Back Across the USA

 

We spent a couple of days in Bend getting rid of some of the stuff that we left in storage, then loaded up a moving truck and headed back to Florida. Bryan flew out to help us, then stayed behind to work in Bend for the summer. 

We drove south through Nevada, and stopped for the night in Las Vegas. The next morning we drove into Arizona, and stopped at the Cabela's near Phoenix.

We stopped for the night in Las Cruces New Mexico, then entered Texas, where we began stopping at Buc-ee's. We also stopped to look around the Katy Mills shopping mall.

We continued east through Louisiana and Mississippi. Outside Mobile we stopped to tour the USS Alabama. I had been wanting to do this for a while, but we were always in too much of a hurry previously. We made it home today. This was my 19th time driving across the country.

Across the USA Part 2

After a night in Nebraska, we entered Wyoming. It had started to snow in western Nebraska, and when we hit Cheyenne, we found I-80 closed to the west. We hung around Cheyenne for a few hours and watched a movie, and in the afternoon they opened the interstate. We drove to Ogden Utah, and stopped for the night.

In the morning we drove to the Golden Spike National Historic Park northwest of Salt Lake City. This was an interesting park, marking the spot where the first transatlantic rail line was connected.

After looking around the visitor center, we drove the trail where the workers cut the old rail line through the rocks to get to the meeting point.

On the way out of the park we came across a Northrop Grumman site that had a rocket graveyard outside. We looked around a bit before heading into Idaho. We stopped in Boise for the night, then started driving to Bend in the morning.

Across the USA

 

On the 14th, Susan and I set out in my truck for my 18th drive across the USA to Oregon. We stopped at a couple of Buc-ee's in Georgia along the way.

 

After a night north of Atlanta, we drove into Tennessee, where we stopped at the Stones River National Battlefield. I wanted to stop at the Parthenon in Nashville, but it was closed that day.

We continued northwest through Kentucky and into Illinois, and stopped in Metropolis. We have stopped there before, but this time we took the time to see the Superman Museum. It was a little cluttered and hokey but it was fun seeing all the old Superman memorabilia. We continued into Missouri, where we stopped for the night.

The next day we continued west into Kansas, and stopped at a Cabela's to walk around. We like to walk around Cabela's when driving to stretch our legs. This one had pretty impressive animal displays.

Enchantment

After our cruise in February, we spent a couple of days in the parks. We spent a day at Typhoon Lagoon and went into Magic Kingdom to catch the new fireworks show, Enchantment. It was pretty good, but I didn't think it had the emotional impact of Happily Ever After.

Earlier in the day we rode the people mover and I took photos of the Tron site.

This week Susan and Jenn attended the annual cast appreciation party at Magic Kingdom.