Category: Travel
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One of the Main Reasons
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen the idea of the Epic 50th Anniversary Grand Adventure Road Trip was born, it really appealed to Randy and me. One of the main reasons for the adventure was to visit forever friends we’ve made over the years in the Air Force, and other people we care about a lot from… Read more
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Lose Reception, Gain Perspective
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe were happy to leave Las Vegas behind as we headed north on I-15. Our next stop was Zion National Park. That drive through the Nevada desert is pretty desolate. It was also fairly smoky the day we were there. It isn’t until you cut through the tiny northwest corner of Arizona… Read more
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Sedona to Sin City
Reading Time: 6 minutesLiving in Florida makes us Flatlanders. Our house sits at Elevation 12’ above sea level which we love because that means we don’t have to worry about flooding (or buying flood insurance). Everywhere we look, the landscape is pretty level. It saves a lot of physical exertion when walking. But if I’m… Read more
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Making Our Way to Sedona
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe spent 3 days driving The Mother Road. The first night’s stop was in Weatherford, OK. The second night we veered a little south, off the interstate highway to visit some family in Clovis, NM. That drive, Oklahoma through the Texas Panhandle, then southwest to Clovis, was nothing special. The evening we… Read more
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The Mother Road
Reading Time: 4 minutesRoad Trips are an American tradition. Deciding to do an Epic Grand Adventure Road Trip for our 50th wedding anniversary celebration was a compromise between our aborted attempt, just after our retirement 5 years ago to hit the road in a travel trailer, and taking an expensive trip/tour to parts of the… Read more
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This Could Now Be Home
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs I was planning for this Grand Adventure Road Trip (GART) I made a spreadsheet detailing the duration of the adventure. Each row on the spreadsheet represented one night. The columns keep track of where we spent the night, how many miles we drive, and how much money we spent on food,… Read more
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And….We’re Off
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve written the last few weeks about some fairly weighty topics. I’m done with those for a while now and am ready to turn 68andCounting.com into a travelogue during our Epic 50th Anniversary Grand Adventure Road Trip–E50AGART, for short. We’ve been planning this for months. It’s evolved some since we spent a… Read more
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The End Comes at McClellan AFB, California
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe arrived at McClellan AFB in Sacramento, California in July 1982 and stayed in temporary housing until the new construction house we contracted for was completed. Because we were both in the Air Force, we were able to ship 2 cars back to the states. Buying a Japanese made Honda was dirt… Read more
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TDY to Australia
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn the Air Force, whenever you travel for a short period of time on AF business from where you are permanently stationed, you are said to be sent TDY (Temporary Duty). As an airman administrator, TDYs were few and far between. The only one I had on Guam was to Okinawa for… Read more
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My Mother is Coming
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ve written often in this blog about my mother, how she and dad were so instrumental in shaping the woman I’ve become, how much I admire her, how she’s aging. It’s interesting to watch your parents age, isn’t it? Typically, at some point there is a gradual role reversal in terms of… Read more