2023 – Week4
In case you haven’t noticed, for the purposes of these weekly posts we begin a “week” on Friday since that’s when any guests tend to arrive. So, this past week started with the usual gang (Kyle, Glennis, Miller, Dacia, Makai, Tayva) gathering for dinner on Friday evening. Paula made a seafood pasta salad that everyone […]
2023 – Week 3
On Monday, after Glennis’ epic blow-out of a bridal shower weekend, we took her cousin Holly to the Sacramento airport and had good conversation on the way there. After, we headed back to Tahoe, stopping for lunch at a small café and shopping for groceries. We got back late in the afternoon and made a […]
2023 – Week 2
Lots of excitement in advance of the visit of Glenny and her friends. This included Dacia and Miller, 4-year-old son Makai and 6-month-old daughter Tayva. The plan was to celebrate Dacia’s birthday, so Glenny made macaroons in advance of the visit and brought all the makings for cake. She also brought all the birthday party […]
2023 – Week1
Last Monday morning, before leaving Glenny & Kyle’s house, Tommy & I walked along the trail leading to the Folsom Dam. Despite it being feet from the roadway the dam, river and spillway were an impressive site. We arrived at the Tahoe house mid-afternoon on Monday and unpacked the car of its multiple bags and […]
Reno, Nevada
We left Wells Nevada early after a quick breakfast in the room. We had noticed yesterday that there was a dilapidated building next to our motel guarded by an older man with a beard and a piercing stare. There were handwritten signs pasted on the wall and windows behind him. This morning we got a […]
Wells, Nevada
Since we knew this next stretch of highway would pass through the Bonneville Salt Flats and since a quick perusal of the terrain map feature of Google Maps looked pretty flat, Paula drove. Things were fine until we found that there were long stretches of highway that went down to one lane, with construction barrels […]
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Rock Springs is the fifth largest city in Wyoming with a population of just over 23,000. We’ve noted that towns along the highway are small and clustered by the interstate and sparsely spaced. Rock Springs is no exception. We stopped at Stinker’s Plaza for lunch, and were delighted to find that the staff all wore […]
Broomfield, Colorado
Today we were excited to get going as we planned to spend the evening with Tom’s two college roommates, Mark & Sue, who Tom and I haven’t seen in 43 years! They have traveled the globe for work and pleasure and now live in Broomfield, CO. It was an easy drive as the geography through […]
Oakley, Kansas
Today we drove 350 miles to Oakley, Kansas. We are staying overnight at the Annie Oakley Motel, of course! There is no actual historical connection between Oakley, Kansas and Annie Oakley. However, Annie Oakley was reaching the peak of her fame as a sharpshooter performing with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show in the 1880’s around […]
Kansas City, Missouri
We had a quiet night, and this morning Paula and Tom shared the driving to Kansas City. The highway was surrounded by farmland for the most part and there were a few rolling hills. Once into the city, we were impressed by how much tall brick architecture there was. Although our hotel was on Main […]