29 Going on 79

Man it's been a long time since I blogged. I've been on the road for work and then pretending to be caught up while I was at home in between trips.

All of my travel strated when I visited Monmouth and Galesburg, Illinois the third weekend in February. I drove out and picked up my volunteer counterpart for the trip in Indianapolis. It was nice to have a companion on the drive and I made the necessary stop at the Warm Glow Candle Outlet on Interstate 70. While in Galesburg we were on the Knox College campus where Lincoln and Douglass held one of their famous debates and I was able to see the Carl Sandburg birthplace - the poet and Lincoln biographer. Illinois is a lot like Scotland. Every single place in Scotland claims to have been visited by Mary Queen of Scots. Lincoln is like Illinois' Mary Queen of Scots.

The last weekend of February I traveled to Boston and Cape Cod and spent some time in Boston before my actual work commitments started. It was a beautiful and sunny (albeit windy) day in Boston and I was able to see the Kennedy Library and Museum - which makes 5 Presidential Libraries and/or Museums in 3 years! It only seems logical that I should make this a new life goal to visit all of them - especially since McKinley's is right here in Ohio! I also had a chance to check out the Harvard campus in Cambridge. It's gorgeous!

The first weekend of March I headed to San Diego and extended my stay to see Jeff for a couple of days. He drove down from Long Beach and did an awesome job researching San Diego for us. We had no trouble using the trolley and bus systems and easily took in the sights! We were able to see Old Town San Diego where the original San Diego settlement was built; the zoo; Coronado and the famed Hotel Del Coronado where my embarassingly favorite book Somewhere in Time took place :)

I have three more big trips before settling in for the summer - hopefully a quiet summer! The first weekend in April I'll head back to Iowa and Nebraska for work and an extended visit with college pals. The third weekend in April I'll head back to Monmouth for the dedication of two historic markers and the Museums Committee meeting - of which I am the primary staff support. Then in May I'm meeting Jeff in D.C. to do some sight-seeting and hopefully some niece-seeing. Sissy Jessie is due on May 3rd with my new favorite niece. I arrive on the 1st and depart on the 5th or 6th so here's hoping new baby Towers cooperates with my travel-plans :)