My (mostly) faithful car is close to the big 200,000 miles. That’s kinda been my goal for the car for the last few years. I had a little bit of a scare yesterday when I saw the temperature all the way to the up. I drove home… slowly… maybe a mistake. I called my mechanic [...]
Family
Day 4 – Jamie’s Italian
At last, I got a chance to sleep in. Eliot and Kristine’s couch was very comfortable. We took our time getting started. We had done a lot of stuff the last 3 days and we were pretty tired. We had been warned to watch out for some of the neighborhood cats. In England, Eliot and [...]
Jachin in Jachin – Day 9
Sleeping in the car actually worked out pretty well, I got a good night sleep and woke up early and a ready to roll. The good nights sleep was at least partially due to the quilt my Mom gave me for my birthday when I was in North Carolina (thanks Mom). Got back on the [...]
Around Chicago – Day 2
I started the day off by sleeping in. I normally don’t sleep well the first night I’m “on the road”, but I decided to set my alarm anyway, and I’m glad I did or I would have had an even later start. I started driving around Chicago and about half way around I stopped or [...]
Christmas in North Springfield
I’m not sure if I could say, definitively, if Christmas was my favorite time of year. However, looking back, looking forward and looking around now, I have to say it is probably going average out that way. Lots of very good things happen all the time, but Christmas seems to be the only time I [...]