Category: Travel

We do travel, just not a lot.

Travel

Travel Recap

Post author By joemama
Post date July 28, 2005

So we started a trek to Indiana and Chicago a couple weeks ago, and got back last Friday. I can’t say I was terribly impressed with our rented minivan, but it did have those seats that fold right into the floor, greatly increasing the amount of stuff we could haul. Our whirlwind tour of the midwest took us to Indiana on Saturday, Chicago on Monday, back to Indiana on Wednesday, and back to Greensboro on Friday. We travelled 1900 miles, collected a couch, a jogging baby stroller, a nightstand, lots of Sharon’s stuff she had when growing up, an area rug, and a small Casio keyboard. I’m not sure how it all fit in there, but we actually got in in.

Now we’ll have to rent a moving truck to get it all in the house.

News Travel

Zip Code Maps

Post author By joemama
Post date July 14, 2005

I like this website. It’s quite interesting, you enter a zip code in, and it maps out the zip code. One thing that I didn’t like was how it kept the zip code highlighted when I entered a new zip code, and there was no way to clear out an entered zip code without reloading the page.

All in all, one of the better implementations of Google Maps that I’ve seen.

Travel

Grandfather Mountain

Post author By joemama
Post date May 29, 2005

We went to Grandfather Mountain yesterday. Had a good time, but it was a bit windy, with wind gusts peaking around 70 mph at the peak. Crossing the bridge at the top wasn’t a big deal, but trying to walk on the rocks was a bit tricky, especially when the wind picked up.

Also saw a bear habitat exhibit, an eagle habitat exhibit, a panther habitat exhibit, a river otter exhibit, and a deer habitat exhibit (but no deer). Wasn’t too disappointed to not see any deer, since I’ve seen them close up before. Check out the image gallery for uploaded photos.