roads through Tennessee, driving through an area where my Wolfenbarger ancestors…

Chattanooga – Days 5 & 6

The trip across Mississippi, Alabama, and a tiny bit of Georgia wasn’t terribly interesting, even though we avoided interstates.  The countryside is pretty flat, and much…

Mississippi

Sunset over the Mississippi

Natchez, Mississippi

The weather today is subtropical, which is perfectly appropriate for Natchez - a beautiful, little town - a smaller version of New Orleans. The people here…

Third Day: Tupelo to Natchez

Today’s leg of the trip brings us to the end of the Natchez Trace.  Along the way we stopped at Mount Locust, the only remaining Inn…

Wild Turkeys

Wild turkeys on the Natchez Trace

Day Two: Lebanon to Tupelo

We left Lebanon on another beautiful morning.  This leg of the trip is short, so we had plenty of time to stop and explore. We didn’t…

First Day: Charlottesville to Lebanon, Tennessee

Fall is a great time to travel, and soon we will be on the road again.  The weather is good and the crowds have thinned out.…