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Random Goofiness
Sometimes everyday things just strike me funny. I can hardly bear it if no one’s with me to appreciate the humor. Here are a few goofy things I noticed recently: There’s a directional sign near our City Hall pointing to our “sister city” (Herrborn, Germany) 4,908 miles away. I first found out about our “sister city” a few years ago…
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From the Passenger Seat
Views from last week’s road trip… Heading east on I-90. Montana. My drivin’ man. State capitol building. Jefferson City, Missouri. Springtime in the Ozarks.(No doubt the picture would be better had the photographer bothered to roll her window down.) (But it was raining! What can I say?) See the “QT” on the road sign to the right?We like to stop…
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Pike Place Tulips
We didn’t make it to the tulip farms this year, but I have to say, Pike Place Market in the spring is the next-best thing! One morning last weekend Lyle and I met my cousin in downtown Seattle for coffee at Starbucks on the waterfront. It was a misty spring morning… typical for Seattle… perfect coffee-drinking weather… which is probably…
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Travel Stats for Tuesday/Wednesday
Continuing this week’s whirlwind travelogue… Time in Missouri with family for Dad Cook’s funeral: not quite 21 hours. Departed Missouri Military Cemetery at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri: 1:45 p.m. CDT on Tuesday. Hours driven: 27.5 Hours slept: 3.5 Miles driven: 1,783 miles [I drove twice coming home for a total of about 200 miles while Lyle slept a little more.…
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Travel Stats for Monday
Departed Sioux Falls, South Dakota: 7:30 a.m. CDT Hours driven: 9.5 Miles driven: 592 Average speed: 62.3 mph Fuel mileage: 35.2 mpg States: South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri (also within spitting distance of Nebraska and Kansas) Time zones: 1 Wildlife spotted: rabbit… cows, horses… oh, wait! Those aren’t wildlife. Never mind. Weather: rain, sunshine Audio book: continuing The Racketeer until the battery…
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Travel Stats for Sunday
Here’s a map of our route for the first part of this week. And because these are the kinds of stats Lyle likes to have a record of… Departed Post Falls, Idaho: 9:00 p.m. PDT Hours driven: 18 Hours slept: 4 Miles driven: 1,200 Average speed (not counting sleep time): 66.7 mph Fuel (not gas) mileage: 34.8 mpg States: Idaho,…
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It’s Snowing…
…near Livingston, Montana. Just flurries. The road is clear and dry. Making good time.
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On the Road Again
My travel season is getting ready to ramp up with several homeschool convention trips in the next two months. Additionally, we have an extra, unexpected trip this week. My father-in-law passed away, so we are getting ready to make a very fast trip to Missouri for the funeral. As usual, I’ll be blogging about our travels along the way, but…
