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Arizona to New Mexico to Texas
Standin’ on the Corner Park in Winslow Arizona was our reentry onto Route 66. This public park was opened in 1999, and is the center...
Karen Bray
Oct 25, 20216 min read
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Grand Doesn't Begin to Describe It, and More Family Time
We were excited to get to the Grand Canyon and left pretty early. For most of our park adventures, we had to climb some pretty daunting...
Karen Bray
Oct 24, 20217 min read
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Wigwams, Deserts and Ghost Towns
This is the part of our journey that Bob has been excited about. Route 66. The Mother Road. Highway 66 was established on November 11,...
Karen Bray
Oct 16, 20217 min read
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The Best and Worst of Southern California
I have to state right up front that I entered the Santa Monica area with a chip on my shoulder. You would think that coming off the...
Karen Bray
Oct 13, 20217 min read
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Michelle, Ma Belle, Monterey Bay and Big Sur on Highway 1
The drive from Yosemite to Fresno was pretty dull after Yosemite. There were vineyards and lots of hills but we’ve become used to...
Karen Bray
Oct 10, 20216 min read
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A View From the Heavens
Yosemite is the next to last National Park on our itinerary. Our penultimate park, if you will. So we have high expectations. We were...
Karen Bray
Oct 8, 20215 min read
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Big Trees, Thick Fog, and More Cars
By now, we had covered over 8,000 miles. Our average speed was 52 MPH and our gas mileage was 29 MPG. Not bad for lookie-loos. Penny...
Karen Bray
Oct 6, 20217 min read
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River Deep, Mountain High
There were several concerns with the Crater Lake National Park stop. While it looked like the temps would reach the low 60’s during the...
Karen Bray
Sep 27, 20216 min read
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Oh Brother!
And so off to see my nephew, David. David has one of those smiles that light up a room. He has a sweet nature, a curiosity for the...
Karen Bray
Sep 26, 20219 min read
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And Now for Something Completely Different
We were admittedly apprehensive about Glacier National Park. First was that word. Glacier. We are pretty sure Penny is a warm weather...
Karen Bray
Sep 22, 20214 min read
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Climbing the Mountains
Our next stop was Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park, by way of Casper Wyoming. We gave ourselves an extra day to...
Karen Bray
Sep 17, 20218 min read
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Somewhere in the Black Mining Hills of Dakota
Our first National Park stop was Mt. Rushmore. As I began to research the details for this trip, I came across Under Canvas, a company...
Karen Bray
Sep 11, 20214 min read
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West Virginia, The Studebaker Museum, and the Coolest Thing about Iowa
In order to get caught up with our itinerary, we needed to try to get 700 miles under our belts the first day. That’s a pretty long...
Karen Bray
Sep 7, 20215 min read
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The Best Laid Plans
Penny is a bit of a prima donna. We knew that when we bought her. She likes to be covered when it rains, prefers to have water blown...
Karen Bray
Sep 4, 20219 min read
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Trying to Reason with Tropical Storm Season
The drive from Orlando to Key West takes about 7 hours. Using the Florida Turnpike, it was a fairly easy drive until we approached Miami...
Karen Bray
Aug 15, 20216 min read
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Livin' at the Riv'
Next day, we moved to Disney’s Riviera. This is one of the newest Disney Resorts and we looked forward to staying here. We used my...
Karen Bray
Aug 15, 20215 min read
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The Family Crest, OR Robert of the Severed Ostrich Legs
We’re a family that loves theme parks. We go to Disney more than anyone we know and have added Universal, Discovery Cove and Busch...
Karen Bray
Aug 5, 20212 min read
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New Beginnings and Old Friends
Well that was certainly a challenging winter, wasn’t it? Between the confusion of COVID, weird politics, and strange weather events it...
Karen Bray
Aug 4, 20215 min read
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New Hope Springs Eternal
I wasn’t going to blog this one. But I ended up having my reasons. This trip did not include Penny, because there were three of us,...
Karen Bray
Apr 19, 20214 min read
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May the Force Be with Us
Before the coronavirus really got underway, in fact, before any of us had even heard of it, Bob and I had been planning a trip to Disney...
Karen Bray
Jan 8, 20215 min read
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