Archive of journal entries re "Traveling"

Azaleating

Colin O'Brien
Photo of The Lodge at Shawnee State Forest
When we drove south yesterday we were listening to Dianne Rhem on Michigan Radio and her guest was Billy Collins, former poet laureate. I forget now how they got on to it, but he was talking about how he went through this period when everywhere he went, as he »

Saugatuck getaway

Colin O'Brien
Breakfast room at Twin Gables Inn, Saugatuck
Late last week we got word from our favorite bed and breakfast in Saugatuck that there had been a cancelation and we were able to get away for a nice weekend by Lake Michigan. »

Colorado, crossing the Rockies

Colin O'Brien
very yellow cabin in Rockies
Wow! Amtrak’s Zephyr train is such a great setup. It’s over 2 days from Chicago to Emeryville (across the Bay from San Francisco) and the schedule, whether you are traveling East to West, or back, is set so that you pass through the Rockies and the Sierras in daylight. »

No photos

Colin O'Brien
After being really cold (high 25F) all weekend, last night it first snowed heavily (5 inches?), and then warmed up enough to rain for a while. When we were getting ready to leave, everything was covered in ice. One of the cats tried to have a run outside, and was amazed to find his legs heading in all directions at once. »

Weekend around Cleveland

Colin O'Brien
Near Lorain & 99th in Cleveland
Last weekend we were in Cleveland. Actually left Thursday and had lunch at the wonderful Toledo Museum of Art and a casual stroll at the Ottowa National Wildlife Area, before settling in for the evening just west of Cleveland. The first image is from the west side of Cleveland the »

Back home (both)

Colin O'Brien
Beach north of Frankfort
We got back last night. It’s a 4.5 hour drive from Frankfort to our house. We had a number of very pleasant hikes (1.5 to 4.5 miles) (one a day) and one day our friends Jacki and JR drove us north to lunch at Leland and then round a »

Postcard from New York

Colin O'Brien
Approaching Lincoln Tunnel to enter Manhattan
I drove to Oberlin to take photos of the college buildings and then stayed the night just outside Youngstown, OH. Next day I went to State College, where one of Jill’s former choir directors teaches at State Penn – after lunch with him and his wife I took photos »