| Date |
Place/Location |
Comments |
| 3/20/2010 Saturday |
Boston to Pennsylvania |
I made good time and ended up in hometown America
type place, Williamsport PA, home of the Little League World Series that
a lot of us dreamed about at one time. |
| 3/21/2010 Sunday |
Pittsburgh to Charleston WV |
I hit the road and I80 and went through PA farmlands
on to West Virginia farmlands and factories to their capitol,
Charleston. |
3/22/2010
Monday |
Charleston WV through KY and TN
to Nashville |
Charleston WV through KY and TN to Nashville. I ended
up in Nashville TN , home of country music and went to Tootsies on
Broadway and saw a great country act. |
| 3/23/2010 Tuesday |
Nashville to Memphis TN |
Memphis, home of BB King and the Blues. Checked out
Beale Street where all the clubs are and BB King's bar. It is also Danny
Thomas home and St Judes Hospital. |
| 3/24/2010 Wednesday |
Memphis TN through Arkansas and
Oklahoma to Amarillo TX. |
I hit Little Rock , Arkansas where President Bill
Clinton is king. I visited the site of the Oklahoma bombing, Murtah
Federal Building by McVeigh and the memorial established for it. I
stayed at the Big Texan Motel and ate at the big Texan Steak house home
of the free 72 ounce steak if you can eat it. I made the live video cam
but could not eat that. however, the Texas beer was freat. I drove alog
the old Route 66 and saw the Cadillac Graveyard where there are cars
buried along I30. |
| 3/25/2010 Thursday |
TX to New Mexico |
Arrived in Albuquerque and went downtown to Old Town
and in town, a small little Rt 66 type town. |
| 3/26/2010 Friday |
Albuquerque, NM |
Small Route 66 town, has westerly Indian feel. |
| 3/27/2010 Saturday |
Santa Fe, NM |
home of healing, ski areas near bye was Taos. I
visited Cerillos NM, a ghost town on the Turquoise Trail. |
| 3/28/2010 Sunday |
Colorado Springs, CO |
Went through the NM mountains and plains. you can
drive 100 mph ( for a few seconds). Colorado Springs is home to Air
Force Academy and Pike's Peak, a great little town. I ended up at an
Irish music "sessuin" at a pub in 60 degree weather. |
| 3/29/2010 Monday |
Grand Junction CO |
Visited Denver and the rocky Mountains. Vail ski area
was 70's and rich in $$$$$. Ended up in the plains and mountains by the
Colorado River and to Grand Junction on the border of Utah. |
| 3/30/2010 Tuesday |
Utah |
?? probably going through Utah towards Las Vegas and
Flagstaff , playing the weather, avoiding SNOW. It snows then it is 70
the next day. I ended up in Saint George Utah, home of Brigham Young. |
| 3/31/2010 Wednesday |
Last Official Day on BPD
Las Vegas |
last day on job for BPD officially retired at 5 PM- I
have been in this Police profession since September 1973, UMB PD then
to Boston PD in November 1977, almost 37 years total. Thank God for no
real serious bad things happening. Las Vegas was the place to
celebrate, on the Strip tonight. |
| 4/1/2010 Thursday |
Las Vegas |
Las Vegas- Downtown Freemont street experience to
see the older side of Las Vegas. I celebrated the actual first day of
retirement at the The Four Queens old Las Vages , great time but lost
$$$$. |
| 4/2/2010 Friday |
Grand Canyon
Flagstaff |
Went to see the beautiful Grand Canyon, Williams Az and Flaggstaff AZ,
the old Route 66 of the West |
| 4/3/2010 Saturday |
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Tempe |
toured Phoenix, Tempe ( ASU) and Scottsdale AZ,
warmth, dry air , good for the bones. i stayed at Tempe, the home of ASU
Arizona State University, reminded me of the old days visiting UMass
Amherst in the 70's. |
| 4/4/2010 Sunday |
Lake Havasu City AZ |
Spring Break HQ of AZ was over but the lake and beach
were great, sunny in 80's. Watched the Sox at a bowling alley on Easter
Sunday |
| 4/5/2010 Monday |
Palm Springs |
checking out this old movie star town from the 50's,
seems pretty slow right now. The drive through AZ and CA joshua Tree
desert was sandy and watched the Emergency call stations since the cell
phone did not work. |
4/6/2010 Tuesday |
To Northern California |
Ended up in San Simeon CA, home of Hearst Castle |
| Wednesday 4/7/2010 |
Ended up in San Francisco |
long drive through Pacific Coast Highway at 25 mph,
for me, about 50 mph for native CA people- serious drive but beautiful |
| Thursday 4/8/2010 |
San Francisco Marina
neighborhood |
Robin Williams lives here, but it is a regular type
place sort of Went to HorseShoe Tavern to watch Boston stuff |
| Friday 4/9/2010 |
San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf |
Took the Rice a Roni, the San Francisco Treat
trolley up past Lombard Street, the crookedest street in the world |
| Saturday 4/12/2010 |
San Francisco Touring |
went to the Buccaneer Bar in Russian Hill
neighborhood, a Boston bar, the Bartender lived in Dorchester, played in
a band and played in what is now The D Bar. I could not think of the
60's name, early Alzheimers. |
Sunday
4/13/2010 |
Wine Country ,northern CA |
I checked out Wine Country |
| Monday 4/14/2010 |
Inland CA empire |
drove down route 5, the CA Inland Empire, farmland |
| Tuesday 4/15/2010 |
Hollywood |
I made it through Pasadena, and in to LA, stayed in
