Today was the day for Rocky Mountain National Park, and it was an absolutely gorgeous day. I left the hotel early to drive to Estes Park and the Beaver Meadows park entrance. On the way up there, I drove a …

Because of a 100% chance of thunderstorms in Rocky Mountain National Park today, I opted for a lower elevation excursion, driving west from Loveland and then up a very secondary road to Stove Prairie Landing and down through the Poudre (pronounced …

Today was mostly a rest and relaxation day, enjoying this spacious hotel room (yes, yes, I will post photos eventually!) and acclimating to the altitude. I really, really, need to lose weight and exercise when I get back home … …

Never trust hotel wifi! I wrote the text for this entire post and just as I started inserting photos, the connection crashed and I lost everything. Grrr … here we go again. (And after several more failed attempts, I decided that …

This was just a long day of driving through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and into Kansas on I-70. If you haven’t had the pleasure of that drive, it’s just plain long and sort of boring, but with a good audiobook, …

Today was a quiet day with a lot of resting and reading, but I also took the time to do a few things away from the hotel. First was taking the opportunity for a 3-mile walk around Antrim Lake before …

2018 Road Trip, Day 1 This wasn’t a long day, just 480 miles from Dunmore PA (next to Scranton) to Hilliard OH (on the outskirts of Columbus). The day couldn’t have been more perfect for a drive with blue, cloudless …

Road Trip 2018, Day 0 Yes, day ZERO. That’s because I worked an almost-normal day today, then drove to Scranton PA just to get a head start on tomorrow’s drive to Columbus OH, one of my favorite cities to visit. …