Day 9 Glacier National Park WOW! They say that pictures can say a thousand words.....I hope that our photos will give everyone a small understanding of the amazing beauty that we witnessed today!! We started our day early . . . 6:45 AM . . . I thought we were on vacation! We drove the “Going to the Sun” road and saw an amazing view at every turn. This road was built in 1926 using primarily pick and shovel. The surveyors repelled from mountain tops to mark where to blast and it was hand tools from there on. Once the roadbed was roughed in steam shovels were able to help out. Even by today’s standards this road is an engineering marvel. Since its construction, the road has under gone only Band-Aid or maybe duct tape repairs. ... read more

Day 6 Rapid City, SD - Sisseton, SD - Enderlin, ND Another long day....but....WOW....what a day!! Ok...so Yesterday was a very long day!! Today we only have to see several major national monuments and drive back across South Dakota....No Problem!! We started our day with a hearty breakfast buffet at the hotel. Next stop,Mount Rushmore. The monument is very accessible to everyone. It gave me a very patriotic feel as we looked at it....but the rest of it was rather commercial. I like my national parks to be a bit more.....rustic. Next, we drove off to find the Crazy Horse Memorial. Again, cool....but...we did a drive by. They wanted $27 to see the unfinished carving that we could see from the road...so we did. A park ranger gave us a heads up on Custer St... read more

We woke up this morning to the smell of homemade waffles and bacon drifting through the house. Although we weren’t traveling today it was to be a jam-packed day of activities and one that I was looking forward to. After breakfast, the first item on the agenda for the ladies was an appointment at Washington University. Sarah, Jill, and her mom (Grammie) were scheduled to take a tour and talk to some people in the admissions department. As for me, I had a World Cup soccer game to watch (it turned out to be a great game with the USA winning and moving through to the next elimination round). About noon the ladies picked me up for a much anticipated (by Jill) lunch at Steak n’ Shake (one of her favorite hangouts when ever she goes ... read more

Day Two: Pittsburgh to Chicago We woke up to brilliantly sunny skies and a cool warmth (if that makes any sense). Sunday night we parked the van on the street to avoid the $17 parking fee at the hotel, so I got to experience the beautiful weather as I went out to plunk quarters in the meter. Forbes Avenue was unbelievably busy; after all it was a sleepy city Sunday afternoon when we arrived at our hotel and the street only carried a light amount of traffic. Monday morning shone a much different light on what turns out to be a very important thoroughfare in the Steel City. People carrying briefcases or messenger bags hustled and bustled to the many office buildings in the area, most of which seemed to belong to, or somehow connected with, ... read more

Welcome to our travel blog. My name is Don and one of my favorite pastimes is driving. I enjoy sliding behind the wheel and heading off into the sunset (or sunrise). I am fortunate that I have found someone that likes to hit the open road as much as I do. As a matter of fact, the 6,300 mile trip we are about to undertake was Jill’s brainchild. When she first told me about it I enthusiastically said yes. However, after giving it some thought, some of the luster tarnished and I began to have second thoughts. After all, I have well over a million miles under my belt and know some of the things that can happen to make a trip like this less than pleasurable. A few years ago I made a decision to ... read more