Author Archives: brad746

April 21, 2014.  After breakfast yesterday, we had a brief set-back.  Brad detected a slow leak in one of the Airstream tires — he checks all the tires every morning because a flat would create a major problem.  “We” were changing … Continue reading →

We woke up at six this morning feeling refreshed and ready for a fun day not dominated by driving.  Perhaps it was the stunning Easter sunrise over the banks of the desert lake that made us both bound out of bed, bundle … Continue reading →

April 19, 2014.  Today we covered three states on I-40 — the remaining 100 miles of Oklahoma, all 200 miles of the Texas panhandle and 100 miles of New Mexico to Santa Rosa.  I have very little to say about … Continue reading →

Just an update from this morning.  I am so glad our wifi died!  Otherwise, we would have missed one beautiful drive in the Oklahoma countryside and left with the wrong impression of this lovely state.  As nice as the scenery is … Continue reading →

April 18, 2014.  Mechanical emergency!  Last night as I was working on the blog, the new wifi machine completely died.  Without wifi we would have no access to the internet or email for the rest of the trip (except though my iPad … Continue reading →

OK, say what you will, but Oklahoma definitely has the feel of the Deep West (more on that below). We moved in and out of the rest of Arkansas without incident (except that I got hungry about an hour after we “broke … Continue reading →

April 16, 2014.  After an early start today and a visit to the Elvis museum in Tupelo, we drove a long way — through Memphis and Little Rock and ending in Russellville AK another beautiful federal park — Old Post Road.  … Continue reading →

April 15, 2014.  We got a late start today — luxuriating over breakfast and pondering last night’s sobering event.  After a relatively short and very pleasant drive through the rest of Alabama and into Mississippi, we arrived midafternoon at the prettiest camp site I have ever … Continue reading →

April 14, 2014.  The purpose of this particular trip is to celebrate my recent retirement from 34 years of law practice at Alston & Bird, Brad’s retirement from 22 years of active management of the horse board/training operations at our farm … Continue reading →

We have been loosely planning this Airstream adventure since August 30, 2013 when we met up with Richard Spencer on a vacation in France and he told us about his and Polly’s “travelling toaster.”  Sitting in the drawing-room of a Normandy … Continue reading →