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Best Western Thunderbird Inn: Needs More Than New Carpeting The check in clerk proudly pointed out that we were checking into a room with brand new carpeting. In fact the maintenence men were carrying rolls of carpeting to other rooms… Continue Reading →

The Cracker Barrel Restaurant at Memphis East Sycamore View is a bustling place. Their waitresses try to keep seating everyone and serving them like clockwork. The food is Southern country style with sweet tea and all the fixins including grits… Continue Reading →

Down Home Food As We Drive Through The Mountains: Dora and Edward had to worry about how to entertain Ambassador von Ribbentrop at Ware Hall in October of 1936. They had to make sure they had the right number of… Continue Reading →

Dora and Edward had many a cold, dreary, dark day at Ware Hall in the south of England, but in Tennessee? It pelted rain as we drove along I-40 from Memphis to Hurricane Mills. But we knew we were in… Continue Reading →

We Cross The Mississippi in A Rainstorm: Everybody has their rivers to cross. Edward and Dora had to deal with the Nile in Nightmare at Ware Hall when Edward was stationed at Mid-East Headquarters. Today we crossed the Mississippi River… Continue Reading →

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 →