We’ll call it a trip. And what a trip it was. In September of this year (2024), we embarked on one of the biggest life-changing adventures anyone could undertake. We moved! We’d been thinking about relocating and had been searching for a while. After an 8-month search, we found it! But oh my goodness, what…
Trips
The section will cover trips that don’t fall under the Paddle Peddle and Coffee or race trips. Florida, Texas and Wisconsin will be make up many of the posts.
Sisters Trip 2024
It’s been a while since my sisters and I have taken a trip together, but we had a good reason. Little sis, Laura wanted to celebrate her 60th birthday since she was joining the club Annie and I joined a while ago. Laura wanted a vacation by the water and instead of the ocean, we…
Nashville 2024 Part 3: What a great show!
Nashville 2024 Part 3 of 3: The Ryman was just a 10 minute walk from our hotel. We crossed Broadway Street. It was hopping as always. If I had tried real hard I could have heard a dozen bands playing, some from the same building on different levels. People packed the sidewalks. The energy in…
Nashville 2024 Part 2: Walking our way right into a food coma
Nashville 2024 Part 2 of 3: The concert was scheduled to start at 7:30 Sunday evening. That gave us most of the day to do touristy stuff. We started our morning just around the corner from our hotel at Parlor Donuts. This store was located at 500 Rep. John Lewis Way S. We discovered Parlor…
Nashville 2024 Part 1: Crossing another rock group off my bucket list
Editors note: I will be breaking this trip into three posts: the Saturday trip down to Nashville, the Sunday food experiences, the Sunday concert and the trip home Monday. Nashville 2024 Part 1 of 3: The weekend was finally here. This would be my chance to see an artist that I had been trying to…
Salmon fishing on Lake Michigan
I was invited in early June to go on a two day fishing excursion on Lake Michigan by a friend and his buddies. Aboard the Breezy 1. I’d been fishing on Lake Michigan before but had very limited luck. This time, our captain knew exactly where and how deep the coho were running. We left…
Driving to Effingham for an ‘effing’ great show
Let’s get it out of the way. Effingham IL has accepted and embraced the ‘effing’ slang associated with the city’s name. It’s on billboards and advertising. Gyms, shops, breweries, bars, and even an attorney use the term. So why not have a little fun with it. We’ve visited Effingham numerous times. It’s just about 2…
A One-day Border Incursion into Iowa
We’ve attended a number of shows/concerts in the Quad-Cities. It’s an easy two hour drive. Usually, we attend the event then drive home. It makes for a late night but with minimal daily disruptions. Maybe we’re getting older, maybe it’s not as important to get right back home, I’m not sure. But we decided to…
Beautiful Rend Lake in January
The Trip Down We needed to get away for a couple of days. Events of the fairly new year, the bleak weather, and just wanting to be somewhere else for a day or two went into the decision to head south. Usually when we think about heading south it’s towards Florida or Texas but looking…
A weekend visit to the Lone Star State
We had not seen any of our Texas family for quite a while so we decided on a short weekend trip. We weren’t packing our bikes or boats-there was simply no time this trip. As it worked out, there was a baby shower and a birthday party scheduled for this weekend. We left late Thursday…