Category: Travel

  • Road Tripping, part three

    The East Coast From Gaithersburg, we drove to Washington, DC, on the Clara Barton Parkway. The view entering the city is of the Kennedy Center across the Potomac. Stunning. I’ve never entered the city in that direction and loved the parkway. We cruised past the White House and Washington Monument and visited the National Building…

  • Road Tripping, part two

    Still in Texas. We headed out I-35 but diverted on Old Bastrop Highway before San Marcos. A highway marker said we were on the El Camino Real de los Tejas. The old highway from Mexico City. We stopped in Lockhart, TX, the barbeque capital of Texas, and bought some brisket, turkey, and sausage for our…

  • Road Tripping

    I recently completed a 2,700-mile roadtrip through 19 states to my ultimate destination–Rockland, Maine where I am spending two months. I left Montrose, Colorado, on Saturday, August 26, and spent the evening, night and most of the following day with my sons in Vallecito, CO. Then, I drove to Santa Fe, NM arriving in time…

  • Learning adventures across the globe

    Learning adventures across the globe

    from Beacon Senior News You’ve probably heard of road warriors—harried business people who are constantly traveling for work. That doesn’t sound like much fun, does it? But for seniors traveling with Road Scholar, it’s possible to live it up and learn while seeing the world.  Montrose residents Mabel Risch and Beverly Wilson have each traveled with…