I got home on Sunday (September 10) but had a couple of urgent issues to deal with that delayed this post on the final two days and summarizing the trip. There’s not a lot to report on the last two days. On Saturday I drove from Smyrna, TN to Roanoke, VA and then drove home … Continue reading Wrapping up the Alaska Adventure
I drove another 375 miles towards home today, arriving in Smyrna, TN which is near Nashville. On the way my only stop was at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. I spent a couple of days in Memphis about 10 years ago and visited Beale St., Graceland and the museum then. Beale St. seemed … Continue reading Memphis Civil Rights Museum
Today was another driving day – 335 miles from Oklahoma City, OK to Little Rock, AR – but not before I had visited the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum that honors the victims, survivors and everyone affected by the April 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. I visited this memorial in 2014and would not, normally, revisit … Continue reading Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial
I’m on the way back home now and, since I have never used I40 for a cross country trip, that’s what I’m using to head east. Today’s journey was from Amarillo, TX to Oklahoma City, OK and, as expected when zipping through flat countryside on an interstate, the drive was not very interesting. For much … Continue reading Great Find – A Local Museum that’s Different
Today was a driving day with little to see on the route from Pueblo, CO to Amarillo, TX. The only tourist stop I made was at the roadside art installation, called Cadillac Ranch, just west of Amarillo. This was installed in 1974 and features ten Cadillac cars buried, nose first, in a corn field. Little … Continue reading Cadillac Ranch
Sunday, September 3 Today was probably the last scenic drive for a while as I have now left the Rockies behind and hit the plains in Pueblo, Colorado. However, there was still plenty to see on the way here. My route was along US 50, which is a scenic byway for much of the way, … Continue reading Royal Gorge (top to bottom) and an American Tradition
This is Labor Day holiday weekend in the US and the weather in Colorado is perfect so I knew it would be busy in restaurants, on the road and at attractions. I had hoped to get an early start by having breakfast at the hotel but it was awful and I ended up having to … Continue reading The Splendor of Colorado