2018 Road Trip, Day 9, Part 2
For a nightcap, I went next door on the other side of the hotel to the Town Hall Brewery for a flight of beers. The decor was very inviting, very British pub-like, but the beers were not entirely to my …
2018 Road Trip, Day 9, Part 1
I had a relatively short and relaxing drive today, but that was perfect after the long drive the day before. The day started in Sioux Falls and an attempt to have a late breakfast at a restaurant; I’d forgotten that …
2018 Road Trip, Day 8
Yesterday, day 8, was another long day’s drive; I headed north to Cheyenne, WY, then was on secondary roads through Nebraska and up into South Dakota to connect with I-90 to Sioux Falls. I spent hours without cell service and …
2018 Road Trip, Day 7
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 …
Road Trip 2018, Day 6
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 …
2018 Road Trip, Day 5
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 … …
2018 Road Trip, Day 4
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 …
2018 Road Trip, Day 3
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, …
2018 Road Trip, Day 2
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
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 …