Rockford Travel Blogs

I have a tradition, that started several years ago, of eating at Olive Gardens (an Italian restaurant) before leaving on an overseas trip so that is why the feast.  Why this trip? I was adopted at three days old and raised with two sisters, in 1985 I found my natural family and now all toget…

Bridget showed us a park in Rockford and we went to Chicago for a night too and I took the gals to Medieval Times.

So Oregon is where I live...We have some great state parks here but our lovely governor is shutting them down.

This was a pounding, back breaking day where I literally rode to about 2100hrs, only stopping to refuel.  Chicago was a pain to navigate through.  If it wasn't for my TomTom I would have been lost with all the lane changing I had to do.  I was fine prior to engaging the city.  t…

on Aug 7th 3 marines from my unit went on a mission and only 1 came back a fourth marine (not from my unit) who was injured was flown to germany and I hear he is okay.  I got word on the 12th of thier deaths and by that time they were all over the news I am so happy I had not seen them th…

Four of us were going to ride together, my parents, my brother Heath and myself.  We had to pick Heath up from the airport in Chicago, but first we had to pick up the rental car from the airport in Rockford.  This was actually my first time at RFD, though I had driven past the runways cou…

**first - this is under construction .. hopefully it won't take too long to update, but you've been forewarned!** I went back to the States for less than a week, just to celebrate my Mom's 70th birthday!

Post-Graduation World Trip