Pennsylvania comes from “Penn’s Woods” and is named after William Penn who was given a tract of land on the eastern coast of the colonies that is now known as The Keystone State. In these ‘woods’, I grew up and most of my family still live here. Every now and again, I head to the…
Year: 2019
We ARE in Kansas, Toto
We made a short stop in Wamengo, Kansas to visit the Oz Museum. This museum is small, but filled with memorabilia from L. Frank Baum’s original book, the movie and everything since and in between. Before entering Auntie Em’s house, we were told “We would not meet the Wizard because no one meets the Wizard.”…
The Hoppin’, Skippin, and Jumpin’
Apart from the significant weather change patterns of cooler autumn to much warmer Nevada to frigid in northern Colorado to snow again. We had no major adventures except traveling from quiet two-lane roads onto freeways and interstates which are never fun with a rig the size of a semi.
North and South of the Border
We have now traveled the Alcan Highway five times and number six is on the horizon. From Anchorage to Dawson Creek, we know all of the places that are open before May 15 and after September 15 which really isn’t much. This year, however, with the fires and our evacuation, we left Alaska 10 days…