Author Archives: ericnewell

I’m in Atlanta for work (or the ATL as Kenny Tarmac from the Bob & Tom Show calls it), but I don’t really have anything to do all day except get ready for a 5 minute presentation on Thursday.    Room service at hotels – could it BE any more of a rip-off (done inContinue reading “The ATL”

We decided to take a spontaneous trip to visit our college alma mater – the University of Minnesota at Morris.  It was Homecoming, and since it’s a little less than a two hour drive, we decided to head on down.  We made it to town just in time for the Homecoming parade.  The Homecoming paradeContinue reading “A Trip Down Memory Lane”

 I’m lumping days 6 and 7 together because we were just on a mission to get home.  We got up Sunday morning and had some breakfast with the in-laws before taking some awkward pictures and hitting the road.    I have always loved maps since I was a kid.  I used to read maps, drawContinue reading “Branson Vacation – Days 6 & 7”

Day 5 (Saturday) started out with another quick swim in the pool, but then it was time for Becky and me to go participate in the reunion golf scramble.  I played with Becky’s grandma’s sister (Regina), Becky’s aunt (Mary Pat) and a longer distance relative (Matt) from Wichita, KS.  We didn’t play so well and I in particular didn’tContinue reading “Branson Vacation – Day 5”

Friday started out with some swimming in the pool at the motel.  Katie’s so tall now that she can hop on her tip-toes in the 3 foot deep section.  She’s really taken to swimming more now that she’s able to touch bottom more often.  Amelia just loves to be in the water.  For the rest of the tripContinue reading “Branson Vacation – Day 4”

We woke up to a beautiful September morning in Kimberling City, MO, but we didn’t know what to do.  We hadn’t developed any plans up to this point, and when we went to search for Becky’s mom and grandma, they weren’t to be found.  We found out later they were spending the morning receiving a pitch aboutContinue reading “Branson Vacation – Day 3”

As usual, I forgot a few things when packing to leave for our trip.  This time it was my computer.  I didn’t really need it; of course, but I wanted to bring it along so I could blog along the way and do my normal reading of baseball and other news (OK, just baseball news).  IContinue reading “Branson Vacation – Day 2”

I’m going to try to blog our way through our vacation to Branson, MO which started with a long drive last night.  We are headed down to the Sack family reunion (Sack is Becky’s grandma’s maiden name).  We made it to Council Bluffs, IA (that’s Iowan for Omaha) at 11:35 last night with two sleeping girls.  Neither BeckyContinue reading “Branson Vacation – Day 1”