I just started the journal for my first trip of 2025, and yes, I do realize that it is almost the end of July. All of the assorted reasons for the lack of travel during the first half of the year were just normal life happenings, and none were negative. Now I’m about to drive — and float — the full length of the current US-10. The floating part is on a ferry that crosses Lake Michigan as an official part of the US highway. The picture at right is clearly not of any part of a highway. It’s of Patrick Sweany at the Rumba Cafe in Columbus, OH. I bought my ticket to the show a couple of months ago and decided, since Columbus is essentially on the path from home to the east end of US-10, to make it a bon voyage bash. The show was Saturday, I drove to Bay City, MI, on Sunday, and I’m now heading west on US-10. The journal’s first day has been posted.

This entry lets blog-only subscribers know about the trip and provides a place for comments. The journal is here.