Our next day on the road we had a real “railroad day”- beginning and ending the day with trains! We found- by simply following road signs heading north out of Chicago- THE BEST RAILROAD MUEUM EVER: the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL http://www.irm.org/ As “railfans” with the Elkhorn Inn www.elkhorninnwv.com, Read more…
Dan is a Chicago boy. He hadn’t been “home”, however, in about 30 years, so I deliberately routed our trip to Canada through Chicago, so he could see family and show me the Chicago of his youth- and we could eat a little Italian Beef, too!We had a voucher from Hilton Read more…
Road Trip Day 1: Flying the Wright B Flyer, Miamisburg, OH I finally managed to surprise Dan- with a flight on the Wright B Flyer! 🙂 I have been trying to surprise Dan since we met in 2001. No chance. It’s totally impossible to surprise someone when you live AND work Read more…
After our 8-day $8500 “fully guided” two-moose hunt with “Big Country Outfitters”, we can definitely say that we do NOT recommend them. They are unprofessional, unprepared, incompetent, and just plain ugly people, who seriously shouldn’t be allowed to deal with the public, much less run an international hunting business. “Big Read more…