Tag: Road Trip

  • 2023 Week 24/25 – Road Trip!

    2023 Week 24/25 – Road Trip!

    What’s Going On:*Warning* This will be a LONG post covering a week-long trip with lots of links, photos, and me rambling on for a while. It was nice to return to a 3-day weekend after a week on the road last week (more on that later). Besides getting the tent out to dry off, I…

  • 2022-Week 40 – Nashville, TN

    2022-Week 40 – Nashville, TN

    Once again, it’s that time of year for my annual Leadership Exchange trip. This year we met in Nashville, Tennesee (on previous trips, we traveled to San Diego, CA, and San Antonio, TX). The delegation comprises mainly of senior executives and a few public officials from around the Indianapolis area and is always thought-provoking and…

  • 2021 Week 30 – First Summer Road Trip (Part 4 – Final)!

    2021 Week 30 – First Summer Road Trip (Part 4 – Final)!

    In the post last week we were camping in the Allegheny National Forest (ANF) and dealing with daily rain. By this point I was used to getting wet and was concentrating on keeping my sleeping gear dry. My first stop of the day was the Kinzua Bridge State Park in Kane, PA. At one point…

  • 2021 Week 29 – First Summer Road Trip (Part 3)!

    2021 Week 29 – First Summer Road Trip (Part 3)!

    Last week we ended up in Buffalo, NY after visiting Cleveland and Niagara Falls. This time around we’re going to dip into the Allegheny National Forest and get away from the city. We left Buffalo around 9am and started our journey south. Ever since I was a kid I remember seeing barns and billboards along…

  • 2021 Week 28 – First Summer Road Trip (Part 2)!

    So… Last week we started discussing my first big road trip of 2021 to the Allegheny National Forest (ANF). We got as far as Cleveland and this time we set off to visit Niagara Falls and Buffalo before heading south into the Forest. On my way to Buffalo I wanted to swing through Erie, PA…

  • 2021 Week 27 – First Summer Road Trip (Part 1)!

    2021 Week 27 – First Summer Road Trip (Part 1)!

    My first summer road trip is FINALLY here. I had this trip planned last fall but COVID-19 had so many closed I decided to wait until 2021 to make the journey to Cleveland, Buffalo, and the Allegheny National Forest (ANF). Timing is everything when it comes to the a road trip. You have to know…

  • Road Food – Combos

    Road Food – Combos

    I’m always up for a road trip and my snacks of choice always start with a Diet Mt. Dew and, more times than not, a bag of Combos by Mars, Incorporated.  I don’t know what it is about those little nuggets of flavor but I probably eat more of them than I should. I used…