Travel
Detailed travel logs and trip journals live here. Expect day‑by‑day itineraries (e.g., our Switzerland & Italy trip) with weather notes, meals and family anecdotes, plus posts on museum visits, road‑trips and cruises.
- 8:24 am: On the road again. 429 miles until we are home.
- 11:06 am: On I-35 north. We are in the final stretch!
- 11:30 am: Back in Culver’s country.
- 1:57 pm: Hello Minnesota!
- 3:28 pm: Home Sweet Home!
- 7:17 pm: Thanks for all of the Welcome Backs! It’s really great to be home again. Much to catch up on!
- 10:48 pm: Really happy to be sleeping at home tonight.
- 12:45 pm: Heading home.
- 1:17 pm: 906 miles to go.
- 3:01 pm: DQ stop in Ogallala, NE.
- 3:04 pm: Excited to be heading home, but equally sad that our big road trip is ending.
- 3:04 pm: 706 miles to go.
- 8:06 pm: Done driving for the day. Stopping in Lincoln, NE.
- 8:14 pm: Stuck behind 50 basketball camp teens checking in. OMG.
- 2:07 pm: First ride at the dude ranch was really great. My horse for the week is Buster.
- 10:59 pm: The Internet is exceptionally elusive at the dude ranch.
- 9:27 am: Nice breakfast at Cali Cochitta B&B in Moab. Heading to see Arches soon.
- 10:51 am: Great vistas at Arches National Park.
- 12:12 pm: Heading out of Arches park and starting drive to C-Lazy-U Ranch near Granby, CO.
- 2:30 pm: Hello Colorado!
- 2:59 pm: U2 seems like Colorado music. Working well for us!
- 4:37 pm: Iced Triple Espresso from Sacred Grounds coffee shop in Glenwood Springs, CO.
- 5:43 pm: Still decent amount of snow at 11,000 feet.
- 6:44 pm: Trying to explain to Mazie why a mosquito bit her. Not going well.
- 6:56 pm: Hello Winter Park, CO! Shout out to Jim Bernard and Jeb Sr.
- 2:49 pm: Hello Utah!
- 2:50 pm: Driving from Sedona, AZ to Moab, UT today. Quick stop in Moab on way to Colorado.
- 4:36 pm: Exploring downtown Moab.
- 6:51 pm: Nice dinner at Miguel’s Baja Grill in Moab. Trying to quick adapt Mazie to time change.
- 11:55 am: Heading to Montezuma Castle National Monument.
- 1:45 pm: Lunch at Judi’s in Sedona.
- 2:49 pm: 104 °F in Sedona today. Yeah, hot!
- 3:34 pm: I still don’t understand how and when to take out the video camera. I’m so much more comfortable with photography.
- 9:25 am: Heading to the Grand Canyon today!
- 5:16 pm: Waiting for Tammy and Mazie to emerge from Target in Flagstaff.
- 5:18 pm: Arizona is really hot. Yes, obvious. You’re welcome.
- 5:31 pm: Qualifier for a really long road trip: Getting the oil changed. At the Honda dealer in Flagstaff.
- 8:35 pm: Dinner at the New Jersey Pizza Company (wha?) in Flagstaff.
- 8:56 am: Packing up. Leaving Las Vegas and awesome Mandalay Bay. Heading to Sedona, AZ! Laundry day too.
- 11:01 am: Hoover Dam!
- 2:33 pm: Lunch stop at Beaver Street Brewery in Flagstaff, AZ.
- 4:24 pm: Arrived in Sedona, AZ. Cool scenery. Hot temperatures.
- 4:27 pm: Wondering what the fate of golf courses in the desert is once “the water wars” start.
- 9:36 pm: Tammy is reading about snakes and other dangerous creatures that live around Sedona, AZ. This isn’t good. :-)
Mazie and I up and having croissant breakfast this morning. Today we get the apartment situated and visit the market.
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Summer of Love Index - Updated
Number of days on the road so far: 29
Mileage on the 2006 Honda Odyssey at the beginning of the trip: 48,139
Mileage on the minivan at the end of the day, June 2nd: 52,680
Total miles driven during Summer of Love: 4,541
The average number of miles driven per day: 156.59
Cost of fuel for the trip thus far: $921.78
Cost for fuel per mile driven: $0.2030
Number of hotels stayed in: 9
Total number of photographs taken during the trip so far: 1,955
Average number of photographs taken per day so far: 68.79
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