I know for experienced western drivers a pass of less than 10,000 ft is a piece of cake. Even aside from the elevation itself, which is...

We drove up the high plains to reach Custer, Wyoming. There, we picked up groceries before driving the last few miles to our campground....

In the past few days we crossed the praries of Nebraska and then dropped down through northwest Kansas and across Colorado on US-36. We...

We're settled in for the night in Kearny, Nebraska on the cusp of the mountainous part of our journey. We had another great visit our...

The second half of the trip started with a two day journey from Cascade to Kansas City in 95 degree heat. Luckily the part we waited for...

Libby plays steal the bone back with cousin Wurstchen. As Jen said, our kids get along well together. They all had a good time. I love...

Jenny and Pat had moved to Cascade while we were in France.  It didn't work, we found them anyway. They live on Lake Ellen in a resort...

This weekend we traveled west of Bordeaux to the Bay of Arcachon on the Atlantic ocean.  It is famous for its oysters and also for the...

This week we were at the International Sales and Technical meeting of the ARC Group, held this year in the Château des Vigiers. This...

Most people take a break from working and have a vacation once in a while, if they are lucky. We're taking a break from vacation for...

The closing to the first chapter of our adventure happened quickly. Wednesday morning we cleaned out the RV refrigerator and filled up...

We finally made it to Atlas BBQ in Grafton. We started with a visit to Trevor's apartment and then lunch ala Chef Berger. Trevor serves...

Monday we headed to the Mauthe Lake Regional Recreation Area. This Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources campground is the one that...

Fireman's Park, We are comfortably settled into our mid way port of call. The fireman in Jen's current town have generously allowed us...

We've been off the grid for the last few days having an absolutely amazing time in the north country forests of Wisconsin and Upper...

We left the Iowa riverside campground earlier than usual. We did that so we could see my cousin Erica during her lunch break at Gundersen...

We have now been on the road for one month and have traveled a little over 4,000 miles. We are camping tonight in an Army Corp of...

We had a wonderful time "back home" in Missouri. Always great to see my family, and my cousin Mike and his wife Julie were just...

We've been to Paris, France and Paris, Texas, but now we can add Paris, Tennessee. We had a wonderful second day at Loretta's place. We...

Churchill Downs to Grand Ole Oprey to Loretta Lynn's Ranch. We didn't actually stop at Buck Snort, I just like saying it. It is one exit...