Category Archives: Travel
A tornado’s view of Nashville
I planned to get into Nashville at midnight… But we left NJ an hour late… and I didn’t expect the hours worth of stop and go traffic when we left D.C. … So, we got into Nashville at 2:30 A.M.! This … Continue reading
Hopefully, a part of history
We said goodbye to my family early this morning and headed off to Nashville, TN by way of Washington, D.C. You might say “Isn’t that a little out of the way?” Not if you want to take part in what … Continue reading
Feeding the government pig
This post might belong on my culture blog… I’ve got a few things that I have to get off my chest… Since we arrived on the East Coast, we have been paying through the nose to drive on the dang … Continue reading
I don’t heart NY
We went to NY city today. I wanted to see where my oldest daughter lived and worked when she did her internships with Donna Karan and Vera Wang during the summer of her senior year. I have often heard people … Continue reading
Places that should be on the map
We drove straight through from Kansas City to New Jersey. My family was late getting out of the house. I can’t understand why…My wife should have planned to put two new front tires on the truck before she packed Since they … Continue reading
The time has come
In a few hours, my wife and I will take the next big step toward the next season in our life. This trip will be a family reunion, a 50 year birthday celebration (mine), scouting out the new land, a fond … Continue reading
A trip down memory lane
In August, 2004, my oldest daughter drove our new Ford Windstar for her first day of classes at the local community college. My son was with her because we had just learned that. although he was just 14, he qualified … Continue reading
And you thought you were finished with word problems
Every so often, our family runs into logistical challenges that strongly resemble the word problems we had in high school algebra… We have three vehicles here at the Castle: a 1998 Honda Accord, a 2001 Ford F-150 Super Crew and … Continue reading
A long day gets even longer
By 9:00 P.M., the caffeine that I purchased from Starbucks had completely worn off and we still had 5 more hours of driving ahead of us. I was not going to stop and get an “energy” drink. That just feels … Continue reading
As easy as pie
We left Overland Park at 6:00 A.M and arrived in Denver at 2:00 P.M. (Mountain Time) as planned. Outside of 10-15 minutes in a torrential downpour with strong gusting winds that were almost creating waves in the water on the … Continue reading
