As requested, here is our final highlighted map from our journey. Of course, Lisa wants to do more with this, such as annotations, rest stops, rankings of favorite (and not favorite) places, etc. etc. Stay tuned. (But don't hold your breath!)

For the two of you that have been following us along this journey, you'll notice that we missed a day or two on this blog. Did we make it home? Did we get lost in Montana? Did we find the ultimate brewpub and decide to stay there forever? At this point, you'll just have to … Continue reading Home Country →

"South Dakota is boring," you say? We beg to differ. Okay, for the first 5 hours it's pretty boring. Lisa did some car-quilting and Jim picked a local radio station that played a retrospective of BeeGee's music. Nothing says South Dakota prairie like disco! There are old barns, lots and lots of silos and the … Continue reading South Dakota →

Today was another driving day, this time across the rest of Wisconsin, all of the southern edge of Minnesota and into Sioux Falls, SD. The view was pretty much the same -- plowed cornfields (that means no cornstalks) and barns. Lots of fields and barns. The only color is a brownish-gray. Gray skies. Gray highway … Continue reading Farmfields and Patchworks →

What do you do when you have a day to spend in Milwaukee? Google Travel Guide may tell you to go to museums and discovery centers, but what do the Lyons do? Seek out brewery tours, find cheese curds and go to a baseball game! We're in Wisconsin, so let's go, Brewers! Welcome to Miller … Continue reading Milwaukee →

We said goodbye to Niagara Falls and headed out through Buffalo and points westward. Today is a driving day but we didn't realize how much driving! 14 hours worth - whew! But first Buffalo. When Lisa things of Buffalo, she thinks of blizzards and the Bills. This town is definitely prepared for cold, frigid weather. … Continue reading Driving Over Flyover Country →

Today was pretty uneventful for these two intrepid travelers. That doesn't mean you should stop reading this post, it just means that you'll be able to check your Instagram feed sooner than normal. Suffice it to say, it was mostly a day of traveling across New York State again, this time from east to west. … Continue reading Niagara Falls →

Boston is a new town for both of us, so we were excited to check it out and see the historical sites. Thanks to Google's new Travel Guide function, we were able to cram 400 years of history into four hours. We're getting this tourist thing down! Phil's Airbnb in BrooklineIt's a bus. It's a … Continue reading Boston to Aunt Lois →

It's been a great visit with our Brooklyn kids, but we needed them to get back to work so they can take care of us when we get old. We did more in NYC in three days than most New Yorkers do their whole lives (we know that to be true is because Jim met … Continue reading Long Island to Boston →

We had a nice slow morning, catching up on blog posts and finding new pastries at the French Bakery for Jim to try out. Much like the Wawa shake memory, Jim also had a memory of an unnamed French cookie from his youth and we thought we narrowed it down to macarons. The ones they … Continue reading Rainy Day in the City →