Sorry Couldn't think of a song title ( Read more... )

Our trek shifted from the original westward back to the east.  Plus we were able to leave around 9 instead of me trying to get us out before 7 AM.  And instead of a 10-11 hour long drive it ended up being about 6 hours.

Decided to stop at the rest area just outside of Council Bluffs.  There is a Welcome Center.  The gal manning the center was very ( Read more... )

After a nice breakfast, Jim and Carol (FIL and his wife) had a list of three ideas of what to do.  We picked the one that sounded like the least amount of driving.  We went to the railroad museum.  Which also included a traveling exhibition of something called the Mystery something. 
The railroad side of it was really interesting.  There was a ( Read more... )

First of 6 or 7 posts about our "Excellent Adventure" "National Lampoon's Vacation" what ended up to be our summer vacation.

First thing to keep in mind, I am an obsessive list maker.  Seriously, I have been known to make lists of lists.  This year Brian suggested that we not do a Fam-cation.  Which usually just means that we go down to KC to stay ( Read more... )

So last night was fun.   Well if you were a dog ( Read more... )