by Ann | May 25, 2016 | USA
Steve and I are getting ready to head to north to Minnesota again this week. We’ve been going there several times a year to visit friends and family and for doctor’s visits at the Mayo Clinic where I’m being treated. It is about a 7-hour drive from...
by Steve | Mar 20, 2016 | The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
A couple of weeks ago we were invited to visit the Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed as guests of the museum. Even though it’s located in Lincoln, Nebraska, only 30 miles from our home, we’d never heard of it. After just a little more than an hour...
by Ann | Mar 19, 2016 | The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
About this time each year, we make the hour and 45-minute drive from our home in Southeast Nebraska to Steve’s hometown of Shenandoah, Iowa, to have our taxes done. We typically meet with our CPA in the morning and then check out downtown Shen, stopping for a...
by Ann | Mar 9, 2016 | Experiences, Feature Experiences, The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
As we began to quietly leave the wooden blind from which we’d watched Sandhill Cranes descend onto sandbars in the Platte River at dusk, there was only one thing on my mind. I simply could not get over the fact that I’d spent most of my life living in...
by Ann | Feb 25, 2016 | USA
Happy National Clam Chowder Day! We thought it was a great day to share this postcard we received last summer from some of Steve’s college friends from Lawrence University. In doing a little research about clam chowder, we found that according to Savoring...
by Steve | Feb 20, 2016 | The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
For the last few years, we’ve enjoyed purchasing half a beef from one of Steve’s colleagues who is also a local farmer. This year, they had the beef processed at the meat locker in Wahoo, Nebraska, so we thought we’d make the 55-mile drive from our home in Crete to...