I'm actually surprised that the kids didn't mention "Jill" in their journals. Jill is a persistent voice who definitely tells you where to go. In our case, she says she's "recalculating" quite a bit. The kids call it her "seizures." Mark was saying last night that he can't figure out how we ever managed to travel without Jill in the past, although we still had to get the map out once. - Rhonda We're on our way for the second day in a row! For breakfast we ate at Waffle House. It was O.K not the best I have ever had. [View Full Entry]

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We drove over 475 miles today, from the middle of Michigan through Indiana to just south of Louisville, KY. We stopped for gas twice and stopped several times to stretch our legs (and unstretch our bladders.) It's been a long day for us, since we usually don't go more than 200 miles, and I took no pictures. So I thought I'd just share some wildflower photos that I didn't previously post, but I think they're pretty. We miss our family and are anxious to get home. It's making us think twice about our plans for a 9-month boat trip. [View Full Entry]

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I am back home again, which means I have quick internet access. This of course means pictures. Enjoy! [View Full Entry]

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We got up early Monday morning so that hopefully we will travel far before the heat and the impending thunderstorms. Shortly after getting up and leaving Henderson, Indiana we came upon a Detour before the town of Marion, Illinois on Hwy 3 taking us into a big circle to get back onto Hwy 3 heading NW. It was a beautiful country road that gave up a wonderful surprise taking us by a Covered Bridge that was being restored. We came upon the home town of Sgt Alvan York. His Griss Mill was still in tact with a room full of personal [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from South Bend, Indiana! Today we did laundry. Road Trip Rule Number 3: Allow half a day in your itinerary for laundry. This is not a really fun activity at home, but on the road makes it a gruesome ordeal-especially when you have entered yet another time zone and lost yet another hour! We realized that we had not brought a second laundry bag, so we really didn't have any way of inconspiculously getting the laundry back into the hotel. This was not an issue of modesty, it was an issue of "there is a big honking wedding going on [View Full Entry]

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I leave next Wednesday for Zambia and just wanted to write an initial blog to send emails to those who had linked up to this last fall. I leave on Wednesday and will get there Thursday night (Thursday afternoon here). I look forward to a great trip and to filling this blog with some great stories, and hopefully pictures, too. Talk with all of you soon! [View Full Entry]

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We left a little before 9AM to begin our trip. The weather was warm and muggy and there was a thick haze all over. Carrie started off driving and she was able to back out of the driveway, with a little help, and we were on our way. Jason spent the first 30 minutes or so locating all the squeaks, rattles, and knocks before settling down to hook-up the computer mapping software and the GPS. Didn’t take long to get it going, however, the software kept trying to route us onto back roads for the last 100 miles of travel for [View Full Entry]

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Cool morning, beautiful sunrise. What a great way to wake up and face the new day. Showers, breakfast, a morning walk and we are off on the second day of our great adventure. Leaving Lake Erie State Park behind us, we passed through “wine country” Dave thought, as we drove along the Erie shores and noticed lots of grape vines growing on trellises. Once on Route 90 we headed west for a lunch date with two wonderful people, Ken and Janice. Ken and Janice are full-time RV’ers who happen to be staying in Oregon, Ohio doing some bird watching. When they [View Full Entry]

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Straight to the track this morning ! The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Track, where they run the Indianapolis 500 each May, the biggest event on the American Racing calander. The Formula One was also run there. We took a drive around the track in a bus, the tour guide gave us a good run for our $3.00 entry ticket. The museum has many of the winning cars from the previous 500 races. All in pristine condition, Geoff's favourite were the cars from the 1930's. The whole complex is fully enclosed and is the size of a suburb at home. We drove into [View Full Entry]

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We took the scenic route along the Ohio river into downtown Louisville. Crossed the river into Indiana to see the Old Ohio Falls and the exposed fossil beds.. 350m years old. Back again into Kentucky to see the paddlesteamers in the port of Louisville, where we had a great lunch of shrimp and crab at "Joes Crab Shack" the best we've had, ever... I think ! We had a great surprise waiting for us at Church Hill Downs, the racetrack where the Kentucky Derby is run (in 2 days time).... there was a race meeting on, so we joined the crowd, [View Full Entry]

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