Europe Trip 2016 was on! We made it to the airport and were ready to cross the ocean to see France, Switzerland, and Germany. After overcoming the types of problems that never occur to people traveling by air alone or in small groups, like Laura’s tickets not matching her passport and the people at the…
Between the AP World History Reading and family emergencies, it had been years since Laura, McKenna and I had been able to do something as a family for Father’s Day, so we decided to take advantage of this rare opportunity to go to Shenandoah National Park as well as to one of the breweries near the park. I selected as…
Jim and I had two days in Moab, in southern Utah, after scoring AP essays, and we planned to see two awesome things in the area: Arches National Park and Little Wild Horse Canyon. Arches was first on the list; as soon as Jim woke up, we would head up there. The problem was that…
By noon on Thursday of the first full week in June, the AP World History Reading finished up. College Board only allows readers to fly back the day after the end of the Reading, so Jim and I figured that we might as well stay through Sunday and see some cool stuff in the southern…
Once again, Jim and I went to Salt Lake City in June for the AP World History Reading, where we score many, many essays and make observations and discoveries that are only possible after destroying your brain by scoring many, many essays. The trip started on a high note, as on our way out to…
Over Memorial Day Weekend, Jason, Jim, and I decided to do some “easy” hikes around the Blue Ridge Parkway. Jerry, Dave, and John could not go, prompting Jason to label them as “losers,” which sounded very Trump-like, so I suggested giving them all Trump nicknames. Jerry, with his short attention span, should be Jittery Jerry.…
It’s Spring! Many people have spring traditions, like cleaning or purging; in our family, this is the season for moving plants around the yard the way some unfortunate souls move furniture. We’ve had a lot of practice moving plants around; a LOT of practice. Laura moves plants so frequently that I have had to cap…
