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Home again
When I am in Milwaukee, I always enjoy all the activities available in the summer, most of the them free or at minimal cost. Now that I am home, I realize that there are many things to do in LA, many of them free or at minimal cost. The great thing about LA is that these activities, although more numerous in the summer months, are also available ( Read more... ) -
July 16 - Denver (Golden) to Richfield, Utah
This morning we had the best free breakfast we have had on this trip. This Hampton Inn had cheese omelets, sausage, potatoes, waffles, plus the usual fruit, yogurt, sweet rolls etc. My only complaint was that they didn’t have any cereal that wasn’t sweetened but I had some in the car so I was able to have my usual breakfast. We are getting later ( Read more... ) -
July 15 - Lincoln, Nebraska to Golden (Denver), Colorado
We are now in beautiful Colorado in a suburb outside of Denver. Colorado is one of our favorite states. Nebraska is just above Texas as one of our least favorite states. None of the food we ate there was particularly good and many places didn’t look as clean as we would have liked. And it is a rather boring state - except for the Pony Express ( Read more... ) -
July 14 - Coralville, Iowa to Lincoln, Nebraska
Presently, I am writing this in my hotel room at the Fairfield Inn (free again tonight) in Lincoln. We have just experienced a severe thunderstorm - thunder - lightening - heavy rain with strong winds which had the rain going horizontally rather than vertically. They said the winds were more than 60 mph. And now it has stopped and it looks ( Read more... ) -
July 13 - Milwaukee to Coralville (Iowa City), IA
It was a beautiful day today even though I awoke at 4:00 AM. It seems I always wake early the day we are about to embark on another journey. After another wonderful stay with both families and friends, we were ready to head home. Both of us decided we would take the same route as we took coming to Wisconsin but there were some places we wanted ( Read more... ) -
June 20 - From Colorado through Nebraska to Iowa
Thunderstorms during the night helped me sleep very well. I have no idea why I sleep well in thunderstorms but I do. I love traveling and hearing the thunder, seeing the lightening (of course from the inside of a nice hotel room) since that hardly ever happens in Los Angeles. We get hard rain but not thunder and lightening. I awoke at 6:00 AM ( Read more... ) -
June19 - Utah through Colorado
I believe that Colorado is the most beautiful of the contiguous United States, at least west of Denver. Driving through the Rocky Mountains always amazes me. The trees are so green and we drive right along the river which now is really running. I did see an unusual sign on the road - "Eagles on Highway." I looked and looked and saw no Eagles. ( Read more... ) -
June 18 - Drive through Nevada, Arizona and now in Utah
Today was just about a perfect day. Driving through some of the most remarkable land in our country while listening to my music is the way I would like to spend the rest of my life. I took no pictures. This time I just let my eyes photograph the images into my brain, rejuvenating my mind, body and soul. I need this to exist and am so thankful I ( Read more... ) -
June 17 - Second day in Las Vegas
Another beautiful day in Las Vegas. The temperature was in the 90s while the humidity was 8%. I am glad I am leaving before my skin absolutely dries up and falls off. (Sorry, Barbara, for that visual.) This morning we walked to the Paris for their buffet. After waiting in line for 35 minutes, we were seated. This made us there not only for ( Read more... ) -
Day 1 - June 16 - Las Vegas
After eating breakfast at home, we left at 8:20 this morning. It was a typical June gloom day in Los Angeles which was nice because the sun was not shining in my eyes. By the time we entered the I 15, the sun was out and it was beautiful. We had no traffic to speak of and made pretty good time - a little under 4 hours including 2 short stops. The ( Read more... )