We were flooded with many messages and comments about yesterday’s post, a topic we’ve covered in past posts. One reader wrote that we may have haters, but we don’t. We have some highly opinionated readers, but none that are hateful and toxic, aimed at us or our site. We appreciate that more than we can say.
Our biggest concern regarding our readers is that they become bored with our posts when we don’t have much going on, such as right now. Much to our delight, we don’t lose readers during our quiet times. It will be pretty quiet for us during the next few months. We won’t be traveling outside the US until June.
However, we will be making the first of the road trips beginning on April 1, as follows:
- 4/1/2024 – Las Vegas, Nevada to Apache Junction, Arizona – 5 hr 19 min (336.3 mi) via US-93 S
- 5/15//2024 – Apache Junction, Arizona to Los Angeles, California – 6 hr 42 min (407.9 mi) via I-10 W
- 5/18/2024 – Los Angeles, California to Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 30 hr (2,057.1 mi) via I-80 E
- 5/20/2023 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Minneapolis, Minnesota – 4 hr 52 min (337.1 mi) via I-94 W
As you can see, three of the above road trips won’t require an overnight stay in a hotel, based on the short duration.
From there, on June 14, 2024, the average flight time from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Nelspruit, to South Africa – is 30 hours and 10 minutes. The exact time will be determined by the length of layovers along the way. The flight covers a distance of 14,514.61 miles.
While traveling across the US on these road trips, we’ll stop to take photos and make every moment of our road trips enjoyable for both of us. We’re definitely looking forward to these four trips. Perhaps this will be a foray into what we may do in the future when health may limit our traveling the world as much as we’ve done in the past. We’ve often discussed traveling in the US at some point.
As our readers know. We came to the US for several months to get me signed up for Medicare Part B and a supplement. We needed to be here for Tom’s pulmonology appointment in Chicago on January 10. In the months to come, I’ll go to the Mayo Clinic to have more tests on my heart to determine if further treatment is crucial in the next year.
Of course, spending time with family is also a huge motivator in spending time in the US. During this trip, we’ll see more family than we have in the past in any single stay. We’ll have accomplished a lot by leaving in June and feel at ease returning to South Africa.
Today is cleaning day. This morning, I did laundry and my share of the cleaning, and now Tom is vacuuming and will wash the floors. We’ll dine in tonight, and tomorrow, on Saturday, we’ll head down the one flight of stairs to the Village to go out to dinner.
Be well.
Photo from ten years ago today, January 19, 2014:
Looking forward to seeing your road trip adventures! Seems like a good time to travel, avoiding the extreme heat. And it will be winter in South Africa when you arrive in June, so the weather should be pleasant there as well! It’s supposed to drop just below freezing tonight here in Houston, Texas, which is quite cold for us, but much preferable to the over 100 degree F we had during the summer.
Best regards,
Pam
Pam, sorry about your cold weather in Houston! But, as you say, it’s whole lot better than high summer temps. It’s very cool here now in Henderson, NV but we don’t mind a bit. Yes, we decided to return to South Africa during their winter in June to avoid the awful summertime heat, although we’ve spent more time there in summer than we have in winter. It’s all relative…we love being there so much we accept the inconveniences along with the joys.
Thanks for writing. We love hearing from you.
Warmest regards,
Jess & Tom