Why doesn’t McDonald’s serve lunch all day? Twitter was all a flutter a few weeks past when McDonald’s went ahead and made breakfast available all day. I too think that is great as I do enjoy a bowl of cereal at midnight although I am not a big […]
Roadside beauty in the ordinary Traveling cross-country is an amazing experience that I love to talk to random people about. Road trips are a way to see different parts of the country, interact with different individuals and see. Yes, just see. You get to look and dissect what […]
Roadside attraction creepiness: South Dakota One of the best aspects of cross-country road trips are the signs, billboards and random artifacts you come across. In the United States you can come across a lot of kitsch. There is even a book and now website about roadside America. Thus, […]
Traveling with a six year old cross country: No we are not there yet Since my son was a baby, we have been taking him on road trips. As a baby he slept much of the way. As a two year old, we traveled with an Elmo Potty […]
Ghost Riders in the Cross-Country Storm As we raced cross country this past week. we encountered some wicked storms through the midwest that had me humming along to the Door’s “Rider’s on the Storm” and feeling like I was a bit in a horror film. There were times […]
Now it is just down to one My road trip is nearing its end. Although I love road trips, it is about time to head home and have ready access to some comforts of life such as a coffee maker and know television channels. We have done a […]
Somewhere over the rainbow on the open road We are driving on the open road taking in the landscape, fields and wind. Ok, Some humidity as well. It is summer after all. Everywhere we go and have been in current and past travels, we have caught rainbows: both literal […]
On the Road: Youth and history intertwined This is it! The day has come where we are hitting our cross-country road trip. My six year old son plans to write a book of his adventures featuring his penguin toys. He will supplement his book with photographs that he […]
Back on the road again The month of June is here and I cannot contain my excitement. June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the northern hemisphere. Yes, sun! Except for here in San Francisco where the fog is super thick in […]
Lingering in the random moments of life Road trips, hiking adventures and even cruise ships. I love random adventures. There is nothing I love more (well, there are but…) than waking up, getting dressed and heading out on a completely unplanned random trip. A random trip jolts my […]