Blogs from Arlington, Texas, United States, North America

One of the greatest experiences in the history of college football is the Cotton Bowl, and now I can say I've seen it live. I started my master's degree in Science Education at Western Michigan University back in September. I had no idea that they would do as well as they did; few people outside the program itself probably had any inclination that the team would go undefeated in the regular season, win their conference championship, and then play in the Cotton Bowl. That was a pipe dream, but it was as good as anyone could hope for. And now, here we are on January 2, 2017, and the WMU Broncos did all of those things. Last year was the first bowl game win ever for the program, and this year they break through and go ... read more

Geo: 32.7356, -97.1077We had breakfast in the hotel again, checked out and left for the stadium tour about 9:30. The self-guided tour started at 10:00. I purchased tickets online so we wouldn't have to do that when we arrived, but the line for tickets did not look very long. There was a mass of people standing outside the stadium. I guess they were groups assembling or waiting for their entry times. We went on inside and were led upstairs to the entry for the self-guided tours right away. We waited only a few minutes before we could go in and look around.The tour we had allowed us to spend as much time as we wanted on the field, in the Cowboys and the Cheerleaders locker rooms, in the Miller Light Club and in the press room. ... read more

Geo: 32.7356, -97.1077Today, we planned to drive around to places that Philip and I remembered and to show them to Erin. First, we drove by the house where Jane was living when Philip was born. We had never seen it before. It is right by White Rock Lake and about three miles from the next stop on our tour--the house where he grew up. Erin had never seen it before since his parents moved from there before she was born. We drove by the church where we got married and the Boy Scout hut that Philip went to. We saw Bryan Adams High School next and just drove around in the area for a while so Philip could see and point out other places he remembered. We must have passed right by one of the first ... read more

Good Evening from the Great State of New Mexico!!! If you could drive it, it was on the road: cars, trucks, semis, minivans (my future vehicle), Winnebagos (our future road traveler), bike racks, trailers, classics, Uhauls, and I think I saw a tour bus. We left this morning around 5:00am, it wasn't as bad as I thought. the alarm went off and we put our feet on the ground. We stopped a few times, of course, and made it here at 2:30pm(MDT). Santa Fe is a nice town full of look-alike adobe buildings. You can't tell the difference between a house, church, museum, or Albertsons. Very interesting.... We rode around for a little while, but then came back to the hotel to rest (a Super 8, free wi-fi and breakfast!!!). Well, watch black exploitation get honored, ... read more

We could not be more excited about our First Anniversary road trip to the West Coast. Danny is soo excited to go back to California and I am excited to see the Pacific Ocean. We have detoxed, stretched, gotten some new threads and are ready to load up the suitcases. We hope you follow us on our Lucy and Ricky journey. See you soon!!... read more