Hollywood. |
| Wednesday 4/16/2010 |
Hollywood |
I toured the norther beaches, Malibu, home of the
stars and the OJ sights. I went to McLeans, which is a Boston fans bar
on Wilshire Blvd and was all Red Sox fans abd ex-Bostonians. It was in
the World Series movie. |
| Thursday 4/17/2010 |
Santa monica |
toured the rest of LA and southern beaches, saw the
Queen Mary. I headed out to check out the Stars nightlife in Santa
Monica and Main Street. |
|
4/16/2010
Friday |
Southern CA, coastal and inland
Anaheim |
Through Southern California, saw Disneyland the place where we all saw
the magic castle on Sunday nights and heard Walt talk to us. Anaheim is
motel home. The coastal cities and pretty quaint and picturesque. Inland
Route 5 CA is good highway through the more moderate living areas. |
|
4/17/2010
Saturday |
San Diego |
San Diego- I explored the coast of San Diego and La Jolla, went past
Camp Pendelton for you Marines and Navy guys. I headed out to Old Town,
historical SD for nourishment. I also went to Ocean Beach, dog beach and
Pacific Beach, the real CA beach city party town. I had at beer at my
favorite joint in CA to watch the sunset over the Pacific Ocean and have
reasonable priced beer, The Lahaina House on PB. It was GREAT. |
|
4/18/2010
Sunday |
San Diego |
Visited Coronado the Navy town, Balboa Park, SD Zoo and downtown where I
watched the home games in the Gas Lamp Quarter. There was a Blarney
Stone pub, like the old Fields Corner one there. |
|
4/19/2010
Monday |
Las Vegas |
Long drive through the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas. There was a Road
Warning to turn off you’re A/C while driving up the 18 miles to the
summit before entering Nevada from CA. |
|
4/20/2010
Tuesday |
Las Vegas |
Las Vegas to meet my son who is a teacher for some sun, 83 degrees, pool
and relaxation and gambling and partying during school vacation week. |
|
4/21/2010
Wednesday |
Las Vegas |
Las Vegas- relax before the long train trip home from Seattle next week.
It is supposed to rain here, unusual and dropped to 50’s, but nice in
town and going to still snow up in the local LV ski area Mt. Charleston.
I went to Town Square and had a Blue Martinin at the Blue Martini |
|
4/22/2010
Thursday |
Las Vegas |
Will gamble one last time (probably lose ) and enjoy the Las Vegas happy
hour scene |
|
4/23/2010
Friday |
Southern CA |
Southern California again before flight to Seattle |
|
4/24/2010
Saturday |
Seattle |
Seattle- exploring coffee city, Pioneer Square where the ball parks are
and Fish Market where the workers throw big fish around. (Last trip here
to see Red Sox, my son ended up in the middle of a shootout near the
Space Needle ) |
|
4/25/2010
Sunday |
Seattle |
Seattle- will check out Space Needle, home of Microsoft, king of
computers. |
|
4/26/2010
Monday
|
Seattle Then on Amtrak East |
Amtrak- scheduled to start train ride home to Boston through the
Northern border states for the week (Washington, Idaho, Montana, North
Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois in to Chicago) It is called the Empire
Builder Route. This should be scenic through Glacier National Park and
Fargo, coldest US city. |
|
Tuesday
4/27/2010 |
Amtrak East
Northern border states |
On Amtrak for a LONG RIDE, never did this before, another new experience
at 58 years old. |
|
Wednesday
4/28/2010 |
Amtrak East
Chicago |
On Amtrak to Chicago, Empire Builder, rented a bedroom superette |
|
Thursday
4/29/2010 |
Amtrak East home to Boston |
Chicago to Boston on Amtrak on the Lakeshore Route (Illinois, Indiana,
NY, ? VT, Massachusetts) |
|
Friday
4/30/2010 |
West Roxbury Home |
Home and will have beers at the Corrib Pub and the West On Centre
(formerly Charlies and Buck Mulligan's) on Centre Street in West Roxbury-
This will have been the best trip of my life and unforgettable |
|
Saturday
5/1/2010 |
Boston |
Start to plan the rest of my life, hopefully I get a good 21 plus more
years out of them , as did my parents Margaret and John Sr. to make it
to reasonable health in to my 80’s at least and get my pension’s worth. |
|
Summer of 2010 |
Boston |
Plan to be not working until the fall of 2010 ,for the first time since
1964 when I worked my first job at the Carney Hospital coffee shop
(thank you Dennis Kelliher ) I will do some local Cape trips and enjoy
new Grand Daughter Lillian Elizabeth Donovan (of Patrick and Maureen) |
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I have two friends in my rented Hertz Kia Spectra Car ( a great deal
$770. for a month one way Boston to San Diego, Thank you Hertz promo). I am
getting 35 miles per gallon and car is comfortable. My two friends are the Never
Lost GPS and a blue cup. You figure it out. I don't stop if I don't need to or
want to. This is first day Red JJ McLean got me set up and running on here
so I will be adding when I get spare time. Retirement actual on paper day is
Wednesday March 31, 2010. I am in Santa Fe New Mexico today, Saturday 3/27/2010
and will be in Utah on retirement day. I am trying to avoid the snow here when I
head for Colorado on Sunday. Thanks JJ
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