better half and i have recently returned from a three-week road trip. he kept telling me this is what retirement is like—doing whatever we want to do, going wherever we want to go at the drop of a hat—no asking permission ahead of time if it would be ok. so, yes, he convinced me long ago, but i just can’t pull the trigger on that yet.
we drove north up california, to san simeon and lake tahoe. across nevada, utah, wyoming. we experienced cooler temps, light rain, foreboding clouds and even snow flurries in the mountains.
we were thwarted by tornadoes, golf ball size hail, and severe thunderstorms, and had to cancel the planned drive further east, and turned south in laramie, wyoming.
so, we missed an opportunity to see an uncle on the east coast. we then had hoped to stop and see some relatives in colorado, but their age, injuries, and an upcoming surgery caused them to decide they weren’t up to a visit.
we diverted south to amarillo, texas, as my better half had a craving to stop at the big texan restaurant for a big steak. no, he didn’t participate in their seventy-two ounce steak meal challenge. also fortunately, amarillo was just west of a big storm.
it was fairly uneventful, and a whole lot warmer crossing new mexico, arizona, then back to cali, ending in san diego. over one-thousand six-hundred miles and we came home.
we spent a lot of time entertaining my better half’s love of airplanes; it’s only fair, when he puts up with my love of old cars. we hit up air and space museums in every state, and i think we saw at least six b-29 bombers in various locations, which are kinda cool.
maybe i’ll add a tab to my website for some vacation pics and more blather on our various stops. maybe i’ll just post a few on my flickr page.
absolutely would do a road trip again. probably will do another train trip or combination next vacation. we probably wouldn’t go so late in the year, but any earlier, we would have gotten blocked by snow in the mountain passes. it’s a beautiful country, if you just stop to notice.