Figure 1: Map of 2004 Trek to Biloxi, Mississippi “Better not wait too long” was the wry suggestion from Millie, the wife of the original owner of our ’50 model Jeep station wagon when I called her at their home in Biloxi, Mississippi to let her know that we were planning a trip from our […]
Blog entry #1 Prolog: (June 2003 – March 2004) “Better not wait too long” Read More »
At Jean’s suggestion, we decided to extend our stay in Blowing Rock, NC through June 8th rather than immediately making the run to our home in Cary, NC some 5 hours away. This worked out nicely, providing me an opportunity to catch up on correspondence and both of us time to decompress before completing our
Blog Entry #15 June 8-9, 2017: Blowing Rock, NC to Cary, NC; NC Transportation Museum Read More »
The morning of June 7th we drove through the tunnel that passes under the actual Cumberland Gap from Kentucky to Tennessee and proceeded south to Grandfather Mountain in the northwest corner of North Carolina. It is always a thrill to cross over the ridges of the Appalachian (I like to pronounce it “apple chain”) Mountains
Jean and I figured it would be a real stretch (for the Jeep and ourselves) to reach our intended temporary base camp in Blowing Rock, NC from Highland, OH. So, we selected the Cumberland Gap area connecting Virginia and Kentucky as a stop for the evening of June 6th. June 6, 2017: Cruising the southwestern
Blog Entry #13 June 6, 2017: Highland, OH – Cumberland Gap, KY Read More »
June 5, 2017: Photos taken at the National Air Force Museum, Dayton, OH Monday, June 5th, Jean and I re-packed the Jeep and headed off to the National Air Force Museum, four miles from our previous evening’s lodgingsin Dayton. The newly updated museum currently consists of 4 major hanger-shaped structures interconnected by a central hall
Blog Entry #12 June 5, 2017: National Air Force Museum, Dayton, OH – Highland, OH Read More »
In my efforts to entice the members of the engineering Class of 1967 to come to the 50th ONU reunion, I learned that Jack, one of my close mechanical engineering classmates now living in Missouri, is seriously into sports car racing. It so happened that his carclass was among those racing on Sunday, June 4th
Blog Entry #11 June 4, 2017: Ada, OH to Dayton, OH – stop at Mid-Ohio Raceway Read More »
The Morning of June 2nd, Jean and I drove the Jeep 20 miles up to Riverdale High School where she taught Spanish and Physical Education to fund our last 2 years at Ohio Northern University. Not surprisingly, the school had grown; with the original high school now being a grade school and a new building
Post Entry #10 June 2-3, 2017: ONU 50th Reunion Celebration, Ada, Ohio Read More »
Mid-morning of June 1st Jean and I repacked the Jeep and headed out from Ann Arbor, MI on the 3 hour, 125 mile back road journey from Ann Arbor, MI to Ada, OH for my 50th year reunion with my fellow graduates of Ohio Northern University’s Class of 1967. The trip through south-central Michigan and
By coincidence, on the day that we left Cary, NC on this trek, there arose a need to visit a potential supplier in Lavonia, MI (30 miles from Ann Arbor) for a client. Since that fit with our travel schedule, we elected to have me make the visit while we were in that region on
Blog Entry #8 May 31, 2017: Ann Arbor, Lavonia, & Saline, MI Read More »
Fellow Thermofil alumna and successful plastics business entrepreneur, Don, arranged a once-in-a-lifetime (my lifetime anyway) opportunity at his business for the members of our prior company to get reacquainted over lunch. In August, 1969 I left my position as Plastics Engineer at Dow Chemical Company in Midland, MI to join a fledgling plastics compounding company
Blog Entry #7 May 30, 2017: Ann Arbor – Howell, MI – Thermofil 25 year reunion Read More »
