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Posted by brett in HE SAID... on 08 22nd, 2009 | No Comments
Favorite Road Trip Memories
Favorite Road Trip Memories
This is one of several wrap up posts where I talk about highlights from our trip. Below I’m going to list out some of my favorite memories from the trip. There are lots and lots of memories, many of them fantastic, but this list below is the cream of the crop. Frisbee on the beach of Lake Michigan...
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Posted by brett in HE SAID... on 08 19th, 2009 | No Comments
Favorite Drives
Favorite Drives
Avenue of the Giants, Redwood State Park, California This is one of several wrap up posts where I talk about highlights from our trip. As this was a road trip, we did a fair amount of driving. This wonderful country of ours is quite large and quite diverse, with large mountains, beautiful coastline,...
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Posted by brett in HE SAID... on 08 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Milestone – 15,000 Miles Driven
Milestone – 15,000 Miles Driven
With the sun setting on our epic road trip adventure, on the ninety first day of travel we found ourselves breaking yet another miles driven milestone. 15,000 miles. Fifteen thousand. We were driving through Ohio at the time, somewhere near Columbus on Interstate 70 when the odometer rolled over. At...
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Posted by brett in HE SAID... on 08 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Kancamagus Highway – New Hampshire
Kancamagus Highway – New Hampshire
Located in northern New Hampshire, the Kancamagus Highway is a beautiful scenic byway that winds through the White Mountain National Forest for 35 miles. The “Kanc” as it is known locally, connects the towns of Conway and Lincoln, New Hampshire. People drive the Kancamagus Highway for many...
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Posted by brett in HE SAID... on 08 7th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park
Located on Mount Desert Island in the heart of Downeast Maine, Acadia National Park is a real beauty. After nearly two weeks of constant rain we got a reprieve and were thrilled to have back-to-back sunny, cloudless days. Arriving in Bar Harbor after a great morning driving from Southport we were excited...
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Posted by brett in HE SAID... on 07 18th, 2009 | No Comments
Road Trip Memories – Yankees Games
Road Trip Memories – Yankees Games
Among many things that we do to entertain ourselves while driving across this great country, we listen to the radio broadcasts of the baseball games played by the New York Yankees. I’m a huge Yankees fan and have been listening to the games on and off for several years now. I got a great Christmas...
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Posted by brett in HE SAID... on 07 17th, 2009 | 4 Comments
The New Yankee Stadium
The New Yankee Stadium
It was a rainy night in the Bronx when Kate and I went to a Tuesday evening baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees. It was my first trip to the new Yankee Stadium, just across the street from the original Yankee Stadium which is slowly being dismantled. We arrived with almost...
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Posted by brett in HE SAID... on 07 15th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Baseball Hall of Fame – Cooperstown, NY
Baseball Hall of Fame – Cooperstown, NY
Cooperstown, New York is a small town that happens to be the birthplace of America’s past time. The story goes that in 1839 Abner Doubleday spent time in Cooperstown, New York where he invented the word “baseball”, designed the diamond playing field and playing positions. There...
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Posted by brett in HE SAID... on 07 3rd, 2009 | 3 Comments
Kate is my Co-Pilot
Kate is my Co-Pilot
As Kate and I have now driven more than 10,000 miles on our road trip adventure, we are accustomed to seeing some pretty interesting bumper stickers. Among them we have seen bumper stickers that read ‘God is my co-pilot’ and also: ‘Dog is my co-pilot’ (no, that’s not a...
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Posted by brett in HE SAID... on 06 26th, 2009 | No Comments
Custer State Park, South Dakota
Custer State Park, South Dakota
Certainly one of the coolest and most interesting state parks that we’ve visited over the course of our trip, Custer State Park in South Dakota has a lot to offer. The wildlife alone is worth a visit. We managed to see a wide variety of animals during our time inside the park: prairie dogs, pronghorn,...
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