Busy day started with a stop at the Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. It seems that I missed much of the gardens, but the trees,…
Three Days in Dubuque–Day Two
Even though I hadn’t asked for a wake-up call, I was highly motivated to check out of the room early. Got some breakfast and did…
Three Days in Dubuque–Day One
On Thursday morning, it suddenly hit me that the Labor Day weekend was approaching, and I REALLY didn’t want to spend it in Grinnell. The…
The Home Stretch
I got the early start I’d hoped for that Sunday morning. There were only two stops in Little Rock: the historic Central High School, site…
Ghosts of Oak Alley Plantation
During my short drive through Vacherie, Louisiana, on Saturday morning, I wasn’t paying much attention to the green stalks rising from the roadside fields at…
A Three-Hour Tour,…
(Really, the trip’s only 45 minutes each way, but you get the point of the title–I hope–and if you don’t, you should watch more 60’s…
Tamiami Loop,… and Tallahassee, Too
One thing I learned from my past visits to national parks is that some are not entirely civilized–or more accurately, near civilization’s accoutrements, such as…
Singin’ in the Right Keys
For unintended reasons, I continued to rise early and was on the road pretty early. I left Islamarada and headed west down the Overseas Highway. Fortunately,…
I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy….
Like every other day in Miami Beach, the 4th of July started as a warm and sunny morning. I began gathering my things so that…
These Are the Voyages–Florida Supercon (Day 3)
I thought I had more time to get to the convention hall than I did, so I watched Serena kick butt on the tennis court…