Travel

In about a month I'm going to take another road trip out to the east coast. I'll be driving from Chicago to the Jersey shore, and then on the return trip I'll probably swing south through Virginia and Kentucky on my way back to Chicago.The last time I made this trip, my wife and I met up with fellow blogger Mirriam and her great family outside of Washington. I haven't made any … [Read more...] about Second Annual Windypundit Coastal Dash

I just drove through Maryland a few weeks ago, and now I'm back, this time on business. One of my on-again, off-again clients has a bit of work that I'm suited for, so I flew out here for a meeting. Yeah, that's right. I flew. For the first time in about 11 years. My lack of flying had nothing to do with 9/11. I've always disliked flying -- getting through the airport traffic, … [Read more...] about Maryland Revisited

So, after I drove to Avalon, I had to drive back to Chicago. My wife had gone to Avalon ahead of me with her friends, and I was going to meet her there and bring her home. We were planning to swing south into Kentucky to visit family on the way. Step one was getting out of New Jersey, which proved a little tricky. There are several bridges across the Delaware from south Jersey, … [Read more...] about The Road to Chicago

So I just drove from Chicago to the Jersey Shore, and boy are my arms tired... Knees. I meant to say, boy are my knees tired. They got really stiff from sitting in one position for 20 hours of drive time over 2 days. I wanted to leave on Thursday morning, but a couple of things came up, so I didn't hit the road until around 1 pm, a bit later than I had planned. As most … [Read more...] about The Road to Avalon

Some friends of ours have rented a house up at Powers Lake in Wisconsin for a month and they invited us to spend some time with them. Mostly, we sat around doing nothing, but I did get to take a few pictures of people on the lake, including this pair of photos taken 3 seconds apart: All in all, it was a relaxing time. … [Read more...] about Powers Lake