Don't you just hate it when people go days and days without any blog updates? Sheesh!
We've got a lot of stuff going on right now and I have several things to post, but I'm going to wait until the dust settles and I can attempt a substantial contribution to the blogging world.
Stay tuned
Monday, June 26, 2006
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Can't get there from here
It seems a little like we've spent the last month on the road. We haven't, it just feels like it. We made a quick trip to Ohio so our kids could be a part of a wedding ceremony of a friend from our Mogadore days over Memorial Day weekend. Then, a week later, we made the long drive from Raleigh to Waterloo, Iowa.
The thing about getting to Iowa from here, unlike Ohio is that it's far from a straight shot.
It used to be that all we had to do was drive north a little bit to I-80, aka, the Ohio Turnpike and head west. After staying on I-80 for about 11 hours, one would wind up in eastern Iowa and I-380, which takes you north to Waterloo.
Our adventures from Raleigh, for any of you who may need to make the trip, went something like this:
It was interesting to ride through various topographical regions. Heading west and north from Raleigh takes you into some hills before we reach more mountainous terrain of the Appalachians (SE of this mountain range, that word is pronounced Apple-A (as it cAt) chin, NW of the range we always said Apple-ay-shun) through a few tunnels, some beautiful country side windy-road scenery, then rolling hills, still with plenty of trees through Kentucky, several river crossings, until after the Ohio River and into Indiana, things suddenly become flatter, and farmable. The further west we went, the flatter it became!
We took two days going out and the kids did really well--only one stop each day going out, and three days coming back (stopping in Indianapolis, Charleston).
Next time, I hope we can fly.
The thing about getting to Iowa from here, unlike Ohio is that it's far from a straight shot.
It used to be that all we had to do was drive north a little bit to I-80, aka, the Ohio Turnpike and head west. After staying on I-80 for about 11 hours, one would wind up in eastern Iowa and I-380, which takes you north to Waterloo.
Our adventures from Raleigh, for any of you who may need to make the trip, went something like this:
- Start at I-85. This seemed in congruous to me, because one would assume that taking I-40 would be the logical starting place, but from NW Raleigh, it makes more sense to go through the Triangle Research Park area, jump on 147, go through Durham, and end up on I-85 S, which soon takes you to
- I-40 W. Take this to Winston-Salem, then hop onto 52 W, which eventually for just about 10 miles or so becomes
- I-74, until you hit
- I-77 N. Take this out of NC, through Virginia and into West Virginia where it becomes the WV Turnpike.
- At Charleston, pick up I-64 W.
- Here is some more debate. Do you take I-64 to Lexington and then head up north to Cincinnati, or do you continue on to Louisville and go up to Indianapolis? We chose to pick up
- I-75 N to Cincinnati, where we then took I-275 around the city until we hit
- I-74. We were on this road for the longest stretch of the trip. On the way out, we drove as far as Greensburg, IN, half way between Cincinnati and Indianapolis and stayed over night. Nice little town in the middle of nowhere.
- Once you approach Indianapolis, I-74 merges with I-465 (I think) which we took going around the city and continued on through Illinois. Once in Illinois, I-74 goes from NW to a direct northerly climb at Peoria toward the Quad cities where we finally pick up I-80.
- I-80 west takes us to I-380 which takes us right to an exit to Janet's sister's place.
It was interesting to ride through various topographical regions. Heading west and north from Raleigh takes you into some hills before we reach more mountainous terrain of the Appalachians (SE of this mountain range, that word is pronounced Apple-A (as it cAt) chin, NW of the range we always said Apple-ay-shun) through a few tunnels, some beautiful country side windy-road scenery, then rolling hills, still with plenty of trees through Kentucky, several river crossings, until after the Ohio River and into Indiana, things suddenly become flatter, and farmable. The further west we went, the flatter it became!
We took two days going out and the kids did really well--only one stop each day going out, and three days coming back (stopping in Indianapolis, Charleston).
Next time, I hope we can fly.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
A little trivia
I'm almost done with my book of Benjamin Franklin. It's really a good book about an interesting man. Hopefully soon I'll get a chance to write a little post about it.
One thing I learned from it today was that there was a state that wanted to join the union under the name "Franklin." Do you know what modern day state that is? This would have been around the time of the First Continental Congress.
One thing I learned from it today was that there was a state that wanted to join the union under the name "Franklin." Do you know what modern day state that is? This would have been around the time of the First Continental Congress.
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