5/17/12 – Ha, ha. Steve got carded last night at Buffalo Wild Wings. I told the waitress that we have kids a lot older than she and truth is, we are old enough to have grandchildren her age. It must have put rock a in his shoe, because this morning he is sniiippeeeey.Today was the high point of the trip for me…pun intended. Pike’s Peak or bust. We got to the gatehouse at 9 AM, when they open. There were others ahead of us and, thanks to a very ...

5/16/12 – Today we headed to Colorado Springs and that excited me, because tomorrow I will get to see the summit of Pike's Peak once again. It has been 46 years since the last time I stood on top of that mountain and I just had to go back one more time. So the word for the day is MOUNTAINS. I am so excited to see the mountains.We said good-bye to Amarillo at 8:30 AM, after having a bit of a rough start. With all of the technology we have today, one wo...

5/15/12 – Texas. So much to say about Texas. And that surprised me, because other than the big cities like Dallas, I though it was nothing but prairies. Well that is kind of the truth, but there is so much more. We left at 8:15 AM headed for Amarillo, the city where my father was stationed in the Air Force, and where my brother d*** was conceived shortly after my parents got married. So I was anxious to visit this town. After some discussion, we decided to...

5/14/12 – Today started at 8:30 AM when we left Baton Rough headed for Dallas, TX. Knowing that there would be nothing of significance to see today, we set out to put a lot of miles behind us and so we did. We arrived in Dallas at 4 PM.The drive had promised to be drab and uninteresting, but there are a few items of note. And the big event of the day was crossing the Muddy Mississippi. (Funny, that word was a lot easier to spell when I was 6 years old, tha...

5/13/12 - We left the hotel at 8 AM today and drove through Destin to Pensacola, through small beach towns, some lined with concrete condos 20-25 stories high. It reminded me of Miami, though on a smaller scale. The beaches that we could see were very nice, with light colored sand. And some areas reminded us of Old Orchard Beach in Maine...coastal, touristy, and sometimes tacky.The word for today is BAYOU. I have never seen so many raised roadways/bridges. Some...