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Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri

First up in Oklahoma was Elk City and the National Route 66 Museum. This is a pretty cool 4 museum complex that includes the National...

Karen Bray

Nov 2, 20218 min read

Arizona to New Mexico to Texas

Standin’ on the Corner Park in Winslow Arizona was our reentry onto Route 66. This public park was opened in 1999, and is the center...

Karen Bray

Oct 25, 20216 min read

Grand Doesn't Begin to Describe It, and More Family Time

We were excited to get to the Grand Canyon and left pretty early. For most of our park adventures, we had to climb some pretty daunting...

Karen Bray

Oct 24, 20217 min read

Wigwams, Deserts and Ghost Towns

This is the part of our journey that Bob has been excited about. Route 66. The Mother Road. Highway 66 was established on November 11,...

Karen Bray

Oct 16, 20217 min read

The Best and Worst of Southern California

I have to state right up front that I entered the Santa Monica area with a chip on my shoulder. You would think that coming off the...

Karen Bray

Oct 12, 20217 min read

Michelle, Ma Belle, Monterey Bay and Big Sur on Highway 1

The drive from Yosemite to Fresno was pretty dull after Yosemite. There were vineyards and lots of hills but we’ve become used to...

Karen Bray

Oct 10, 20216 min read

A View From the Heavens

Yosemite is the next to last National Park on our itinerary. Our penultimate park, if you will. So we have high expectations. We were...

Karen Bray

Oct 8, 20215 min read

Big Trees, Thick Fog, and More Cars

By now, we had covered over 8,000 miles. Our average speed was 52 MPH and our gas mileage was 29 MPG. Not bad for lookie-loos. Penny...

Karen Bray

Oct 5, 20217 min read

River Deep, Mountain High

There were several concerns with the Crater Lake National Park stop. While it looked like the temps would reach the low 60’s during the...

Karen Bray

Sep 27, 20216 min read

Oh Brother!

And so off to see my nephew, David. David has one of those smiles that light up a room. He has a sweet nature, a curiosity for the...

Karen Bray

Sep 26, 20219 min read

And Now for Something Completely Different

We were admittedly apprehensive about Glacier National Park. First was that word. Glacier. We are pretty sure Penny is a warm weather...

Karen Bray

Sep 21, 20214 min read

Climbing the Mountains

Our next stop was Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park, by way of Casper Wyoming. We gave ourselves an extra day to...

Karen Bray

Sep 17, 20218 min read

Somewhere in the Black Mining Hills of Dakota

Our first National Park stop was Mt. Rushmore. As I began to research the details for this trip, I came across Under Canvas, a company...

Karen Bray

Sep 11, 20214 min read

West Virginia, The Studebaker Museum, and the Coolest Thing about Iowa

In order to get caught up with our itinerary, we needed to try to get 700 miles under our belts the first day. That’s a pretty long...

Karen Bray

Sep 7, 20215 min read

The Best Laid Plans

Penny is a bit of a prima donna. We knew that when we bought her. She likes to be covered when it rains, prefers to have water blown...

Karen Bray

Sep 4, 20219 min read

Trying to Reason with Tropical Storm Season

The drive from Orlando to Key West takes about 7 hours. Using the Florida Turnpike, it was a fairly easy drive until we approached Miami...

Karen Bray

Aug 15, 20216 min read

Livin' at the Riv'

Next day, we moved to Disney’s Riviera. This is one of the newest Disney Resorts and we looked forward to staying here. We used my...

Karen Bray

Aug 15, 20215 min read

The Family Crest, OR Robert of the Severed Ostrich Legs

We’re a family that loves theme parks. We go to Disney more than anyone we know and have added Universal, Discovery Cove and Busch...

Karen Bray

Aug 5, 20212 min read

New Beginnings and Old Friends

Well that was certainly a challenging winter, wasn’t it? Between the confusion of COVID, weird politics, and strange weather events it...

Karen Bray

Aug 4, 20215 min read

New Hope Springs Eternal

I wasn’t going to blog this one. But I ended up having my reasons. This trip did not include Penny, because there were three of us,...

Karen Bray

Apr 19, 20214 min read

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Discover Being There

Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri

Arizona to New Mexico to Texas

Grand Doesn't Begin to Describe It, and More Family Time

Wigwams, Deserts and Ghost Towns

The Best and Worst of Southern California

Michelle, Ma Belle, Monterey Bay and Big Sur on Highway 1

A View From the Heavens

Big Trees, Thick Fog, and More Cars

River Deep, Mountain High

Oh Brother!

And Now for Something Completely Different

Climbing the Mountains

Somewhere in the Black Mining Hills of Dakota

West Virginia, The Studebaker Museum, and the Coolest Thing about Iowa

The Best Laid Plans

Trying to Reason with Tropical Storm Season

Livin' at the Riv'

The Family Crest, OR Robert of the Severed Ostrich Legs

New Beginnings and Old Friends

New Hope Springs Eternal

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