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We are headed south to Oshkosh. We should arrive around 6pm. It is pleasant but overcast today, and we seem to have left the heaviest part of the active snowfall.

Southerly

Snowfall

Christmas Photo

Photo with the Cooley family who were able to be in Park Falls for Christmas.

Christmas Photo

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve Spread

Christmas Eve Spread

We could see the bottom of the whirlpool all black with sand and mud, and the men were at their wit’s ends for fear. Homer, “The Odyssey”, Book XII In our book, “Reality in the Shadows,” Jim Gates, Frank Blitzer and I revisit the first time human set eyes on […]

A View from the Shadows: When Odysseus First Spied Charybdis

The Voyager probe looks back on our planet, so many decades ago. Our whole civilization, and all the wonders and terrors it has wrought, clinging to a pale blue ornament that hangs, lit by its parent star, nearly alone in the void.

An ornament in the void

Arrived!

We arrived in Park Falls about an hour ago. It was slow going once we hit the snow, but we got here safe and sound.

Arrived!

Night drive

A night drive in winter on dark country roads feels like this looks.

Night drive

We finally made it to Wisconsin! Just about 4 hours to go.

Finally in Wisconsin

Approaching Minneapolis. We’ll turn east before heading north again.

Onward through Minneapolis!

Jodi and I swapped who is driving, since I took the morning and early afternoon shifts. She’ll close out our road trip today. We should arrive in Park Falls, WI around 8pm. It took forever on this drive, but we finally got far enough north to see snow!

Drive trade

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