Today did not work out as successfully as I had hoped but was still enjoyable. I awoke to the sound of thunder and knew that the weather forecast was for scattered thunderstorms throughout the day but I had not expected the strong storms that I encountered. The first casualty was a possible trip to Effigy … Continue reading Beautiful Scenery Masked by Rain
I started Tuesday in Peoria, Illinois which is the headquarters of the giant truck/digger/earthmover company Caterpillar and so a trip to their visitor center was essential. Since much of their equipment is so huge there were only 4 large vehicles on display but the largest of them had been modified to contain a cinema, with … Continue reading Big Trucks and a Big River
Springfield is the capital of the state of Illinois and Abraham Lincoln spent most of his adult life here. These two facts become very clear, very quickly when you visit. My primary reason for coming here was to visit the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and to see the Lincoln Home National Historic Site but, … Continue reading All You Ever Wanted To Know About Lincoln
I had originally intended to spend just Friday night in Indianapolis and visit the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday. A look on TripAdvisor suggested there wasn’t anything else I “had” to do and this was confirmed by my friend, Cathy, who lived there for several years and said “Indy isn’t a great tourist town…” when … Continue reading Indianapolis and the Speedway
If you missed yesterday’s post that is probably because I forgot to give it a category and, therefore, no e-mail was sent to subscribers. I apologize for the oversight and you can read about Wednesday and Thursday at the US Air Force Museum here. I spent most of today enjoying the sights of Cincinnati. I … Continue reading Cincinnati
I did not post yesterday due to Internet connection issues at the hotel but, since both yesterday and today were mainly spent at the same location, it probably doesn’t matter much. Yesterday (Wednesday) I made a relatively early start and drove from Washington, Pennsylvania to Dayton, Ohio. This was an uneventful 235 mile drive west … Continue reading US Air Force Museum
Today marks the start of my Fall 2016 trip and the addition of a new feature to the blog. Since today’s journey was rather mundane I’ll start with the blog update. Although I am blogging about my trips so that anyone can follow along my prime motivation has always been to maintain good documentation of … Continue reading Blog Updates and the Start of the Fall Trip.