In less than 24 hours I am going to be promoted to Captain of the Chief for one month.  This is a fairly big promotion.  I'd be lying if I didn't say I'm a little nervous. Normally I'm the Navigator....

Well.. this place sucks. I'm just kidding.  It's not one of our most famous, most visited, most loved national parks for no reason. I hadn't been planning to do anything really special for our visit.  Usually, we just show up,...

Almost every year, until I started hauling off to fun places on the opposite side of the globe, my Dad and I would pick an evening and go Christmas shopping together in Freeport, ME.  Shopping was followed by a hearty dinner...