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Forming New Friendships in Retirement — Part II 2 Jul 2012 | 11:01 pm
Forming new friendships in retirement takes some time. And it takes some work. Introverts especially have to “get themselves out there” engaging in activities where they’ll meet people. Many of tho...
Roosevelt’s Home in Warm Springs, Georgia 23 Jun 2012 | 12:10 am
When Franklin Roosevelt died in April of 1945, I was three years old. Though the president was a democrat and my grandmother a republican, Grandma cried. I suppose it was grandma’s crying that cemen...
A Visit to Louisiana’s Cajun Country 4 Jun 2012 | 11:45 pm
During our recent drive from Central Oregon to South Florida, we stopped off in Cajun Country in and around Lafayette, Louisiana. We camped in Carencro, and from there, ventured out to enjoy Cajun fo...
Big Bend National Park 25 May 2012 | 07:31 am
We camped in Big Bend National Park about two weeks into our two-month-long driving trip from Oregon to Florida. We pulled our small Casita travel trailer up the steep, curvy road to camp in the Chis...
Austin, Texas 11 May 2012 | 03:00 am
We visited Austin, Texas about three weeks into our two-month driving trip to Florida. As Austin was, until this visit, the only major city in Texas which I had never been in, I was especially intere...
Two Different Road Trips 6 May 2012 | 04:52 am
While in the midst of our two-month road trip – Oregon to Florida and back – I received an insightful question from my friend Tom. He asked how this current trip is different from our earlier seven m...
Arizona Desert in Bloom 28 Apr 2012 | 09:27 am
During the second week of our two-month road trip from Oregon to Florida and back, we visited the Arizona desert. As it was early in the month of April, the desert was then in bloom. We visited the ...
Goldking Mine Museum in Jerome, Arizona 22 Apr 2012 | 07:06 am
Early into our two-month driving trip from Oregon to Florida, we visited the old Goldking Mine Museum in Jerome, Arizona. Difficult to describe, the largely-outdoor museum houses a collection of “stu...
Internet Connection — At Long Last! 19 Apr 2012 | 01:32 pm
During our current driving trip across the country, I had gone about three weeks without Internet connection. So while the trip has, thus far, been loads of fun, I’ve longed to get back on line. Cle...
Beginning a Long Road Trip 28 Mar 2012 | 05:49 am
Our road trip from Central Oregon to South Florida will be the longest we’ve ventured with our small travel trailer. And, as we’re discovering, that trip is, like the one we did back in 2006, so very...
