Category Archives: On the Road Again
Fredericksburg!
When you fellas gonna come over? When we get good and ready. What you want? Want Fredericksburg. Don’t you wish you may get it? — An exchange between Federal and Confederate soldiers across the Rappahannock River – Shelby Foote “Ken … Continue reading
Maps
I don’t suppose I’ll ever really sift through the experiences of the summer and fall. Sitting here on a rainy Thursday I wish I was back out somewhere in the desert. Or even somewhere with some honest cold and snow. … Continue reading
DONE!
Around 915 tonight I pulled back into the same spot I pulled out of back on July 10. Here’s the breakdown: One-Hundred Thirty-Two days 17,392 miles 30 states – counting ones passed through in the car or on the train. … Continue reading
One-Hundred Twenty-Seven
John Wayne was born in a little town called Winterset, Iowa. Which also happens to be the county seat for Madison County, Iowa. Which happens to be the same Madison County from The Bridges of Madison County about which I … Continue reading
One-Hundred Twenty-Six
Council Bluffs, IA Closing the accounts is like the close of the Rebellion. — Gen’l Grenville M. Dodge, quoted in “Nothing Like it in the World” Tonight I made what are – theoretically – the last two hotel reservations I’ll … Continue reading