I knew I was off to good start to my day when I realized the single access from the hotel parking lot to the street was closed down for paving. Fortunately, there was a back way out, consisting of a …

I started the day by driving from Columbus back to Punderson State Park where I had stopped on day 2. Once again, I enjoyed the archery range and was pleasantly surprised with how well I did following yesterday’s prolonged shooting …

After a quiet start to the day, I met my friend Stephanie and we headed east to Blue Rock State Park for archery and hiking. We’d been there a couple of years ago, but had to cut the trip short …

My primary observation for the day is that drivers in northern Michigan are much more relaxed and polite than drivers in southern Michigan and Ohio. Getting below Lansing or so is just like being back in Massachusetts and Connecticut in …

It’s getting more and more difficult to figure out which day it is! That’s a good thing, but it’s just going to make reentry to work that much more difficult next Wednesday. Today, I decided I wanted to see the …

Today was pretty much a wash-out, weather-wise. It started out in the 50s, very windy, and with occasional rain. My car was parked about 50 feet from the hotel entrance; I took my suitcase out and was perfectly dry until …

Is it really Day 7? It’s hard to keep track, but at the same time, this means I’m over halfway through this trip. That’s an unfortunate realization. It was cool and rainy this morning, so rather than spend most of …

Today was a relatively short drive, only 250 miles, up into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and across to St. Ignace. Along the way, I was being chased by black clouds which never quite caught up, but as a consequence, …

This was an exciting day because it began with a drive from Freeport IL to The House on the Rock in Wisconsin. The House is, of course, featured in Neil Gaiman’s American Gods (book and at the beginning of the …

I’ll start with one picture from yesterday which I’d forgotten about, a picture from the inside of the Valparaiso University Chapel where I spent untold numbers of hours practicing the organ and playing for services during my two years there. …