Other Trips

Returning to Madrid Most of us parted ways when our bus arrived back in Madrid. Several hours of daylight remained and Jane and I decided to have one more walk about the city and share a late dinner. She accompanied …

Morning in Madrid and a ride to Gredos In the morning, Jane and I met another of our group’s volunteers, Chris. Perhaps to his regret, he accepted our invitation to join us as we traipsed about the city.  As we …

A different year In a typical year, I take one significant trip but 2017 was a bit different because after carefully considering my original plan to travel to and through the four states I needed to visit to raise my …

Field Hockey Saturday Let me start by thanking “Kluginator” from Iowa’s SB Nation blog Black Heart, Gold Pants for his help and advice regarding parking and attending the field hockey and football games Saturday. Unfortunately, a rainstorm swept through Iowa …

First, a mea culpa. The events of this report resulted from a rather hasty and last-minute decision. Thus, not surprisingly, I neglected to take my camera so no photos accompany this story. (Yes, my mobile phone has a photo function …