Thu, May 14, 2015 STATS Departure: 8:30 AM, cdt, Grand Island, NEArrival: 2:30 PM, cdt, Newton, IAMiles: 303.6 miles Travel Time: 6 hrs. driving timeWe're in Newton, Iowa.No, this is not where the Fig Newton is grown. (Yes, they grow on fig newton trees.) It is actually the home of Sir Isaac Newton, who invented the apple. He's known for dropping it, which is really unfair, because I drop things all the time, and nobody knows me. Anyway, at the age of 4 a...

Saturday, September 24, 2011STATSDeparture: 6:50 am (yes, I really mean that early)Breakfast: Mechanic’s Shed (very nice restaurant in Des Moines)Lunch: Somewhere in the mid-west in the RVDinner: in the RVArrival: 4:00 pm CT, Interstate RV Park, Davenport, IADistance: 189 milesComments: More interesting stuff has happened that makes my eyes spin in opposite directions, so I haven’t been doing the blog. So, let’s see if I can catch up.We had to g...

Friday, September 23, 2011STATSDeparture: 12:00 noon (we’re falling into a habit, here)Breakfast: in the RVLunch: on I-80 at a rest stop, in the RVDinner: in the RVArrival: 5:20 pm CT, Des Moines West KOADistance: 135 milesComments: Today was sooooo much fun. We were on I-80, passing some slow-moving something-or-other, when we heard a sound like something fell out of an overhead cabinet and crashed to the floor. Looking back, we didn’t see anything, ...