This Adventure Called Retirement
The travels of David and Mary.
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- Day 37: Tuesday 29 April 2025 – Cincinnati OH to Outerbanks NC
- Day 36: Monday 28 April 2025 – Merrillville IN to Cincinnati OH
- Day 35: Sunday 27 April 2025 – La Crosse MI to Merrillville ID via the U-505 National Historical Landmark
- Day 34: Saturday 26 April 2025 – Rapid City SD to La Crosse WI
- Day 33: Friday 25 April 2025 – Miles City MT to Rapid City SD via North Dakota
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Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico and also the highest elevation capital in the United States, sitting at 7,199 feet above sea level. Both Mary and I noticed a distinct light-headedness on Wednesday. Not surprisingly, at that elevation it seemed to be a very quiet city. The chapel of Loretto is located in…
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After a morning coffee we hit the road departing Grapevine TX to continue our journey west to Santa Fe NM. We travelled across the Texas panhandle and came upon a historical site worthy of investigation. Mary found reference to the Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight Ranch House. Another interesting find. Anyone who has read the…
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After all the excitement of Sunday, Monday was a very relaxed day. Being our last day in Texas, we did laundry, took another walk in Parr Park, and had a delicious dinner prepared by Chef Michele. Michele prepared a pork loin with a chimichurri sauce accompanied by Irish potatoes. It was, as expected, delicious. A…
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Sunday was meant to be a relaxed day and so it began. We started by enjoying breakfast with Jeff, Michele and Kim along with a nice morning conversation on family and current events. Around noon Kim needed to leave for an appointment in Dallas and the rest of us were planning an walk in the…
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After our search for departed family in Conway, we headed to Grapevine, TX (on the outskirts of Dallas/FT Worth) to visit living family members. This is the first of our lengthy stops to visit family and friends, which is the primary purpose of our trip. But more on that in a minute. We received a…
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Our day began with a positive development. I noticed on my phone that it was syncing with my presumably lost fitbit, meaning that said fitbit must be somewhere in our room (and not lost in Knoxville as thought). A new search through our bags discovered it in the bottom of the bag holding our keurig…
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After a good night sleep in Knoxville we suffered our first casualty – I somehow lost my fitbit. I’m pretty sure it was on my wrist when we went to sleep, but on waking it was nowhere to be found. We searched the entire room and all our bags – no fitbit. We hit the…
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Prolog – this is the first attempt at a blog and we are going to fumble through the first few days I’m sure. That said, we will attempt to capture the essence of our travels and hopefully make it fun to read. We left our home in Nags Head at about 9:30am, having packed our…
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