Excursions

In which Bob travels to Alabama, Mississippi, Maryland, Oklahoma and Texas between January 8 and 17   APOCALYPTIC A typical destination for Auditor Bob.   CO-CONSPIRATORS Rebecca and Erin retrieved Bob from the airport and chauffeured him to work sites.   SIDE TRIP   Work doesn’t have to be all-consuming. This is the mantra of […]

Business travel is more boring than fun, but Bob does a good job of  finding pleasure on the road. This month his travels took him to Chicago, Atlanta, SW Minnesota, and Calgary – December, 2019   ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   Bob proves that business and culture most certainly do mix with a visit to

In which we spend a few days visiting Emily and Tyler in Colorado, get to know little Nolan and Evie, and revel in the company of family and friends.   AT HOME WITH THE WEE ONES Emily and Tyler relaxing at home with two-month-old Evelyn Fox and four-year-old Nolan Trout.   EVIE FOX FAN CLUB

Playing tourist at the North Carolina Aquarium and Salt Marsh at Pine Knoll Shores, and at Fort Macon State Park – September 20 & 21   YES WE DID Yes, we did pay a nice man to take our picture against a green background so they could frame us, digitally, in cute, smiling rays.  

Waves of premium relaxation washed over us for three whole nights at Atlantic Beach, NC – September 19–22, 2019   GROWING OLD IS NO LAUGHING MATTER Er . . . Actually, it is funny. So here we are, on the beach, chuckling over what the salt air is doing to our hair and celebrating Bob’s

Bob flies to Utah for a series of audits and does a little sightseeing – August 11-14   OH BABY Some flights involve being kicked in the back by rambunctious children. Noise cancelling head phones help.   VIEWS FROM ABOVE   The Green River oxbows its way across the landscape, as do the meandering roads

Around and around the country he goes, when he will stop, nobody knows…- July 2019   LUVERNE, MN   Bob often runs into cultural oddities, like this patriotic longhorn skull, when visiting a firm that makes jet fuel out of corn in SW Minnesota. On the right is the firm’s corn-to-biobutanol plant.   LOUISIANA  

We spent a night in Exmore, Virginia on the way north to visit family, and one in Winchester, Virginia on the way home – June, 2019   EXMORE   A study in contrasts, Exmore was both up-and-coming with its jaunty banners and centrally-located park, and down-and-out with more than its share of vacant real estate

From Rumson, New Jersey to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, another memorable family visit – June 3 – 8   FRANK AND SHAWN’s   Shawn and Frank’s place is the perfect beginning to a week with family. We sit on the deck and get caught up, then move inside for dinner. This year they surprised Camille with birthday