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 […]
Bob flies west to work and play in Utah and Denver – June 11 – 16 FRACKING Bob was mesmerized by the telltale signs of fracking on the hills east of Salt Lake City. The scale of the disruption is vast. Some of the access roads are carved into the mountainsides in unbelievable
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In which Bob and Rose drive down to Middendorf, South Carolina for sugar cane syrup – November 18, 2017 SUGAR CANE FOR FAIR GAME Fair Game Beverage Company is located at The Plant in Pittsboro, NC. Bob has jumped in as the Administrative Elder, but sometimes adds his shoulder to other facets of
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An unforgettable 40th reunion for the The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) class of 1974 – June 12 – 15, 2014 BLAST FROM THE PAST Bob attended TASIS for his last three years of High School. Although he was in the class of 1976, he knew the class of 1974 as the “big”
A very special place, the Italian part of Switzerland – June 11 through 16, 2014 ARRIVING IN LUGANO We arrived by bus with a number of fellow reunion attendees from Milan. As Mt. San Salvatore and Lake Lugano come into view, the reality of actually returning after 38 years began to sink in.
Excellent food and drink on the continent Switzerland and Italy, June 12 – 24, 2014 RISTORANTE PENSIONE AGRA We hiked up the Collina d\’Oro to Agra on a gorgeous day, and stopped at a place Bob had visited 38 years before for a beer (or two) and a salad. FELDSCHLÖSSCHEN Feldschlösschen
Bob & Camille head up the Collina d\’Oro to see some of the old haunts – June 12, 2014 TO MONTAGNOLA AND THE BENCH Montagnola is a village just up the Collina d\’Oro (gold hill) from TASIS. It’s where, as students, Bob & his friends would go to drink beer and blow off
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Each Fall, as part of orientation at TASIS, the school would get on buses and head to Valle Verzasca for a picnic and swimming in the chill, clear waters under the Roman Bridge. The Reunion took us back for more of the same – June 13, 2014 We’re ALL BOZOS ON THIS BUS!
The last two fabulous outings of the reunion – June 14 and 15, 2014 FUNICULAR FUN Most of us have never heard the word “funicular“. This particular funicular goes to the top of Monte Brè and was constructed in 1912. A MATTER OF BALANCE Funiculars are built with two cars that balance
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May 18, 19, 25 and 26 DINNER OUT WITH FRIENDS After arriving in DC, Ned, Camille, and Bob met Frankie and Jessica at a Mexican restaurant in the lively Adams Morgan district. A good time, and a few mojitos, were had by all. CABIN JOHN CREEK We had another great hike with Ned
