Skip to main content

Summer Road Trip_2014


“The best alarm clock is sunshine on chrome.”

Bessie is packed and waiting patiently, like a gentle steed ready to embark upon yet another cross country road trip.  I spent the morning in my classroom, stowing books and supplies for the coming year.  The results of the FCAT Reading were testimony to the tough, but productive year in the classroom I leave for the summer with gratitude in my heart that my students demonstrated significant learning gains.

Bessie and Me (and Paul makes Three) are headed west; checking several items off the ‘Bike-It’ List.  Across the North Coast of Florida, west to Austin Texas and the Texas Hill Country, North to Ft. Worth (to visit family), picking up Rt. 66 in Oklahoma City…Meeting my daughter and niece in Canon City Colorado to ride them across the Royal Gorge.  Paul and I are then crossing the Rockies, checking out the cliff dwellings, the Grand Canyon, and picking up Rt. 66 again in New Mexico. Looking forward to several days of ‘wind therapy!’

Follow Bessie and Me (and Paul makes Three) each day on my blog.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

#Scattered_TheBox

     Bree sat silent in the passenger seat of Della’s Range Rover as they drove away from the city towards Bree’s farmhouse. Della respected her friends silence, glancing furtively towards Bree, checking for what? Della didn’t know; was there a protocol for ‘how to act when your friend is told she has a few months to live?’ Della wasn’t sure and at this moment her heart hurt as if it were being squeezed by a giant hand intent on crushing the organ in her chest.       Della met Bree Maxwell at the registrar’s office in 1974 at the University of Chicago. Just two long-haired hippie chicks in bell bottom denims and crop tops among thousands, struggling to look cool while simultaneously overwhelmed by the process of registering for classes. The two became fast friends and shortly thereafter they met Tish and Ann, also freshman. The foursome became inseparable and forged a bond that has endured four decades.         Bree is the...
Post a Comment
Read more

Denali Backcountry Summer Road Trip 2016

Do you know the difference between a caribou and a reindeer? Reindeer fly! Just a little tour guide humor. The dark green, school bus looking vehicle pulled into the Denali Cabins gravel parking lot at 6am sharp to fetch the adventuresome travelers who were still chugging coffee in the early morning chill. It would be a 13 hour ride through Denali National Park, on the only road that slices through the 6.2 million acre par, and only 1% of tourists who visit each year, choose to do this tour. 1%-ers, that's us. Dave, our bus driver/tour guide seemed laid back and low key, so low key he was willing to wait more than 15 for a couple who were 'still in their room' when we arrived to pick them up. 38 1%-ers were on the bus and we were ready for the backcountry experience. Dave had a ton of history to share with us as we meandered to the park entrance, check it out online if you are interested. We were there to see 'the Mountain,' the highest peak in North America, Denali...
Post a Comment
Read more

Summer Road Trip 2014_Final Thoughts

I awoke Friday morning exhausted; as if someone had put on boxing gloves and gently but consistently pummeled me from head to toe. I dreaded the long journey ahead of us. Since arriving in Indiana early Wednesday morning, it had been   a whirlwind of responsibilities. Mine were minimal compared to what my brother and sister had already had to do to arrange the funeral, tie up loose ends, and cover all the bases that need covering when a parent dies. After the service and dinner at the church, I think we all felt a foreboding. Our Grandparents were gone,   our Mom was gone, our Dad was gone…..who does the family gather around from this point forward? We were all at loose ends. The trip back to Florida would be another ‘get on the super slab and ride’ kinda trip….the worst. I-75 South is congested with traffic, and the Weather Gods were not going to be in our favor today.   We gulped a cup of coffee, my brother gave me a hug and we TRIED to sli...
3 comments
Read more