We slept in a bit in Grand Island, Nebraska – our fifth day away from home. Carla saw the Stuhr Living History Museum on the way into town from the freeway. Since they don’t open until 9:00 AM and our day’s journey would be relatively short, we had the opportunity to get a bit of… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – Grand Island, Nebraska to Iowa City
Month: June 2014
Road Trip 2014 – Trains in Berwyn, IL
After doing some grocery shopping with Carla in the morning I took the afternoon off to hunt trains. There are two sets of tracks not far from Andrew and Henriët’s house. I headed northeast to the Berwyn Public Library where the parking lot is right next to the Canadian National tracks. I sat in the… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – Trains in Berwyn, IL
Book Report – The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
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
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
