Category Archives: Road Trip

THE GEESE were already south, and we were pointed down-coast too. But the grey fringe of “Tropical Storm Sean” showered New England nonstop today, changing our plans. So we tucked into New Bedford to try to dry off. “Bet that’s … Continue reading →

“Mending Wall” — waiting for winter in eastern Massachusetts…

Voters in Maine today repealed a new Republican-backed law that requires residents to register to vote at least two business days before an election. They also turned thumbs down on efforts to build a casino and a racing track. The … Continue reading →

I love where I live in Alaska, and I don’t want to move. But when I first moved there from California 30 some years ago, I never expected to stay. It was just a stop on the way to a … Continue reading →

On one level we’ve already failed miserably. Harley and I should have been able to cross the country in two days and zero hours, according to the Google Direction-Finder. That’s assuming we had: (1) unwaveringly followed the Direction-Finder’s route advice … Continue reading →

Western upstate New York was at its colorful best Friday as we arrived for Halloween weekend. Buffalo and Niagra Falls in particular were crisp and clear and so autumn-handsome we lingered an extra day. Found a really nice hostel across the … Continue reading →

I won’t try to sugarcoat it — the journey hasn’t been carefree every mile of the way. There’ve been a few moments. Deer darting onto the highway in Idaho and Wyoming. That stand-off with the buffalo in Yellowstone. Maybe the lightning bolt … Continue reading →

I have been a consumer of American breakfast cereals my whole life long. In fact that’s probably how I first learned to read — with blurry eyes staring at the back of a Kellogg’s Corn Flakes cereal box as the … Continue reading →

Hail! to the victors valiant/  Hail! to the conqu’ring heroes/  Hail! Hail! to Michigan,/  The champions of the West!  There, I’ve done it. I’ve kept the little bargain I made with Dr. Robert Alexander, aka my brother-in-law Bob, whose only … Continue reading →

Before Notre Dame and USC clashed in South Bend Saturday night in their annual football rivalry, students and fans there celebrated all day long in one of the biggest tailgate parties in the nation, equal parts pagan rite of autumn … Continue reading →