Category Archives: Travel
Dublin Castle, Guinness, and the Book of Kells
Today was a good day of seeing cool stuff…and I gotta tell you we iz tired tonight. Our day began with breakfast in the hotel about 0745 and by shortly after 0900 we were on our way. We walked about … Continue reading
Off to Ireland…Travel Woes Included
Hello…allow me to introduce myself. My name is Sir Winston Paddington Nigel Gerheart Bear. You’ll find a snapshot of me below but let me give you a few tidbits about myself and my contributions to this blog over the next few … Continue reading
Travel Day to Junction City…and The Last Blog
That’s it. I’m done. No more blogging for me. Nosirree, absolutely none. Until the adults get back from Ireland that is. Had ya goin didn’t I? Yup, despite my protestations to the contrary that I would fit in just about … Continue reading
Busted Hike, Nice Lunch, and More Hummingbirds
Well, the title really tells it all… Our plan was to head west about 35 miles to the Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge on the south side of the Missouri River for a 3.2 mile hike along the Little Muddy … Continue reading
Winston Churchill Museum and Hummingbirds
We had a pretty decent couple of days. Tuesday after our arrival we had leftover Pepper Steak and then Wednesday Connie did a bit of work. After that Neil just didn’t feel like cooking so we headed out to the … Continue reading
Transit to Fulton MO
We didn’t do much the last couple of days in Carlyle; mostly stayed home and chilled out. The one bright spot was dinner…Neil grilled some country ribs we had for a couple of days then yesterday he grilled a thick … Continue reading
Work, Library, Hikes and Fun Stuff©
We’ve had a pretty good week here in Carlyle, IL. Wednesday Connie worked at home…but was really frustrated by slow internet…she was working with some large jpg files that were scans or photos of paperwork that students were submitting and … Continue reading
Travel Day to Carlyle Lake, IL and NDA Has Been Lifted
Well, we got pretty much packed up on Monday afternoon after our most excellent burgers on the grill, baked beans and tater salad dinner…all washed down with some brews. With that being done yesterday morning was a pretty easy underway. … Continue reading
More Bourbon and Sitting Around
It’s been a pretty lazy weekend but sometimes that’s good. Yesterday we went off on another bourbon tour…this time to the Heaven Hills Distillery. This is a much larger operation than the Maker’s Mark folks…despite their claim that they’re still … Continue reading
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park and Makers Mark Bourbon Distillery
Today was a double feature…a little history and then a little bourbon…or as you will see shortly a little history and then a little more history😄. After breakfast and coffee…our day started with a 30 or so mile trip down … Continue reading