Author dorabenley

We wanted to eat steak for lunch instead of the usual hamburger at McDonalds. But we never should have pulled off the highway to stop here. The buffet wasn’t very good. The steak was so-so. But what was truly, unbelievably… Continue Reading →

Land of Bill Clinton and Thunderstorms Edward and Dora Ware met lots of crafty politicians in their time. They had to deal with Hitler. Edward was Churchill’s boon companion. Neither ever met Bill Clinton, the “is” “is” President from the… Continue Reading →

Putlitz and puppy on the road. They are making the trek across the country with us and enjoying the southern fried chicken, thank you. Puppy on the road. His name is Rommel. Puppy on the road. His name is Rommel…. Continue Reading →

Into The Land Of Southern Magnolias: As we checked out of the La Quinta in Sulphur Springs and drove east on I-30, the trees grew taller. The grass was everywhere along with the sounds of mowers. We crossed the Sulphur… Continue Reading →

Texas: Land of Flags, McDonalds, George Bush, and Fate The wild weather continued for the second day in a row as we checked out of the La Quinta in Weatherford, Texas. Heck, tornadoes had made the news only yesterday. Instead… Continue Reading →

6% grade in Texas hill country Ghost Town Museum Chocolate Dipped Cone at Dairy Queen From Abilene to Weatherford: Texas Hill Country With the Permian Basin just memory, we left Abilene in a pouring rain storm and headed east through… Continue Reading →

Dora and Edward liked to get their hands dirty with spying for Churchill. But they never knew what dirty was. They never visited the oil patch in Texas. Today we zoomed out of over-priced, boomtown Midland, Texas where they charge… Continue Reading →

Dora and Edward had great adventures everywhere from Moscow to Berlin to Lisbon to Egypt. But even they never encountered a wild and woolly Texan. Nor did they drive from Van Horn to Midland as we did today, watching the… Continue Reading →

Juarez, Mexico seen from I-10 going through El Paso Dora and Edward fought their way through the wilds of New Mexico fending off German spies looking for the A bomb during WW2. Edward and Lawrence had a busy time of… Continue Reading →

Dora and Edward traveled to Italy and Venice in Hitler’s Spy. But even going to Italy you couldn’t discover a tastier minestrone soup than that served at the Olive Garden at the Sunland Park Mall in El Paso, Texas —… Continue Reading →