Yes, even though I work here now, I wanted to do a blog post about the California Trail Interpretive Center. Darlene and I went and visited it as tourists before my first day working there, and, of course, I've learned quite a bit about the place since starting work. This is a truly cool place [...]
Category: On the road
Travel update
As the end of summer nears, I thought I'd give you a brief update on our travel plans. My four-month job as seasonal park ranger with the Army Corps of Engineers North Springfield Lake will conclude on Friday, September 6. We then leave our summer camp and begin a three week journey west to Elko, [...]
Travel Log – April 2019
We arrived back in Florida on March 27 to spend two weeks visiting our son and daughter-in-law and Darlene's sister, brother-in-law, and great nephew. We spent a lot of time at Disney and got to attend our church in Lake Alfred. We also got to see the Colorado Rockies play the Tampa Bay Rays. On [...]
Travel Log – Southern Louisiana and Mississippi, March 2019
We traveled from Galveston, TX to Lake Charles, LA on March 9, 2019. Lake Charles Sam Houston Jones State Park Sam Houston Jones State Park's campground was crowded and sites are pretty close together. However, it was still a nice place to stay while we explored the area. We met the Patterson's from Alberta. They [...]
Travel Log 1/15/2019 through February, 2019
We left Las Cruces, New Mexico on Tuesday, January 15 to head to South Texas. Initially, we had wanted to spend some time in West Texas, but a short-term job opportunity presented itself which required us to get to South Texas in a bit of a hurry. We drove 284 miles to Fort Stockton, TX, [...]
