I like sitting by the campfire late at night. JoAnne likes to read, sometimes even sitting in the car to get away from the bugs or the rain. Both of us love…
Tag: vacation
Florida Vacation 2015
Must be we made ourselves useful and didn’t cause too much trouble in 2014 because our daughter Keely and her husband Mark invited us to go with them on their annual…
A Maple Syrupy Memory
On the last day of our recent week of vacation, my wife and I stopped at a Maple Syrup Museum on Route 7 just north of Rutland, Vermont. It was a fascinating…
Visiting a Vanderbilt Home
I knew that the most opulent homes of late nineteenth century in America were built by the Vanderbilt’s, tycoons of the NY Central Railroad. I did not realize how many homes…
Snoqualmie Falls and A Railroad Museum
This railroad museum we didn’t just run into, but found on the maps and in the guidebook. Near the end of our recent summer vacation, we decided to stop on our way…
The Best of Glacier
JoAnne and I have been back from our vacation for almost a month already. We’ve been extending the fun by enjoying all the pictures we took. Love this digital age where you…
A Unique American Vehicle
One of the fascinating sidelights of our visit to Glacier National Park was the ubiquitous red tour bus. Since I was driving my own rented vehicle, I did not actually get to…
The animals
Everyone wants to see the animals when they go west, and we were no exception. One warning, you never know when you will see them. It might be in a park and…
For fun — the best and the worst chart for vacation 2010
When you go on a long travel vacation, you just can’t resist rating things sometimes. You know–what did you like best? Well, here’s a for-fun chart of some the best and worst…
Mountain Pass Hiking (written Aug 23)
I may be a little sore tomorrow, but what an exhilarating feeling. It was too cold for JoAnne up at the Logan Pass Visitor Center. The wind was blowing hard and the…