Posted in Life in Central IL, tagged Moby Dick, MPG, MPH on July 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Yay! We are almost to Missouri! And that means we are almost to Peoria, Illinois!
Moby Dick, our great white truck, is doing fine! Because it is an ’89, and because it is new to us, we decided to play it safe and drive 55 MPH (better for fuel efficiency too) for the entire trip. These days, even the semi trucks (most of them anyway) are going 70/75 MPH.
Speaking of Moby Dick, Mark’s great aunt, Evabeth, traced the family tree back to Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick!
Posted in Life in Central IL, tagged falling star, Meteorite, shooting star on June 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Mark and I just saw a BRIGHT meteorite/ shooting star fall from the sky and burn up close to the ground (maybe 100 feet from the highway or less). The light lasted about three seconds and looked to be about the size of a baseball. I told Mark this was the first time I had ever seen a meteorite/shooting star. He said that he had plenty of meteorites, but this was the closest, brightest, and longest burning one he has ever seen.
Posted in Life in Central IL on June 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Life in Central IL on June 28, 2011| 2 Comments »
For now, we are driving to IL with our CA belongings.
We just sold our car. Had to go have car smogged and go to the DMV today. We are on the road now (noon on Tuesday, June 28, 2011) leaving Los Angeles.
Aloha Garden of Peace 