Monthly Archives: May 2015

Oh I Wish I Were….

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There are almost as many ways to travel as there are travelers but few as odd as this one. Over the part year Alex has driven over 40,000 miles over 25 states all in the name of a little marketing. No, the mobile does not serve up hotdogs (Alex gets that a lot). But they do give away whistles and this makes a lot of people smile.

imageThere are actually six Weiner Mobiles traveling the U.S.  They are driven mostly by recent college grads who do it for a year.  They are but a select few who, per Alex, number less than the total amount of people who have visited space (if you include Cosmonauts in the total).  And lucky for us Alex is our neighbor’s and good friends niece, thus the surprise celebrity visit. For just one magical night a childhood wish came true. 

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….after all

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I spy Europe

I used to sometimes get my hair cut in Lakeview by an older man with a strong German. His one chair shop was heated entirely by a wood burning stove making it the perfect place to whittle away a short winter day. While camping in Twillingate, Newfoundland I was amazed to meet a retired CPS teacher who, as a young boy, also got his hair cut by the same barber in the same shop.  It’s a small world.

In about a month Henna, Corey, and I plan on stepping a bit further out into that small world with three backpacks, a small cooler on wheels, and a tiny pink suitcase. A thirty minute train will take us downtown where we will take another train a thousand miles to New York City. After a couple of days it is off to Iceland for a week.  And then on to Oslo where we pick up a car and spend three and a half weeks driving to Luxumburg. After a few days in Paris we fly to Dublin and then after another week we fly home to O’Hare and take the blue line back to our house.

A trip like this means a few hard choices.  Two big casualties are our beat up net book and the Nikon D40. Replacing these old friends are two smart phones so expect smaller word counts and less impressive photos. The tent, however, is a non-negotiables and we are excited to find out if Euro camping is as friendly as it is in the U.S. and Canada. One thing is for sure, our world is about to get bigger.