The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd My rating: 4 of 5 stars The first section of this book held me breathless; it is among the best writing I’ve encountered. The story is compelling and it is beautifully told. It is tough to write about without spoiler alerts. Young Lilly Owens grew up… Continue reading Book Report – The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Day: June 23, 2014
Road Trip 2014 – Wyoming to Nebraska
Day 3: Rock Springs, WY to Grand Island, NE June 17 would be the longest travel day for this part of the trip. We covered 630 miles in 10 1/2 hours.We took our time stopping along the way to stretch our legs. A bit east of Rock Springs we came across the remnants of old… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – Wyoming to Nebraska
Road Trip 2014 – Rock Springs, Wyoming
The second leg of our road trip to Chicago would take us from Boise through the Utah pan handle to Wyoming. We had hoped to get well into Wyoming but there aren’t many towns and the ones there are didn’t have hotel rooms for travelers. We had hoped to get to Rawlins, about 1/2 across… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – Rock Springs, Wyoming
Road Trip 2014 – Boise
Carla retired on Thursday June 12 and our grandson Jurgen was born the day before. With that in mind we planned a road trip to Chicago. The trip to Chicago would run to 2,200 miles and take us through 7 states: Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois. We will take a different route… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – Boise
