After spending 18 days on the road and logging over 6,000 miles, through the Midwest, up into Canada, down through the Northeastern states, and back across the USA, I made it home without incident. I met a lot of interesting … Continue reading →
I’m home! After putting in about 300 miles today, I arrived home with the greetings of several family members. Three of my four daughters. Two of my grandsons. My one and only true love. Logged just over 6,000 miles in … Continue reading →
Well, here I am somewhere in Wyoming. Today, I decided to take my route from Sturgis through the Black Hills of South Dakota. As always, it was a spectacular drive. Here is a stretch through the Black Hills National Forest. … Continue reading →
Well, here I am cruising across the wide expanse of North and South Dakota. I learned something today about the two states… they both look alike, but one is called North and the other South. The monument off in the … Continue reading →
Left Wisconsin Dells at 9:00 AM, headed towards North Dakota. Putting about 450 miles on the bike, I landed in Fargo, North Dakota for the night. The day was kind of uneventful, other than (And please don’t get tired of … Continue reading →
After a tearful goodbye to my sweetheart this morning, I set my GPS for Bismarck, North Dakota, a little over 1,100 miles from Cleveland, Ohio. Why Bismarck? Because I missed North Dakota on my trip out, due to weather conditions, … Continue reading →
Today we visited the John Johnson home, where Joseph and Emma lived for a year, from Sept 1831 to Sept 1832; and also visited the rock quarry where the stone was cut for the Kirtland Temple. While sleeping in this … Continue reading →
Today Penny and I spent the day visiting the various Church historical sights in Kirtland, Ohio. There were some very special feelings throughout the day. This is the Newel K. Whitney store. Built in 1826, it was an important gathering … Continue reading →
I’m on my way to the Cleveland Airport to meet Penny, who will be spending the next three days with me touring the historical sites in Kirtland. The Kirtland era, for the Church, was a period in Church history of … Continue reading →
Today I left Palmyra, headed west towards Kirtland, Ohio. As I got closer to Buffalo, NY, I started to see these signs for Niagara Falls. So I began having this conversation with myself. Should I or shouldn’t I take the … Continue reading →
Today was spent visiting the Martin Harris Farm, the Peter Whitmer Farm, the Grandin Book Store, and one last visit to the Sacred Grove Martin Harris Home Peter Whitmer home where the Church was officially organized on April 6, 1830. … Continue reading →
Today I attended Church services here in Palmyra. Half of the congregation were visitors, filling up the chapel and halfway into the cultural hall. They were great meetings. Afterwards I toured the Smith cabin, framed house and the Sacred Grove. … Continue reading →
My destination today was Palmyra, New York, a short jaunt of about 300 miles. It was suppose to rain most of the way there, but I really only got a few drops. Again, the weather was tempered for my behalf. … Continue reading →
Pulled away at around 9:00 AM this morning and needed to make two stops before hitting the road. The first stop was to a local Mac store. Last night when I went to plug in my AC adapter for my … Continue reading →
Last night I decided to check my bank account online and noticed that I had two identical charges of $95.57 for two consecutive gas stops. At first I thought that someone had stolen my card number some how and charged … Continue reading →
When I checked the weather forecast last night and again this morning, it looked like I was going to be driving in rain for most of the day. So I thought to myself, “Well Brad, how strong is your faith?” … Continue reading →
I traveled only 343 miles today through some beautiful country side, between Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, and crossed the northern border into Canada. Upon reaching the Canadian Customs window, the officer asked me a ba-gellion questions. I think I … Continue reading →
After my free Super 8 motel continental breakfast of two slices of french toast, three glasses of orange juice, two chocolate donuts and two cinnamon rolls, I headed straight north for the beautiful state of Minnesota, traveling a total of … Continue reading →
Got up this morning with good intentions of attending Church. I discovered the meeting didn’t start until 10:00 AM, and check out from my motel was 11:00. So I thought, I’ll just check with the front desk and ask if … Continue reading →
I left this morning at 8:00 AM and decided to change my route and took I-80 heading east through Wyoming, instead of I-15 north to Bozeman, Montana. That was a good decision because I was talking to a couple who … Continue reading →