Midwest

On the Road Again

When we retired we decided that a cool goal for 2012 would be to visit all the 48 contiguous states and to geocache in each one.  We started working on this goal in February and have since visited and geocached in all but 13 of...

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Home! Home! Home!

Not the best way to start the day! We started our day meeting one ofEau Claire’s finest.  He was quite polite and listened to our story about how Ross made us drive on this highway, even though we didn’t want to, just because he (Ross) had designed it....

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Water Water Everywhere!

  “Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Mona's hand in mine…”  Yep, today was a rain day…over four hours of driving in the rain.  But, I’m ahead of myself…now let’s start from the beginning… We started east from Fargo, North Dakota and quickly crossed the Red River into Minnesota. ...

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WWII and Beyond

Today, we started our latest trip: headed to the northwestern and northern states: The Dakotas, Washington, Oregon, Minnesota, etc. We began our trip by visiting Peoria, Illinois with Monte and Aleta to see a reenactment of one of the battles of Normandy. Before the battle we were briefed...

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Mind

I think the biggest change from working to retirement is the mind change. It became most apparent on our recent vacation. As most know, we're big on vacationing. But always before, the last two or three days of vacation were filled with thoughts of work:...

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Day 27 – 1360!

Started our day in Topeka, Kansas.  Surely you know, as I now do (because I lost a bet with Mona), that this is the capital of Kansas. Soon, we’re not in Kansas anymore.  We’ve crossed into Kansas City, Missouri.  It’s amazing how many twists and turns...

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