Hello from Limon, CO. I covered many miles the past two days. After looking at the weather before I departed Branson, I decided to drive a little further Sunday and Monday so I wouldn’t have as many miles to go as I cross the Rockies on Tuesday. There’s been some rain with snow at the higher elevations of the mountains west of Denver today. I’m about 100 miles east of Denver. I hear some rain on the roof of the RV as a shower is passing over me right now. Looks like it will be no problems getting across the mountains tomorrow. Monday was VERY windy and was a tiring drive. The campground last night left a lot to be desired. Tonight I’m at a KOA. One of the nice things about stopping at a KOA; ... read more

Hello from Branson, MO. Overall it’s been a couple of uneventful days. Wednesday just north of Nashville a truck passed me and threw up a rock. I flinched, heard a ping and saw what I thought was a nice big chip in the windshield. I figured I would need to locate a repair shop and fix the chip before it spread and the windshield had to be replaced. Fortunately a bug just happened to splatter on the windshield at the same time and that’s what I saw (unless it was a REALLY hard shelled bug and sounded like a rock). I discovered all was ok when I washed the windshield at lunch in preparation for afternoon showers which I did encounter just before my evening stop. The bugs were very bad on Wednesday but there were ... read more

Hello from The Rally in Perry, GA. The Rally is one of the largest (if not the largest) RV rallies in the country. Today was the first day of the event. I began by getting a “tour” of the Georgia National Fairgrounds thanks to some of the volunteers not understanding the registration process. I followed the directions in my packet and went to the parking area for folks like me who aren’t camping in one of the lots surrounding the fairgrounds. When I asked where registration was, I was told to get back in my Jeep and drive to the other side of the facility to “will call”. I knew that didn’t sound right, but I went anyway. Turns out my instincts were correct - they sent me to the WRONG PLACE. Those folks sent me ... read more

Welcome to day two of my journey down memory lane. Today was forecast to be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers so I opted to change around my outings around. Even though an overcast sky provides a great “softbox” for macro work, I decided I wanted to visit the gardens when it was sunny. So today I visited the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB in Warner Robins, GA. Any of you who enjoy military history and aviation should definitely put Warner Robins (approximately 100 miles south of Atlanta) on your to visit list. http://www.museumofaviation.org/home.htm The two military training aircraft (well the ones they used 30 years ago when I was in pilot training smile) I flew were on display. They have lots of aircraft on display outside as well as 3 buildings with ... read more

Things I can learn from my dog. That’s the theme of my entry tonight. It’s Friday evening and a squall line of severe thunderstorms is approaching the Tampa area. Fortunately I am somewhat sheltered in my RV in the service bay. So DB is covered with only the very front getting a little wet from some blowing rain. Ike is parked in front. I’m hoping and praying we won’t have any damaging winds, hail, or tornadoes. But I feel like I’m a little better protected than if I was set up in a campground. Let me back up and see if I can recap the last few days. Wednesday they made pretty good progress with some of the smaller items that needed attention. We did end up staying in the rig in the service bay on ... read more