Category: Travel

We woke up in Thornburg VA at Tru by Hilton and realized that Dominion Raceway and Entertainment was right out our hotel room window. After an excellent complimentary breakfast with pancakes, eggs, sausage, bagels and more we got on the road and headed for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. It was most impressive. We were anxious… Read more

Here we are in Virginia on our way to Maine. It was a long day of travel yesterday. According to Google Maps we traveled 485 miles. We spent time in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia. Our route through Virginia was inspired by an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies where it was revealed that… Read more

We started the day with breakfast at Dianna’s Deli and Restaurant and then we took the Miller Ferry to Put-In-Bay. We caught a bus ride in to town and picked up our rental golf cart at AB Cart Rental. What happens at Put-In-Bay stays at the bay, but suffice to say, the Beer Barrel has… Read more

We started the day with breakfast at Jeannie’s Diner in Coldwater. The food was excellent and we had three employees check on us to make sure we were happy with our food and service. The diner is a neat place with over a century of history. We continued on to Auburn Indiana. The Auburn Cord… Read more

The Hastings Summer Concert Series wrapped up last night with their Summerfest performance. We finally made it for the last show of the year. The weather was beautiful for the 46th annual Summer Festival . There was a great crowd on the court house lawn for the Arts & Crafts Show Thornapple Plaza had one… Read more

We got going early so Tammy could  humor me and let me go to the Flat River Historical Society Museum. It was a nice, surprisingly large, three story building that was formerly the “Egg Emporium”. It was near the site where John Green, the original settler of Greenville, started it all. They had a recreation… Read more

We picked up SK and went to Grand Haven today. The stated intent was to go to Grand Haven to see sand sculptures. We accomplished our goal and since we were in the area, we stopped at Crockery Creek Saloon in Nunica for some Creek Cheeks (lightly dusted, flash-fried pike / perch cheeks). On the… Read more

We left home after work on Wednesday. We made it as far as Clam Lake Beer Co. before we stopped for dinner. Neat place with original architecture including the tin ceiling. I had the clam chowder, and it was so good I forget what I had with it. Tammy had the perch dinner, and it… Read more