Part 7 here OK, today is the day when we will ride the train to San Francisco. Tickets were bought in February, first to the train, then to the plane from San Francisco to Chicago. But I have a strange…
Sabbatical 2016. Chicago Museum of Science and industry
Part 6 here All day today we will spend in Chicago. The plan is to go to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, then meet with Andrey’s school classmate that lives here. But first we need to wash our…
Sabbatical 2016. Crayola Experience
Part 5 here Today we will visit the Mall with Crayola Experience activity center. There only 3 of them in the US – in Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Florida. Statue with crayons greeted us when we entered the mall.Everything is very…
Sabbatical 2016. Matchstick Marvels
Part 4 here After a long drive yesterday we decided to sleep a little bit longer than usual. But still, we have five hours of road in front of us so we need to hurry up. After breakfast and packing…
Sabbatical 2016. 1880 Town
Part 3 here Andrey and I take turns driving, so after my turn ended, I fell asleep. Suddenly I woke up and found out that car is not moving anymore. Turned out that while me and kids enjoyed the sweet dreams…
Sabbatical 2016. Mt. Rashmore
Part 2 here Today it will be very hot outside – close to 100F. We would like to do as much as we can while it is still cool outside but that means we need to get up really early. However,…
Sabbatical 2016. Beartooth Pass
Part 1 here After breakfast we will go through beautiful Beartooth Pass serpentines Part 3 here
Sabbatical 2016. Bannack
Finally that day has come, and after fast Monday packing we are prepared for our vacation. The car is ready and so are we. Tuesday morning, after sending our cat a good-bye kiss, we jumped into our Tundra and started…
Winter Break 2015, Part 3
Part 1 here Part 2 here In the morning we realized that home is not that far away, and it is possible to get there by the evening. So after a quick breakfast and preparations we left the hotel and…
Winter Break 2015, Part 2
Part 1 here As the forecast had promised, during the night the wind calmed down. Sun warmed up the surroundings and air was not freezing anymore. Time to go geocaching! We are going to have a long walk during the search,…