Chuck MarraSep 63 minThe Lost Abbey "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Benjamin Franklyn reported said that and I wholeheartedly agree. The...
Chuck MarraAug 282 minModern TimesIt was a warm day, and a drive down the Coast Highway again was just what I needed. I headed down to Encinitas. Just feet before the...
Chuck MarraAug 205 minThe Mission at San Luis ReyIt was a day for a beautiful drive. I left the coast in Oceanside and the road heated up quickly going east. The ocean was behind me...
Chuck and Megan MarraAug 132 minA Good Cafe on Pleasant Drive.Then there was the hot weather, and the need to find some sort of escape from it. If you head east from Los Angeles and just about when...
Chuck MarraAug 73 minThe Pier in OceansideAt home, I am a local living in a tourist town, so it is nice to be a tourist in someone else's hometown. To see what they live in. day...
Chuck and Megan MarraSep 15, 20206 min The End and The Beginning - Santa Barbara and Back. September 15, 2020This was going to be such a fun day and start to a great fall (no pun intended). We were going to drive Sophia up to Santa Barbara to AA...
Chuck MarraSep 2, 20203 minDay 15 - California and Home Again - September 2, 2020We've driven the I-15 back from Vegas maybe 50 or sixty times, and I love it, but it is a whole different drive in a ragtop. From the...
Chuck and Megan MarraSep 1, 20206 minDays 12-15 - We'll Always Have Paris. Aug 30-Sept 1, 2020The sights and smells of a casino at three in the afternoon are delicious and intoxicating. The the sweetness of fresh pastries, charred...
Chuck and Megan MarraAug 30, 20205 minDay 11 - Tucumcari to Flagstaff - August 29, 2020The next morning, we packed the car, Richard makes two different brews in the morning. He is kind of a coffee aficionado. And what we...
Chuck and Megan MarraAug 28, 20203 min Day 10 - The Road to Tucumcari - August 28, 2020The sun burned down on us and the air was still. The large metal sign in front of us informed us rattlesnakes were nearby; just off the...
Chuck and Megan MarraAug 28, 20204 minDay 10.1 - The Historic Motor Court - August 27Night had fallen and a desert chill had taken the air, by the time we pulled off the interstate. It was as if we had sailed on a fast...
Chuck and Megan MarraAug 27, 20204 minDay 9 - Oklahoma City Memorial - August 27We hadn't planned on going to see the Oklahoma City Memorial. We had to get on the road. We still had half the country to get across and...
Chuck and Megan MarraAug 27, 20202 minDay 8 - Beale Street Blues - August 26I had always wanted to see Memphis and still do. Just about everything was closed due to the Covid-19 shut down. Streets were quiet. ...
Chuck and Megan MarraAug 26, 20204 minDay 8.1 - Straight through Arkansas - August 26With not a lot of time to spare, we decided to cross the Memphis Arkansas Bridge and drive straight through Arkansas and get to Oklahoma...
Chuck and Megan MarraAug 26, 20204 minDay 6 - Like Family That We Had Not Yet Met - August 25, 2020We had to direct some VoiceOver pieces and do a few classes so we stayed put in Knoxville for one extra night. Too bad we didn't get to...
Chuck and Megan MarraAug 25, 20205 minDay 7 - Nashville to Memphis - August 25, 2020With only so many days left to get to the California DMV and register and smog Sofia, we had planned our milage and our stops carefully....
Chuck and Megan MarraAug 23, 20203 minDay 5 - Durham to Knoxville. The Adventure Begins... August 23/24 2020We left Durham this morning at 8:30; half an hour later than we wanted to leave, and half an hour earlier than we thought we’d actually...
Chuck MarraAug 22, 20202 minDay 4 - Farmland and Shaved Ice - August 22, 2020Today, we left Durham for a bit. We took the backroads of North Carolina east through farm country to meet some of Laura's family, and...
Chuck MarraAug 21, 20202 minDay 3 - The Woods of Chapel Hill - August 21, 2020The woods of Chapel Hill are as magical as any I have ever seen. We had taken Sophia from Durham to Chapel Hill up to meet our great...
Chuck MarraAug 20, 20205 minDay 2 - Durham - August 20We woke up late; must have been 11 a.m. There are pictures of me sleeping that will never see the light of day because I look like raw...
