Cross Junction, Va
18. maaliskuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Our 50th Wedding Anniversary trip does not officially start until Saturday, March 23 but Roger and Becky, friends of ours for the past 36 years, got a jump on things today. At a delightful English PubLue lisää
Blacksburg, VA
23. maaliskuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
50/50/50 Journey
And so it begins.
Virginia is a gift. The beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains accompanied us all along Interstate 81 as we headed south. The countryside was dotted with white floweringLue lisää
Knoxville, Tennessee
24. maaliskuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Bristol, Virginia. I mean Bristol, Tennessee. I mean Virginia. Okay, both.
State Street is the boundary between two cities: Bristol, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee. It runs right through theirLue lisää
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
25. maaliskuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Market Square in Knoxville, Tennessee was established in 1854 as a place for farmers to bring their produce to sell.
Fast forward a few decades and you have a wonderful venue for concerts, politicalLue lisää
Corinth, Mississippi
26. maaliskuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
In 1809, Meriwether Lewis - yes, the same Lewis of the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804 - was traveling to Washington on the Old Natchez Trace. It was not a pleasure trip. He was headed to DCLue lisää
Winona, Mississippi
27. maaliskuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Elvis Aaron Presley was born in a two room house in Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8, 1935. The "shotgun " house was built by his father, grandfather and uncle. Vernon and Gladys, Elvis's parents,Lue lisää
Vicksburg, Mississippi
28. maaliskuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Exploring the 16 miles of the Vicksburg National Military Park today was an unforgettable experience. Abraham Lincoln knew that Vicksburg was "the key! The war can never be brought to a close untilLue lisää
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
29. maaliskuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Roger and Becky, you were right. You need a lot more than one day at the Vicksburg Battlefield - so we went back today.
Historians call it the site of the Surrender Interview. So genteel soundingLue lisää
Beaumont, Texas
30. maaliskuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Denny and I amused ourselves this morning by watching tugboats, barges and freighters moving up and down the Mississippi River - right from our hotel window in downtown Baton Rouge.
Storms wereLue lisää
College Station, Texas
31. maaliskuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
His mother could not decide what to name her son. She had three names picked out and in the end she named him all three - George Herbert Walker. The family's last name was tacked on at theLue lisää
Dripping Springs, Texas
1. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Driving toward Dripping Springs we started seeing signs along the Old San Antonio Road and Texas State Road 21 telling us we were on the Original El Camino Real de los Tejas. Okay.
Turns out theseLue lisää
Brownwood, Texas
2. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
The little Native American girl overheard the elders of her tribe talking about how to ease the great drought. The Great Spirit decreed that a sacrifice of their most prized possession was required.Lue lisää
Lubbock, Texas
3. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The contrast between the pump jacks and wind turbines was on stark display all along our route today as we traveled through west Texas.
They call the turbines the State Bird of Texas, with goodLue lisää
Roswell, New Mexico
4. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Our drive today took us past more pump jacks and freshly plowed fields of iron rich red soil.
Goodbye Texas. Hello New Mexico.
The landscape sure was different once we crossed into the Land ofLue lisää
Alamogordo, New Mexico
5. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
These dunes are made for walking . . .
And that's just what we did.
The largest gypsum dunefield in the world covers 275 square miles and has settled over the Chihuahuan Desert in southern NewLue lisää
Las Cruces, New Mexico
6. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We met the caravan at Tularosa High School in Tularosa, New Mexico at 6:30 AM and drove escorted through the White Sands Missle Testing Range to Trinity Site where the first atomic bomb was tested atLue lisää
Tucson, Arizona
7. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Dry. Very, very dry.
Las Cruces, New Mexico only gets 9-10 inches of rain FOR THE WHOLE YEAR! Contrast that with Virginia's annual rate of 43 inches.
The land is dusty. Sandy. Very little greenLue lisää
Mesa, Arizona
8. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Visiting the Tucson Mountain District of the Saguaro National Park just west of Tucson was literally like stepping back in time. Some of these giant cacti are 150 years old and sit on the floor of theLue lisää
Yuma, Arizona
9. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
First of all - we've heard from some of you that you
have had some problems with the travel blog - FindPenguins. Sorry about that. The app was updated yesterday so maybe the issues will be resolved.Lue lisää
El Centro, California
10. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Yuma, Arizona is the oldest city established on the Colorado River and just chock full of history. We spent some time at the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park.
Yikes!
The prison was builtLue lisää
El Centro, California (Part Two)
10. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
San Diego, California
11. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We met some of our old friends - the wind turbines - on our drive from El Centro to San Diego today. We also passed by some strange looking mountains.
The In-Ko-Pah Mountains are made up of faultedLue lisää
San Diego, California
12. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The USS Midway was commissioned in 1945 as the largest ship in the world. It was named after the battle of Midway which was considered the U.S. Navy's greatest victory during WWII.
The aircraftLue lisää
MS Eurodam - Holland America
13. huhtikuuta 2019, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
She is quite a ship, the MS Eurodam.
The boarding process was pretty painless. We just walked across the street from our hotel to the Port of San Diego, showed some folks our passports and boardingLue lisää
Pacific Ocean
14. huhtikuuta 2019, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Do you know what we did today?
Absolutely NOTHING!
After three weeks on the road we took a day off. Read on the balcony. Room service for food. Watched a movie. Took a nap.
Great day.









































































































































































































































MatkaajaLooking good, you two!
MatkaajaCongrats you guys. We'll be following you all the way,
MatkaajaAwaiting the adventure