Day #4 – Friday. With Doc’s conference now in full swing, I would be on my own for the next two days. In the past I have attended conference sessions with him. I’ve learned a lot of interesting history over the years and I also enjoy hanging out with “the guys” whom I’ve come to know…
The nice thing about San Antonio is that just about everything you want to see is within walking distance. The conference Doc was attending was in the Wyndham which is about “the end of the line” on the Riverwalk, and yet the distance to anyplace I wanted to go wasn’t more than a half mile…
Have I mentioned before how much I hate flight day? Cleveland Hopkins is our nearest airport but this time it happened that tickets to Houston out of Akron-Canton would save us $200 per ticket. It meant a plane change in Chicago instead of a non-stop flight in addition to the extra 20 minutes of driving…
Doc and I had flown in to Houston to visit an old friend, Pirooz, and we had one day to spend there before moving on to San Antonio where we were to attend a history conference. I knew the space center was there. I’d always wanted to see it. But their website wasn’t encouraging. Full…
All photos © Amy Pohl Sawgrass Lake Park is a 400 maple swamp on the Gulf Coast of Florida in St. Petersburg. Known as a bird watchers paradise the park is also a good place to see other animals as well, including alligators and turtles. The park features a mile long boardwalk, nature trail and…
