USA | Friday, 14 Oct 2011 | Views [404]
Despite the
inclement weather, we decided to head into DC to visit the Ford Theatre where
Linclon was shot. However en route we dropped Gizmo off at the vet, for some
Xrays to see if we could find out the reason why the mobility in his ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 13 Oct 2011 | Views [175]
An uneventful day. We stayed home - Marg did some washing and ironing, while I did nothing.
USA | Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | Views [226]
Left Staunton (pronounced Stanton) after breakfast at about 7.30am and joined the crowd heading north into the Shenandoah Valley, on I 81. Close to 50 miles up the road, we turned east towards the Blue Ridge Mountains and crossed that range through ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 11 Oct 2011 | Views [187]
Departed E'town early around 7.30am and re-traced our steps up the Bluegrass Parkway, east to Lexington and then via I 64 all the way east to Charleston West Virginia and thence via the West Virginia Turnpike to Beckley. Then it was NE to rejoin I ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 11 Oct 2011 | Views [376]
Called Jim and Susan Roe (old friends from our time in Ft Benning - where Jim was an armoured branch officer with the Tactics Team I was on) early this morning but found we couldn't get through on the number we had so we ended up sending him a ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 10 Oct 2011 | Views [207]
Left
Grayson in Kentucky at around 8.30am and drove
along I 64 into Lexington and then along the Bluegrass Highway
to Elizabethtown. It was a more or less uneventful trip until we reached Lexington, where the traffic thickened and ... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 9 Oct 2011 | Views [437]
Another
balmy Autumn day – we’ve been very fortunate to have such good weather – I was
speaking to a fellow at a McDonald’s fast food joint today and he told me that
some areas of the mid west (ie Wyoming/Montana) had already experienced ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 8 Oct 2011 | Views [360]
Left Harrisburg at 9.00am and drove west, mainly via the secondary roads, to New Springfield just over the Pennsylvania/Ohio border, to collect Model T tubes and flaps from Snyders Auto Parts. It was another good day from a weather point of view ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 7 Oct 2011 | Views [500]
Up at 4.00am and snuck out after breakfast, on time to leave at 5.00am. All was going according to plan, until I left the car door open too long and the alarm went off. That shattered the usually quiet neighbourhood, but after pressing all the ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 6 Oct 2011 | Views [186]
The weather began to clear up today, so we got stuck into the gardens. I gave the lawn a haircut with the new push mower. It came up quite nicely, though I think that after a long period of use, the blades may need sharpening and a few fine adjustments ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 5 Oct 2011 | Views [174]
Leanne dropped us off at Springfield Mall this morning. The weather was still threatening, so we packed an umbrella just in case. Did a bit of shopping in Target and picked up some winter clothing - we didn't bring much of that with us, as we expected ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 4 Oct 2011 | Views [353]
Another cloudy day with intermittent showers and very cold - I think the max it reached today was in the low 50s (Fahrenheit). Nonetheless, we managed to cut up an old pallet that was left over from the delivery of the pavers and nailed together ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 3 Oct 2011 | Views [244]
The weather has turned nasty again, with intermittent showers and lots of coldness. I think we're both looking forward to returning home to summer. I borrowed Brian's umbrella for the walk to Franconia Springfield Metro Station and took what I ... Read more >
USA | Sunday, 2 Oct 2011 | Views [637]
Leanne dropped us off at the King Street Metro station and we headed into the Smithsonian Station, en route to the Holocaust Museum. At the corner of 14th Street and Independence Ave, we noticed three outside broadcast vans grouped near the Washington ... Read more >
USA | Saturday, 1 Oct 2011 | Views [229]
Another slow day - we continued our poor act as caregivers, until the afternoon when we took off for Home Depot and beyond. The Home Depot visit was to check their holdings of push (hand) mowers, known to the Americans I think as reel mowers, but ... Read more >
USA | Friday, 30 Sep 2011 | Views [348]
Walked down to Brookland Plaza to day to get a haircut and do sundry other things. Found a Barber Shop among the Mexican/Indian and Arab food joints, which was staffed by a Vietnamese fellow and a lady whom I assume, was his wife. While I waited ... Read more >
USA | Thursday, 29 Sep 2011 | Views [225]
As it is only a week now before we drive north to Hershey for the car show, I thought I'd better confirm that the phone call I made to the Avis mob at the Holiday Inn, did actually go through to the rental schedule. So, with that in mind I walked ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 28 Sep 2011 | Views [370]
Didn't get out at all - we thought we'd better stay in contact, because Brian went in for his back operation today. It was day surgery only and involved a small incision through which the medic could remove the spur from one of his spinal bones.... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 27 Sep 2011 | Views [231]
Went into DC today to take in some of the sights of the Capital. Brian is quite familiar with the place, as he lived in North West DC for a year or two. We started out at Meridian Hill Park, in NW Washington DC. In the late 60s, I,m told there ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 26 Sep 2011 | Views [826]
Marg was still
feeling sore (her knee), so I went into DC to have a look, in the general
direction of the Lincoln Memorial and the various war memorials.
Took the Metro into
the Smithsonian Metro Station and got out to find mobs ... Read more >
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