Sunday June 7, 2015 My grill has been a little finicky the past couple of months: one of the burners won’t ignite. I put cleaning on hold while we went on vacation and apparently the grill fairies didn’t work on it while we were gone. I took it apart, pulling the manifold out and making sure everything… Continue reading Barbecued Chicken (From Dad Cooks Dinner)
Month: June 2015
2015 Summer Road Trip – The Banner Photos
One of the pleasures I derive from my blog is creating the banner photos for the top of each posting. I thought it would be fun to go back through my blog posts and display the photos with a link to that day’s adventure. I got a kick out of going back through the 6+… Continue reading 2015 Summer Road Trip – The Banner Photos
2015 Summer Road Trip – Statistics
We made it home on Tuesday, June 2. We drove 7,766.4 miles since we left home on Friday April 24! Here is a rough map of our trip. Google Maps only allows ten locations on a route plan so I couldn’t do an accurate representation. For example, I couldn’t map the true Route 66 route nor… Continue reading 2015 Summer Road Trip – Statistics
2015 Summer Road Trip – Yellowstone!
May 30-31, 2015 After our travel through the northern plains we came to the eastern gateway to Yellowstone. This was my first visit; Carla has wonderful memories of camping here with her family when she was young. She’s wanted to visit again for a long time. We approached from Cody, Wyoming and arrived at the east… Continue reading 2015 Summer Road Trip – Yellowstone!
2015 Summer Road Trip – Chicago to Cody
May 25-30, 2015 I’ve been delayed on my posting – but I haven’t forgotten. I’m writing this now that we are home. After spending a couple more days with the kids it was time to turn our heads west and start on the long trek home. We had a journey of 1,426 miles and four… Continue reading 2015 Summer Road Trip – Chicago to Cody