Tag: Cities

  • Roadtrip Day 4: Indiana Dunes, Pullman, Rockford, and Madison

    Roadtrip Day 4: Indiana Dunes, Pullman, Rockford, and Madison

    …The trails ultimately took me to the beach, and although the park ranger at the entrance told everyone coming in “don’t go swimming as there are dangerous currents today”, I stuck with the letter of the suggestion and merely “went in”, but didn’t swim. I mean, how could I not? I’m here, right?…

  • Roadtrip Day 2: Cuyahoga Valley NP and Cleveland, OH

    Roadtrip Day 2: Cuyahoga Valley NP and Cleveland, OH

    …I had originally not given much thought to visiting National Parks, since the black & white part of my brain figured what would be the point if I couldn’t spend a week at every location, hiking every trail and seeing every sight? But thankfully my youngest sister, who has quite a bit of experience with…

  • Roadtrip Day 1: Pittsburgh, PA

    Roadtrip Day 1: Pittsburgh, PA

    …It was a spectacularly gorgeous day to begin this trip. Cool & clear, windows-down driving weather. Of course first I had to get out of Philly and through morning rush hour traffic on 76—but nothing could get me down today! I was very quickly able to leave the Zone of East Coast Urban Traffic and…