Rodeway Inn Louisville

We are back on the road and headed back to Washington!!! Hopefully the weather will treat us well on the way back. After the snow in Richmond, I've had my fill for the time being. Despite the crazy weather, we had an awesome few days visiting family. I am grateful to be related to such an awesome bunch :) I haven't updated over the last couple o...

We have successfully made it as far as the Louisville airport! Seven of the team met at CBC before going, we then joined up with with Mary and Tyler at the airport. The remaining two members, Steve Pitts and Randy Hudnutt, flew out a few days ago, and we hear that they have made it to India.

As for us, the next stop is Newark, then a s...

Headed off from Nasville this morning after piking out last night. We went to grab some dinner at an Applebee's Bar & Grill before heading to a bar with live music near the motel, After a steak and shrimp with mashed potatos and a couple of Mango flavoured cocktails, I was all done in and could barely waddle my way back to the motel. Only dr...

Couldn't sleep so off we went at 3:45AM- heading South. Set our New talking Garmin GPS system for Taylorsville State Park near Taylorsville, KY. The GPS chatters away telling you how far, where to turn and if you make a mistake her favorite word is "recalculating". I say 'she' because the Garmin uses a soothing female voice. I suppose Garmin doe...

Hi All - getting ready for my big trip tomorrow (which is totally going to suck). Anyway, here's a brief overview of my itinerary.

Saturday afternoon - leave Louisville, long layover in Philly - arrive in Lisbon at 9 am local time. Lisbon is 5 hours ahead of Louisville.

Sunday - try and stay awake before I can check into my hot...

A short walk from the hotel lead us to the Louisville Convention Center and my first Kentucky Starbucks. I made it a mocha since it doubled as my breakfast. I asked the barista if they carried city mugs and he replied with a slight southern tang, "Nope. Small market."

Right.

Well, Louisville was supposed to be a brief stop over to prevent us from driving 10 consecutive hours, but let's be honest: Louisville is an awesome town. We got a super deal on Priceline and stayed at the four star Galt House Hotel and Suites in the downtown district. This is the fourth installment of the Galt House; the original was the reside...

With two 8 hour days of work remaining before our trip I find it increasingly hard to focus and stay on task...there are still a couple of loose ends to tie up before leaving and I find myself obsessing about them while working. I've made most of my miscellaneous purchases. But I still have to put together our travel binder and figure out how to...

Well, I'm getting things ready still, but January 5 is getting closer and closer. Between Christmas and work and preparing for this trip, I'm pretty busy. My great aunt is also passing away. It's a somber note to start the trip on, but she's definitely an inspiration to me. She's been all over the world and is so excited for me to start my own ...

So I lived close to nowhere. My grandparents on my father's side lived far from everywhere. At the very least, I had friends and neighbors, or perhaps more appropriately, partners in crime, and they were all an easy bike ride away. My grandparents had a horse and tobacco farm that sat smack dab in the middle of a hundred acres of what could be m...