Something that had not even occurred to us as a possibility was use of a garage without renting or owning an entire house. It turns out that although not every apartment comes with one, many are available near the apartments…
Day 42: Part 2 – Bowie, Maryland
We carried on into Bowie, Maryland, and you will have to check out the video to see how to pronounce this. it was not either of the pronunciations we were expecting. We had a chat with a really lovely couple…
Day 7: Cheyenne, WY and Fort Collins, CO
After spending the night in Douglas, we attempted to leave. This was a challenge. Some setting on our navigation system made it want to give us a detour 70 miles out of our way starting off going north instead of…
Dodge-y Language
The car doesn’t like me. Or at least the Uconnect voice recognition (VR) system is toying with me. I do speak the Queen’s English (or at least a dialect spoken by one of her humble servants) so why am I…
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Chris went to his first ever baseball game on Thursday. I am fairly certain it was also his first American sporting event of any kind. It may well have also been my first full baseball game. I knew the rules more…
The Rules of the Road
Yesterday afternoon Chris and I did different things. He went out in the car with my dad to get used to driving on the right and to a different set of laws, while I did the first five levels of Norwegian…
Navy Pier, Amtrak, and Arrival in Onalaska
After watching the sun rise over Michigan Avenue from the Congress Plaza Hotel, we set off to see Chicago. We started off with breakfast about 7 AM. It was extremely windy and cold for mid-May. We stopped into a coffee…