I had recently been talking to my cousin, Brandon, about Michigan. I distinctly recall him telling me to put Sleeping Bear Dunes on my to do list... which is not possible because he's never been to Michigan. Oops - memory......

We have now arrived at that part of the movie where morale is in a nosedive.  Normally we’re fairly immune to small disasters.  In fact, I generally find mishaps charming and funny.  However… we’ve taken one too many broadsides and...

The goal was to head out of San Antonio and hit Santa Fe to visit my maternal grandfather's widow, Edyne.  This was our first major jump - 750 miles - without Scott.  San Antonio to Santa Fe.  We made it! I'm...