TravBuddy.com: gmcfadden2002's Summer Road Trip 2009 travel blog

More family

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:32:16 PST

Newmarket, Canada, Aug 05, 2009

Today we are in Newmarket, Ontario. Eva has met the remainder of my relatives that we will hook up with on this trip. All in all, it was …

Canadas Capital

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:14:17 PST

Ottawa, Canada, Aug 03, 2009

We spent a really wonderful day in Ottawa. First of all, we got to catch up (again) with relatives we had not seen in a long time. Thanks…

Crossing the St Lawrence Seaway

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:11:04 PST

Saint-Simeon, Canada, Aug 02, 2009

We were advised that the north side of the Saint Lawrence Seayway was a nicer drive than the south side. So we took the ferry from Rivier-Du-Lo…

Bathurst, NB

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:00:54 PST

Bathurst, Canada, Aug 01, 2009

Had a great time getting caught up with relatives not seen in decades, and meeting new ones. Ray took us swimming in a nice lazy warm river.&nb…

A day at Lunenburg

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:22:38 PST

Lunenburg, Canada, Jul 28, 2009

Today we drove to Lunenburg to see a typical Nova Scotia fishing village. Of course, Lunenburg is anything but typical. It is, in fact, t…

Vacation from vacation

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:46:54 PST

New York, New York, Jul 22, 2009

For three wonderful days, Eva and I took a break from our vacation. I know how pompous that sounds, but really it isn't. Eva and I always plann…

Made it to Stewiacke

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:41:17 PST

Stewiacke, Canada, Jul 10, 2009

This is where my folks live, and we will be hanging out here for a couple of weeks.I will publish pics as possible.

Arrived in Canada

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:39:00 PST

Yarmouth, Canada, Jul 10, 2009

Had a great ferry crossing.

Waiting for the cat

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:37:08 PST

Portland, Maine, Jul 09, 2009

Tomorrow we cross into Canada in The Cat Ferry that runs from Portland, Maine to Yarmouth, NS.

Visiting friends

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:34:08 PST

Amherst, Massachusetts, Jul 08, 2009

Spent an enjoyable evening visiting Roger, Sue, Allen and "Woofie". Great friends who just bought a fabulous town house. Was great to see…

A day at a battlefield

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:08:12 PST

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Jul 07, 2009

A trip to Gettysburg was not part of our plans originally. But one of our dearest friends insisted we go. And since it was not to…

Washington, DC

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:06:26 PST

Washington, District of Columbia, Jul 06, 2009

last night we got into DC around 6:00 pm. We were headed to our hotel, which is in Maryland, but I saw an exit that took us to the Capi…

Almost to DC

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:10:37 PST

Marion, Virginia, Jul 05, 2009

[writing in the early morning] We had to cover about 440 miles yesterday in order to get half way to DC. We made it about 550 miles, mean…

Crossing into Virginia

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:52:47 PST

TN-VA border on I81, United States, Jul 04, 2009

Two nights in Memphis

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:35:52 PST

Memphis, Tennessee, Jul 03, 2009

So the hour is late. Our brief stay in Memphis is coming to a close. In fact, for all intents and purposes, it is already over. It …

Crossing into Tennessee

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:23:16 PST

AR-TN Border on I-40, United States, Jul 02, 2009

Leaving Oaklahoma, entering Arkansas

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:12:23 PST

OK-AR Border on I-40, United States, Jul 02, 2009

Through TX and into Ok

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:50:59 PST

Sallisaw, Oklahoma, Jul 01, 2009

They say there are 14 Eskimo words for snow. In the same way, I beleive there must be 14 words in the language of the Chokta (a Native American…

Crossing into Oaklahoma

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:58:17 PST

TX-OK Border on I-40, United States, Jul 01, 2009

Made it to Texas

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:03 PST

Friona, Texas, Jun 30, 2009

We stopped in the little town of Friona. Ryan is car crazy and maybe getting sick again, Liam is wide awake, and my eyes are dried up. …

Crossing into Texas

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:02 PST

NM-TX Border on US60, United States, Jun 30, 2009

Missile Museum

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PST

White Sands, New Mexico, Jun 30, 2009

This page will have pictures. Going to this place seemed like a bit of a risk. We had to go back west 50 or 80 miles and it seemed liked it mi…

UFO capital

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PST

Roswell, New Mexico, Jun 30, 2009

not worth the extra 3 miles to get to the UFO museum. Waste of 1 hour and $12.00. But I lied and said Liam was 4 and he got in for free, …

New Mexico - Fill up when you get the chance.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:12:11 PST

Carrizozo, New Mexico, Jun 29, 2009

After dropping Mia off, we pushed on a few miles. Since we were no longer on any schedule, I switched the GPS to "shortest route" instead of "f…

Arizona - New Mexico border on the I-40 around 1pm

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PST

Arizona - New Mexico border on the I-40, United States, Jun 29, 2009

We entered New Mexico around 1pm.

Mia ditches us

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PST

Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jun 29, 2009

Ok - not really. We dropped Mia off at Albuquerque Sunport for her trip home. Much like saying so long to Alex, it was a bit sad for ever…

Crossing into Arizona

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PST

Hoover Dam, United States, Jun 28, 2009

via the Hoover Dam.

Visiting the Grand Canyon

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PST

Grand Canyon, Arizona, Jun 28, 2009

This all began about six months ago. I was flying into the Phoenix area on business and our plane took an unusual approach to the airport in Ch…

Flagstaff, AZ - Home of 100+ freight trains per day.

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:02 PST

Flagstaff, Arizona, Jun 28, 2009

Really. The sign in the hotel indicated the number of trains passing through Flagstaff each day numbered more than 100. OK. That is…

At the California - Nevada Border @ 2pm

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:14:48 PST

California - Nevada Border on I-15, United States, Jun 27, 2009

In Vegas, Baby

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:28:25 PST

Las Vegas, Nevada, Jun 27, 2009

We made it to Las Vegas today. Ryan has become a bit ill with something. He is running a fever which is easily controlled with a …

Day at Hurricane Harbour

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:12:06 PST

Santa Clarita, California, Jun 25, 2009

Today was spent at Six Flags - hurricane Harbour. This is a nice exciting water park. The original plan had us spending the day at Zuma…

Doing the touristy thing.

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:11:50 PST

Hollywood, California, Jun 24, 2009

Of course, we have to do the touristy trap thing. Today we visited Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Even though Eva and I lived in LA and h…

Meeting the new baby

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:43:48 PST

Diamond Bar, California, Jun 23, 2009

My best friend Craig lives in Diamond Bar. We have been friends for more than twenty years, going back to our University days. I knew Cra…

In the LA area

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:32:31 PST

Simi Valley, California, Jun 22, 2009

We are staying with relatives for the next week or so. Reina, Howard and their wonderful boys are putting us up - or putting up with us - w…

Exploring SF

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:13:48 PST

San Francisco, California, Jun 21, 2009

Today (and yesterday evening) we explored San Francisco. For those of you that have never been, SF is famous for their weather, which changes…

Heading into California

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:48:41 PST

California Oregon Border onthe I5, United States, Jun 20, 2009

11:00 am on June 20, 2009

End of day one

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:18:09 PST

Roseburg, Oregon, Jun 19, 2009

The traffic out of Beaverton was really bad. We did not cover many miles.But that is ok. We are not on a schedule.We got to the quaint li…

And we are off.....

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:13:52 PST

Beaverton, Oregon, Jun 19, 2009

We left home at 5:00pm. The house is taken care of, the gas tank is full, the kids are excited.Of course, Alex was still at work :-(It was a …