On a beach somewhere in the Florida Panhandle. Barb’s record for avoiding the worst of Missouri’s winter weather remains intact. I’m taking some comfort from the record-breaking cold temperatures in the Sunshine State.
Staaaayyyy
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Barb flees frozen midwest for Florida
Set your map app for “avoid highways”
I’ve become acquainted with some really great people thanks to the Land Rover project. A few I’ve met, most I have not but feel like I know them. Charlie has been encouraging me to take some road trips in The Truck.
I took my Rover on a 4 day road trip up north to VT a few weeks ago. Had a blast – put about 400 miles on her and she ran like a top. I use a windshield mounted phone holder (suction cup) and set my iPhone’s Google maps APP to “avoid highways” and see a lot of towns/back country that way. Takes a lot more time but way more fun that trying to keep up with traffic on highways (and a lot more safe). forces you to slow down and actually see things you would otherwise blow past on a highway. This year was my 4th time doing the trip – you meet some great people and I stay at some nice Inns along the way.
That “slow down” thing is big zen mojo for me. Here are a few pics from Charlie’s trip.
Bye bye, MINI
It was a nice fall day (October 7) in 2011. I was in St. Louis for some reason with a little time to kill so I stopped in at the MINI Cooper dealership. Just window shopping. I was handed off to a “Motoring Advisor” (see below) and the next thing I knew I was writing a check for a new car.
I sold the MINI today to my friend George. It was a good car and fun to drive. But anything more than an oil change meant a trip to the nearest dealer…in St. Louis. And I don’t think I ever got away spending less than a thousand bucks. But the big reason is there simply isn’t room in my life for two vehicles so it was time to say goodbye to the MINI.
Glacier National Park
Barb and sister Jan wrapped up their Yellowstone adventure with a run up to Glacier National Park. Her phone is filled with images like these. Postcard views everywhere you look.
Barb in the Rockies
Barb and Jan are on a ten-day tour of Yellowstone (and nearby places that haven’t burned yet)
On the beach
Barb and Sister Jan are in Destin, FL this week. (It’s been in the mid to upper 90s here in mid-Missouri.) I’d like to know the story on the lone house in the first photo.
Robert Wolfe
Ojai, California is a small artist community in the foothills east of Santa Barbara. My Lyft driver took the scenic route and it was beautiful. I spent an hour with Robert Wolfe.
The 405
Got a taste of California freeway traffic on the way from Ojai to LAX. Took 50 minutes to go ten miles. The driver said a 90 minute commute (morning and afternoon) is common. But it was sunny.
