A long, long time ago, I can still rememberHow that music used to make me smile.And I knew if I had my chanceThat I could make those people dance,And maybe they’d be happy for a while. But February made me…
Month: December 2023
274: OVER THE BRIDGE AND DOWN THE THUMB WHERE GARFIELD ONCE HAD FUN
Tom, Vicki, and I were 500 miles from home and still in the Central Time Zone when we reached the Michigan border at 12 noon on Thursday September 21, 2023. As soon as we arrived in Menominee, Michigan, which was…
273: THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN WAS AT THE RIVERSIDE BALLROOM
Thursday September 21, 2023 began for the three of us when Tom’s alarm rang at 5:45am. My photographer wanted to get an earlier-than-normal start because we were still 100 miles from our first destination of the day – the Riverside…
272: AFTER THE PROM, I WOUND UP IN THE NOOK – AND I LIKED IT!
Our morning at the ‘Little Hotel on the Prairie’ in De Smet, South Dakota began when Tom’s alarm rang at 7:00am on Wednesday September 20, 2023. My two companions weren’t in a huge hurry as Vicki wanted to visit The…
271: GOOD TIMES IN THE BADLANDS ENDED IN THE LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE
Our twelfth full day of the trip began when Tom’s alarm rang at 6:00am on Tuesday September 19, 2023. It was moving day, which meant my companions had to lug all of their gear down the steep wooden steps of…