This was from a year ago today, but it’s worth reviving for this year, since I laugh so much from the stupid names of some of these products! This week I’m volunteering at a fireworks stand. For those saying “Wow! How?”, let me explain a little. The state of Nebraska allows 10 days per year … Read more
This is what much of my drive up I-59 and I-81 looked like last month. If you’re unfamiliar with the southeastern U.S., you might have never seen this. Having lived in North Carolina for 3 years, there were areas where we came to expect it. So…what is kudzu? You can read the details, from the … Read more
This is a test to see if my e-mail customers are getting my posts. Meanwhile enjoy this picture of the boys shoveling coal at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania:
Yes, these posts are hideously out of order, but I’m writing them in the order of ease of collecting my thoughts. Sorry about that 🙂 Maybe I’ll force the dates around some when I’m all done. We started out in Greenville, SC on the last day of our road trip. It was about 2 1/2 … Read more
Last weekend the boys and I bid farewell to Dave in Harrisburg headed up to the Stratton, Vermont area for some camping with my dear friend (and former college roommate) Megan and her son Aidan. Some mother/son bonding time was had by all 🙂 We had a great time catching up — we last saw … Read more
We had an invitation up to visit a famous (in N-scale model railroading circles) basement model railroad in Lewistown, PA, while we were in Hershey for the N-Scale Convention. I asked if we could “swing by” Penn State at least for lunch and some souvenir shopping. Lewistown is about 1/2 hour southeast of Penn State. … Read more
The route we planned from Florida to Pennsylvania took us right across some of the destruction paths from this past spring’s Tornado “Superoutbreak” of April 25-28. On this trip I crossed three of this past spring’s tornado paths, each are discussed below. While part of me as a “weather weenie” finds a fascination in getting to … Read more
I’ve never done a “Wordless Wednesday” before, but I thought we’d have a good time with these pictures Dave and I took of Amtrak’s 40th Anniversary exhibit train at the Strasburg Railroad in June, pulled by a P40 locomotive. Considering these to decorate Jacob’s room, since he’s a fan of Amtrak.
We had our truck about 14 months before learning about the “Average Fuel” setting that ties to the trip odometer. Yep…that’s the total number of miles driven on our two-week road trip in the lower right. And, as an added bonus, we have the average mileage. That’ll come in handy for some additional calculations. Let’s … Read more
I hadn’t planned to do this week’s Friday Fill-in since we’re on vacation, but here I am sitting with Dave and the kids at a model railroaders’ auction in Harrisburg with some time to kill, so I thought I’d have a little fun! Besides, I’m excited to share my Amazing Race plans to conquer the … Read more