I haven’t blogged in a while, so you may have wondered what happened to me. Did I stop driving? Did I settle somewhere? Was I abducted by aliens? Well, none of the above. I was touring around the northeast for a while, enjoying some winter weather. Since I hadn’t driven in snow for years, it was interesting to relearn how to handle it. I think the rally course may have helped a bit. Nothing really prepared me for Blizzard Orson…
After completing my rally driving course in New Hampshire, I returned to Portland, Maine. If you’ve been following my travels, you may remember that I have friends there, and I was back to visit them, as well as to attend a job interview. You may also be aware that the new occupant of the White House has been issuing some controversial orders recently. As a woman, a scientist, and someone who has emigrated between countries, I find myself in opposition…
For a couple of years now I’ve been thinking about learning some rally driving skills, and for the last year or so I’ve had a plan in mind — to attend a course for a couple of days at the Team O’Neil Rally School in Dalton, New Hampshire. After one reschedule, I finally made it in the last week of January, and it was definitely worth the wait! I made my way to the nearest town of Littleton, NH through the…
I grew up about 10 miles down the road from Remington Arms, but had never been to the factory or the museum. Since I was back on my native ground for a few days, I thought I’d take the opportunity to check it out. The Remington Arms factory has been in the town of Ilion, NY for over 200 years. They’re the oldest continuously operating manufacturer in North America, and the oldest gun company in the US. I believe that at…
Sometimes I get rather tired of people telling me, “it’s the journey, not the destination.” For me, it’s both. Each is important, but incomplete without the other. They are Yin and Yang. So this post is about some of the more interesting modes of travel that I experienced as I was travelling up the east coast, things that made me laugh or made an impression on me in some way. __________ The lovely Fuller Warren suspension bridge over the St Johns…