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...

Buckle up, folks.  Scott says I'm entering... The Transition.  What an ominous sounding thing?! Apparently The Transition is well known in military circles.  I watched Scott go through his - without really knowing it had a word to define it....

"I love rest areas," said no one, ever. But dang if we didn't find one that's worth a shout out. Is there someplace that collects the Best of Rest Areas? A connoisseur of highway turn outs? If so, I heartily...