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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Great visit to Columbia, MD
Mike Keymer here… Thanks to everyone for the great day yesterday. Everyone had a great time. Tom and Judy, you really took great care of us, and everyone was very well fed — and never thirsty either!! 🙂 Here are … Continue reading
Stercus Tauri
Sunday, August 11 Today was a lovely day spent with more relatives and some new friends. Paul, Joanie and Kathleen enjoyed the pool in Tom and Judy’s community. The pool was very nice, except for the fact that there were … Continue reading
Cards Against Humanity
This looks innocent enough. It’s not. Definitely not.
Baltimore
We Today, we visited Fort McHenry where Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the Star Spangled Banner 199 years ago. There was a very moving video about the battle, including the performance of the song. During the song, the … Continue reading
Columbus to Columbia
Friday, August 10 We traveled about 350 miles today, and saw lots of beautiful countryside in Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland. We tried to visit a National Road/Zane Grey museum in Ohio, but it wasn’t open. We considered a … Continue reading
Rain and Religion
Thursday, August 8 Another long day on the road, as we drove from Sycamore to Columbus, OH. We had some heavy rain throughout the day as well as a lot of traffic (at least it seemed like a lot to … Continue reading
475 miles.
Wednesday, August 7 7:40 am – Left my house 8:05 – Picked up Dad 8:15 – Got my Starbucks for the road. No trip is official without that first cup of coffee from Starbucks. 8:20 – Returned to my house … Continue reading
So Many Exciting and Beautiful Places! 