Category Archives: Travel & Entertainment

I love to watch movies. I love to read. This past year I made it a point to see every movie that was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Here is the complete list of movies that were … Continue reading →

I talked about my reading challenge for this year (here). So far, I’ve read a lot of books this year that I’ve been meaning to read for a long time. A very long time. Life . . . raising five … Continue reading →

One of my favorite and longest lasting hobbies is reading. I have loved to read since I was a little girl. I used to “borrow” books from my parents and neighbors and read them late into the night. The woman … Continue reading →

Day 17 – traveled 130 miles by car from Eugene to Portland, Oregon. Powell’s Bookstore in Portland, Oregon. Since my flight home was leaving at the crack (the buttcrack as my family would say) of dawn on Monday morning, my sister, … Continue reading →

After a morning at the Eugene Saturday Market and the Lane County Farmers’ Market, my sister and brother-in-law took me to a nice lunch at King Estate Winery. Oregon and Washington have many vineyards and wineries.  The cool coastal lands … Continue reading →

A visit to Eugene, Oregon, would not be complete without a trip to the Eugene Saturday Market or as my nephew calls it – The Hippie Market. The Eugene Saturday Market is the oldest weekly open air market in the … Continue reading →

Eugene, Oregon.  Cool and wet, by Midwest standards, most of the year.  Home of the University of Oregon Ducks.  Nike got its start here.  There is a focus in Eugene on outdoor recreational activities (bike paths are everywhere), the arts, activist political … Continue reading →

Day 12 – Traveled 683 miles from Spearfish, South Dakota, to Missoula, Montana. The cemetery for the soldiers killed at Little Bighorn (the site of Custer’s Last Stand).  The tombstone with black writing is where Custer was originally buried before they … Continue reading →

Day Eleven – Traveled 415 miles from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Spearfish, Montana, with lots of fun stops at famous places along the way. The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota. Where you can get corny pictures and and … Continue reading →

Day Ten – Traveled from Eagan, Minnesota, to our destination of Sioux Falls, South Dakota – 341 miles.  Our sight-seeing expedition for the day was Pipestone National Monument in Pipestone, Minnesota, in the southwest corner of the state. The first sign we saw … Continue reading →