July 4, 2016 We drove down to the northern outskirts of New York City from Cooperstown following some beautiful roads through the Catskills and other rural areas of upstate New York. I worried about this part of our trips for months; there was no way I was going to drive in downtown New York City. Carla… Continue reading 2016 Summer Road Trip: NYC Part 1
Month: July 2016
Book report: Barkskins by Annie Proulx
Barkskins by Annie Proulx My rating: 2 of 5 stars In 1693 René Sel and Charles Duquet sail from Europe to the New World to become indentured servants to Claude Trépagny, a tree cutter in what would later become Canada. René stays at his job longer than his contract called for, taken advantage of by… Continue reading Book report: Barkskins by Annie Proulx
2016 Summer Road Trip – Hall of Fame
July 4-7, 2016 This post deals with my favorite baseball team – the Los Angeles Dodgers; if you aren’t a fan, deal. 🙂 I don’t have a formal bucket list, but I have wanted to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York since I was a kid. Cooperstown is perched out in… Continue reading 2016 Summer Road Trip – Hall of Fame
Book report: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant – by Anne Tyler
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler My rating: 5 of 5 stars Tolstoy famously said “happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant shows one way a family can be miserable. The novel opens with Pearl Tull, the matriarch of a small… Continue reading Book report: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant – by Anne Tyler
2016 Summer Road Trip – Niagara Falls
July 2-3, 2016 After visiting the kids and grandkids in Chicago for a week we headed east to continue our road trip. We drove through the top of Indiana and into Michigan crossing to the northeast. After crossing into Ontario, Canada we spent the night in Sarnia. We got up bright and early to get… Continue reading 2016 Summer Road Trip – Niagara Falls
