Trippin' with Susan Straley

 Greetings from Inverness, Florida, I am down with a cold today.  I don't think I have enough energy to do a whole blog.  But I thought I would let you know we arrived home safely from our travels this summer.    We are planning on touring some of the mid-West this summer and this fall we will fly to Croatia for a Bike and Boat tour with our friends, Christy and Mark.  Then we will part with them and fly to Italy for another bike tour.  We may be gone a whole month! Last I wrote to you we were still in Wisconsin. There we got to reunite with new and old friends and see my son and his wife briefly.  We also got to participate with 20,000 others in the No Kings Rally at the Wisconsin State Capital.   Julie and Mark biked and marched with us in Madison, WI.  We met them when we were on a few Withlacoochee Bicycle Riders rides in Florida. Sandy and John came over from the Waukesha, WI area to camp with us in Madison, WI. I have been fri...

Greetings from Inverness, Florida. For those of you reading this in the future, in this week in time, the Republican primary elections are underway.  Donald Trump vs Nikki Haley are in a race to be the nominee for the Republican candidate for President in 2024.   Birders are talking about an absense of the normal amount of birds at their feeders.  Someone said an unusual circling of red-headed ducks was observed over the Mackinaw Bridge in Michigan. The period of inflation following COVID has slowed way down to almost normal levels, unemployment is down to about 4%, and the murder rate is down.  That is all good news. In Florida we have had a long stretch of colder weather and cloudy skys.   When the sun came out today with temps in the 50's 60's and 70's, we were very happy. The picture below was taken on a ride on a day when the temps were between 45 and 55 during our ride. We were pretty bundled up with long underwear and layers.  We joked...

I am at a park in Lockhaven, PA.  It's a gorgeous day, but I will have to move soon.  The playground/park where I am sitting doesn't have an electric plug in the shelter. I was going to write to you from the cafeteria at the University here.  After finding a place to park, I learned it was graduation day and now officially the summer season when the cafeteria is closed. So plan B was a stop at Wendy's for a breakfast sandwich and to a park with electricity.  Strike two. So much for that idea. I drove to town this morning because I have zero, zilch, nada cell service at (or anywhere near) the campground where I am staying. The good news is I am not a parent of young children right now.  As I write I am listening to and watching the parents of a two children, (three and four year old?) that are constantly fighting and having tantrums.  Thank goodness that stage of life is over, though I would have more patience at this age of my life than I did at 21... sorry...