May 20, 2022 The immediate stop after Chicago was Marquette, MI, and in order to get there we had to drive through Green Bay, WI. I couldn’t let myself get near Green Bay without stopping by Lambeau Field to at least take a picture from the outside. I decided to make it more interesting...
There is so much more to Chicago than just the few posts I shared about it. The diversity of restaurants, grocery stores, museums, sporting events, and parks is rivaled by only a couple of other cities in the US. If Chicago grows tiring or you want to catch a Bucks game, Milwaukee is only...
May 13, 2022 We decided to make an unplanned drive to Grand Rapids, MI to take a look at a Ford Transit that met our requirements. We had been researching Transits for about a month prior and very few were available and for sale. So when we saw one that looked promising a few...
Take me out to the ballgame for some sunshine After a month of bitter cold and rain, the sun finally came out just in time for our scheduled trip to Wrigley Field to watch the Cubs take on the Dodgers. There, Cynthia and I met up with my old friend Fernando and his wife...
Beautiful, cold, hot, and refreshing It’s impossible to ignore the amazingly teal-blue waters of Lake Michigan while in Chicago. Almost every activity or event we went to was either at the lake, had a view of the lake, or was affected by the lake. The weather we experienced each time we ventured to the...
Unlike any other American downtown From the outside, Chicago may look like any typical large city with skyscrapers pressed up against a body of water, in this case, Lake Michigan. There are a couple of tall buildings that standout and a couple of uniquely designed buildings that draw your eye, but from a distance,...
April 11, 2022 We stopped in Indianapolis for the night with plans to explore the downtown area for a few hours before heading to Chicago. Our plans were slightly delayed when not 2 seconds after packing our last item into the truck, it started downpouring and reducing visibility to four feet. We waited out...
April 10, 2022 We left Gatlinburg, TN mid-morning and raced our way through Tennessee and across Kentucky to Louisville where we stopped for a couple of hours to quickly explore the town. We walked around downtown and took pictures at the Louisville Slugger headquarters in front of their giant baseball bat. We then walked...
April 7 – 10, 2022 We left Nashville on April 7th and arrived at Great Smoky Mountains National Park at around 6:30 pm local time. We immediately drove up to Newfound Gap where we hiked on the Appalachian Trail and entered North Carolina. Our trip to the Great Smoky Mountains perfectly coincided with a...
Below is a short list of other parts of Nashville that we visited or enjoyed that I failed to give much attention to in previous posts. Belmont University, with its neoclassical architecture style, was the location of two presidential debates (2008 & 2020). Walking down Music Row past all of the recording studios was...
