Today was supposed to be similar to yesterday’s enjoyable drive but things did not work out quite the way I had expected. The route was from Newport, TN to Lexington, Kentucky and, once again, over 90% of the miles were designated as scenic. However, that’s about the only thing the two days had in common. … Continue reading Some potholes on the road to Lexington
Sunday, March 18, 2018 Today marks the start of a short road trip I’m calling my “Southern Escape”. The weather in Washington this spring has been pretty awful: below average temperatures, frequent rain/snow showers and a couple of significant wind storms that caused me to lose power. My initial intent was to head for the … Continue reading A Short Southern Escape
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
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
Norfolk, Virginia is the main east-coast base of the US Navy and today I was focused on warships. Service men and women always seem to get up at the crack of dawn but, on this Sunday, neither of the two places I wanted to visit opened until noon. After sleeping in and taking a long … Continue reading Navy (Half) Day
I recently learned of an event at home that I want to attend on Tuesday so, today, I decided to drive over 400 miles to get to Norfolk, VA and get into position to get home on Monday. This entailed nearly eight hours of driving which did not leave a lot of time for sightseeing. … Continue reading Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills and Aviation History