Day 3 – A late start

We got a little bit of a late start yesterday, but that’s ok, we have a little less ground to cover.  Mom drove from Minneapolis to Jamestown, North Dakota.  We wanted to go to the Mall of America but we got in late and had a late start and we’re not sure but think the … Read more

Day 2 Bug Travels

The book bug did a lot of moving yesterday. It went to the Rantoul Public Library, in Rantoul Illinois and made an attempt at finding a Geocache near there called “Fishers First Cache”.  Then we drove by Bloomington, Illinois, and Normal, Illinois… If people from New York are called New Yorkers, and people from New … Read more

June 21 – AK Trip Day 2 – On the road again

We’re at exit 103 northbound on I-57.  We decided to pit-stop in Rantoul to see where we used to live and give the Book Bug a place to see.  We will visit Frank Everitt Field, formerly Chanute AFB where all Air Force weather training was conducted. Tom attended Weather Observer school here in 1987 and … Read more

Picked up the Book Bug from the Library

Well.  We’re about to start the trip.  Nan has the Book Bug and I’ve got most of the techie stuff done and we’re about to start packing…  Day 1 will take us to Marion, Illinois.Geocaching.  We’re planning on doing three Geocaches… We may visit a few more but we’ll see how timing works out.  The … Read more