Just a few days after my last post, I got a call from Texas. My Uncle James passed away. He and my father worked and lived together their entire lives, so he was like a second father to me. We drove to and from the funeral — a 3,600-mile round trip — in my little [...]
We’ve been home from Corry for over a week now, and I’ve been meaning to bring the saga to a close. Right now, I should be working on getting ready for school, so naturally it is a perfect time to write a blog post.
Continue reading about Summer 2011 RV Trip – Days 46-49 and Beyond
So here it is, our next-to-last day in Pennsylvania before heading home to Baltimore early Saturday morning, and I find myself reflecting on the past seven weeks. As I do, I discover some recurrent themes.
So we’re in the final few days of our trip, and I’m still in denial about having to return to work. I should be reading and preparing lessons, working on my online courses, but I’m not. To do that is to admit the end of summer, and I’m not ready to let it go just [...]
A lot has happened in the two weeks since I last posted. Let’s see if I can summarize.
Bad blogger! I haven’t posted for an entire week. It’s gotten hot, and I’ve gotten lazy as a result. That’s not to say we haven’t been busy, though. A lot of miles have been put on the truck in the past week.
Four days have passed since my last post. Curious about what you missed? The short version: geocaching, playing tourist, socializing with perfect strangers, Internet frustrations, and domestic duties. For the long version, you’ll have to read on.
Today I drove to Venango County to continue working through geocaches on the Allegheny Geotrail. Here are a dozen things I learned today:
I’m falling down on the job. So much for my promises of daily blogging about the trip, but I’ll try to get you up to speed. Tuesday morning was back to work. I spent much of the day answering e-mails, reading discussion threads, and grading essays. Alexis, too, had an avalanche of mails to which [...]
It’s been a busy few days, and we didn’t have much in the way of Internet access while we were at Geowoodstock. Now that we’re back in Corry at Harecreek Campground and have a decent connection, I can get caught up with the blog.
