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We went to the “Rocky” steps in Philadelphia, famous for their appearance in the 1976 movie. Here’s what happened.

Some of you may be wondering how we managed to get our luggage around. Or maybe you aren’t wondering that at all. Either way, here’s the scoop. We bought a “cargo carrier” that fits on the hitch of our van. It turned out to be way better than renting a trailer ($15/day) at uhaul, or… Continue reading Luggage

Just a quick update to say that we’re having dinner in St. Louis with our old friends Gopi and Mary Kay Sandhu. We’re all looking forward to it — they’re great.

More on hotels Brenda didn’t want to name names in her post about hotels, but I’m not afraid to. However, they’re all blurring together so sometimes I have to go back and look things up. Our first hotel was a Quality Inn in Louisville. Complimentary breakfast, pool, and the rooms were ok – except for… Continue reading More on hotels

We made it out of New York — and we didn’t leave anyone behind. It was a great idea to take the tour bus, instead of trying to make our way around the city on our own. Since we stayed in Newark, we didn’t even have to drive — we took the train in, so… Continue reading Good-bye New York, hello Philly

By the time we arrived in Newark yesterday and unloaded the car, it was raining. We were planning to take a bus tour of NYC — an open-topped, double-decker bus tour. The rain would have made that not quite as pleasant, so we opted to stay at the hotel for the remainder of the day.… Continue reading Ok, NOW we’re going to New York

You’ve read posts saying how much Nellie liked the chickens in Williamsburg and Jamestown. Here’s video proof.

The title tells it, from where I sit. I stayed up late and got up early to download and watch the KU-Texas game. (For techies: I record it with a tv tuner card on the home computer, then compress it to something reasonable and download it to my laptop here). Today we went to the… Continue reading Good day…tired

Greetings, all. We arrived at Fairfax, VA, last night, having visited Arlington Cemetery first. We’re staying with Brenda’s aunt and uncle. He has three TVs with digital cable, but no computer! It’s a great day to hang out, relax, vacuum out the car, do laundry, stop by Wal-Mart, watch basketball (turns out the Big12 WILL… Continue reading down time

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