After a three-month hiatus following my Texas trip, I was back on the road on Friday June 20, 2014 headed for upstate New York. From my home in Michigan, the quickest route to New York was a short cut through…
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9: JFK SLEPT HERE
I had visited the hospital where Kennedy was pronounced dead and I stood on the spot where he was shot; but as my sightseeing window was closing fast on that trip, I asked Kim Johnson for one last favor: Please…
8: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
On November 9, 1984 a motion picture was released called A Nightmare on Elm Street that featured a burnt killer named Freddie Krueger who slashed kids in their sleep with his bladed leather glove. That movie took place in the…
7: DALLAS ROCK CITY
For eight long months I stood silently on a living room shelf in Michigan nodding at anyone who walked by. I started to think I had become a ‘yes’ man; but the fact was: I was just happy that my…
6: CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH GARFIELD – MAYBE TOO CLOSE!
It was overcast in Northern Ohio on the morning of July 17, 2013; but there was no threat of rain – which was always a good thing. The first and only scheduled stop for the final day of the trip…
5: HEARTBREAK AT GARFIELD’S LAWNFIELD
The weather was perfect as we made the 12-mile jaunt from the motel to downtown Niles, Ohio. My chauffeur’s GPS took us right to the site – the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial. As soon as I was pulled from my…
4: PITT TO PUNX & NO PREZ
It was Friday July 12, 2013 and we were headed for Pittsburgh. I was in my usual spot while on the road – a snug pocket in a well-padded camera case as I rode in the back seat of the…
3: CANTON-BOUND WITHOUT A FOOTBALL
I was up early on July 11, 2013 and rarin’ to go. The goal on that day was to see Harding’s birthplace in Blooming Grove, Ohio; then pay a visit to the Amish in Berlin, Ohio; and end the day…
2: HARDING HOMETOWN – MARION, OH
After nearly being blown away in Fremont, we made our way to Marion, Ohio on the afternoon of July 10, 2013 to visit sites related to President Warren G. Harding. While there were wires down along our route to Marion,…
1: THE JOURNEY BEGINS – 2013
As I was carried past the Hayes Presidential Library headed for the parking lot, the storm hit. My photographer, his wife Vicki, and I took refuge in the basement of the library, which had lost power. Emergency lights kept us…