Other's Anniversaries

Today is the wedding anniversary of one of our kids. Since we are way across the country from them while on this road trip, we sent out a card and...

Enough Rain!

Checking in from Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Today was another four state day -- Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Although I love a rainy night, the cloudburst, thunder, lightning, and really heavy...

Thoughts About Relocation and Values

Checking in from Hazleton, Pennsylvania. We traveled through four states today -- Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The weather and scenery were wonderful. One of the things we've noticed as...

Virginia is for Lovers

Checking in from Lexington, Virginia. Virginia may be for lovers, but in the midst of getting lost because Gertrude (our GPS unit) let us down, Bob got grumpy. He became...

Falling Rock Complaint

Checking in from Morristown, Tennessee. We headed for Morristown today to visit with friends. And we didn't get lost! We were talking about lots of different things such as Daniel Boone,...

Two Brief Encounters

Checking in from Jackson, Tennessee. In the midst of getting ready to leave the hotel this morning and at a rest area, Bob interacted with two great couples. I missed...

Home on the Road Flashback

Checking in from Caddo Valley, Arkansas. We had time to spare today, so we spent some time in Sulphur Springs, Texas looking for antique stores. We found them, but all...

A Slow, Very Slow Connection

Checking in from Weatherford, Texas. Since we had brunch with a friend today, we left Odessa later than we had planned. The time with her was well worth having less...

"As You Wish."

This evening we watched one of our favorite movies, The Princess Bride. I love the "as you wish" phrase. It is the character Westley's way of saying "I love you." Think...

West Texas Sky and A Look Back

Checking in from Odessa, Texas. Since we both seriously dislike the desert, what are we doing in Odessa? Around twenty years ago, we lived in Odessa. When we made the...

A Prickly Conversation

Checking in from Deming, New Mexico. Our conversation today as we drove through Arizona and New Mexico centered on the redecorating that still needs to be done to our home....

Memories of Our First Home

Checking in from Gilbert, Arizona. When Bob was in his late teens, he built a house in Las Vegas with another teen. That's who we are staying with tonight. Being...

Mom's Day Thoughts

I've thoroughly enjoyed my role as mom or aka matriarch! An email with the title "Why God Made Moms" made me laugh. I couldn't find an original source for it....

Killing Time

Checking in from Commerce, California. We picked this area as a place to stay while visiting Bob's uncle and aunt tomorrow. With time to kill earlier today, we turned off the...

Newlywed Ambush

Uncover two secret saboteurs of your happiness

My Wife's Worst Girlfriend

Why I stopped trying to be her BFF

Curious Buffalo

Checking in from Coalinga, California. Although we didn't drive very far today and stopped early this afternoon, we are both very tired. We stopped to look at buffalo along Hwy...

Do Yourself a Favor -- Stand up for YOUR Marriage

There is lots of talk about people marching and attending rallies to show they are standing up for marriage. Some folks believe it is important to stand up for traditional...

Bob's Memory

Checking in from Corning, California. We will be here for two days, tasting olives and meeting with Bob's cousin. Today was another day of rain. Pouring down rain with lightning and...

Rainy Beginning

Checking in from Grants Pass, Oregon, a lovely town where my grandparents lived for many years and where Bob and I took one of our early trips together as a...

Lost Sandpaper and Expectations

We learned a few things from the 2006 adventure, so some things will be different on this trip. Hopefully, now that we have a GPS unit, we won't get lost...