Tuesday Sep 11, 2018 Map and road video – Harrisburg to Allentown, PA Today was a bit of a misjudgement in terms of how I used my time. I wanted to visit Pennsylvania Dutch country so my route took me through the heart of Lancaster County, where about 6% of the population is Amish, and … Continue reading Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Monday Sep 10, 2018 Map and road video – Gettysburg to Harrisburg, PA The Battle of Gettysburg, fought over four days in July 1863, played a pivotal role in the American Civil War and was the reason I visited the town. There are many well preserved civil war sites in the U.S. but visiting them … Continue reading The Civil War – A Site and Insights
Sunday Sep 9, 2018 Map and road video – Washington to Gettysburg. Today marks the start of my fourth fall road trip since retirement and the destination this time is the Canadian Atlantic coast. Atlantic Canada is an official region comprising of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland & Labrador but my … Continue reading Canadian Atlantic Tour Begins With A Rainy Drive to Gettysburg
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
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.