Red rocks…and a rainbow

Driving to St. Louis we stopped overnight in three different locations. Our goals were (1) to see a bit of the beauty of the west, (2) to get a bit of exercise, (2b) to make sure Jessica kept up her 10,000 steps per day streak, (3) to avoid the heat of the middle of the day, and (4) to make […]

Cross Country…with cats

We left Santa Cruz to start our year away from home (Jessica’s sabbatical, my year-long leave) in late June. The first leg of our journey involved a cross-country drive from Santa Cruz, CA (home) to St. Louis, MO (my parents) to Asheville, NC (Jessica’s parents) with the eventual goal of leaving our cats with Mark and Sue in North Carolina. […]