I can’t stop watching Ken Burns’ National Park series. I just love it. I mean, it’s a lot of TV, so sometimes I just sort of watch as I’m doing other stuff. Deb hears the music and hums along. I can’t identify the music until she hums it, and then I’m like, Hey! I know [...]
Posts Tagged ‘vacation’
A Yearn for the Expanse
Posted in The Wild, tagged bike, camping, hike, Ken Burns National Park series, national parks, vacation on October 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Dirt under the Fingernails and in the Coffee
Posted in Travel, tagged camping, espresso, Upper Peninsula, vacation on September 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We’re only about three hours from home, but I want to upload this picture for Suzanne before she leaves for Maine. Though a nice cup of espresso after dinner by a campfire is still delicious, it’s not quite as much fun to drink without Suzanne.
Walnuts Are Dropping in the Yard
Posted in Travel, tagged bicycle, Jay McKillop, Michigan, Rivendell Atlantis, Scooter, Upper Peninsula, vacation, Vespa P200, XYL on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Gosh, so many things to fill you in on…but I have to watch the length of these posts or I’ll get what-for from Suzanne.
First: We both woke up yesterday with a clear decision…we’re going to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Sunday. Yes, it’ll be chilly there. Well, fine. Why bemoan it. Let’s just deal with the [...]
Pin the Tail on the Map
Posted in Travel, tagged Arkansas, Hilton Head, Maggie Valley, Memphis, Michigan, Myrtle Beach, Nascar, Nashville, Oak Island, Outer Banks, Ozarks, Sanibel Island, vacation on August 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We still don’t know which way to point the car on Sunday. We have next week off but we have zero plans for it. We’ve arranged for someone to stay at the house with the pets, so we know we’re leaving town. So, let’s just tease out some of the possibilities right here. Remember, we’re [...]
Updates 8/10/09
Posted in The Mundane, tagged Ashville, Blog, cerebral hemorrhage, fiction, hot flashes, Keen, Memphis, Michigan, Nashville, Upper Peninsula, vacation on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Updates:
We’re still unsure about where to go the first week in September. We’re thinking of just waiting to feel the weather that Sunday (August 30) and head in the opposite direction.
We’re thinking either Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or the Outer Banks, or a little vagabond road trip through Nashville, Memphis, and Asheville. Nashville to Asheville. Did [...]
Adventure is Out There….but Where?
Posted in Travel, tagged bicycle, fast-rail system, hike, vacation on July 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We’ve still got a week set aside for our vacation, but we’re having some trouble deciding where to go or what to do. You know we always take our relaxing vacation on Sanibel in March. But we usually have some sort of wild adventure involving bear or moose or other such creatures in the summer. [...]
Salt Water for Refreshing the Spirit
Posted in Travel, tagged "Passengers", Billy Collins, rest, Sanibel Island, Travel, vacation on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There goes the cat walking on the countertop again. He’s developed a habit of it now.
Not Alice is going to the ocean. We leave early tomorrow morning, and if all goes well, we’ll be in our bathing suits and in the sun by 1:00 pm. Our room doesn’t technically become available until 3:00 pm, so [...]
Thinking about Sanibel
Posted in Travel, tagged Alzheimer's, Florida, Sanibel Island, vacation, West Wind Inn on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s time to really start thinking about Sanibel. As many of you know, we’ve spent a week on Sanibel Island, Florida this same week for about 19 or 20 years. We stay in the same room (101) in the same place (the West Wind Inn); we sit in the same chairs and rent the same [...]
