I have spent Independence Days in different parts of the country and seen various styles of celebration from beautiful San Francisco where a crescent moon hung in the background as the fireworks exploded over the bay to a spectacular, musically coordinated firework extravaganza launched from barges in New York’s East River to a small town … Continue reading Independence Day in the Mid West
Normally I make my long road trips in the fall when crowds and hotel prices are smaller but, this year, my main destination is Alaska and the short tourist season there dictates a summer visit. A slightly longer introduction to the trip can be found at the start of yesterday’s road video which, along with … Continue reading Summer road trip to Alaska
Friday, Nov 4 I have little to add to the title. Today was all driving and the map and video are here. The afternoon before I left I had the car serviced and, as a part of that, the computer was reset so the car’s current statistics are those for the trip: Total miles traveled: … Continue reading Home Safely
Thursday, Nov 3 Last night was my first back in the eastern time zone but, after watching the long finale to the World Series, I pretended I was still on central time and slept in. Once I did leave Knoxville I took the scenic route to Bristol, Virginia via Great Smoky Mountains National Park and … Continue reading In Search of Gold
Wednesday, Nov 2 I am now in the final stage of the trip as the remaining days will be mainly travel, hopefully with some nice scenery along the way. Today’s route was from Nashville to Knoxville, Tennessee with one stop along the way and, despite being almost all interstate highway, had scenic potential. The highway … Continue reading The Manhattan Project From A Different Perspective
Monday, Oct 31 Today was another relaxing day spent mainly on the Natchez Trace Parkway as I traveled from Tupelo, MS to Nashville, TN. Much more of this section of the parkway was a “corridor of trees” so it was somewhat less interesting to drive but the fall colors were more evident here. The visitor … Continue reading Good Times in Music City
Sunday, Oct 30 If you looked at yesterday’s map you may have wondered why I headed back west to Jackson, MS after completing the perimeter. The answer is that I enjoyed driving the Blue Ridge Parkway so much that I decided to check out the Natchez Chase Parkway. This closely follows the path of a … Continue reading A Thoroughly Relaxing Drive