Rob Fahrni

Today marks 39 years my lovely bride has put up with me.

I’m very grateful and love her more now than ever. ❤️

Yesterday took us from Elk City, Oklahoma, to Jackson, Tennessee.

We traveled approximately 660 miles in about 10 hours. 🚙

Today we get back to Charlottesville, Virginia. Home. 🏡

We pull into Gallup, New Mexico, at 10PM local time last night. Totally pooped out. 🥱

Today we’re off to Elk City, Oklahoma. Much shorter day. We’re only covering 563 miles. 🚙

It’s hard to believe it’s August 1. Even one day on the road makes me forget what day it is. 🤣

Will I be able to write Saturday Morning Coffee on the road? Guess we’ll find out. 😃

Yesterday Bug and I visited San Luis Obispo, California, one of the many places our family has lived over the years. It’s a beautiful little town on the Central Coast. It’s not what most people think of when they think of the California coastline. That’s usually reserved for Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco.

We stopped to walk around Higuera street and have lunch at Firestone Grill. If you’re ever in San Luis Obispo, stop by for a meal, you’ll enjoy it.

Bug got the tri-tip sandwich and I got a tri-tip Cobb. We split a basket of half fries, half onion rings.

Needless to say it was a fantastic lunch. 🤤

We start our journey back home today.

Today’s leg takes us from Avila Beach, California to Gallup, New Mexico.

Looks like 811 miles with an estimated time of around 12 hours. 🚙

It will, of course, take longer. 😃

Day Four.

We left Gallup, New Mexico at 6:30AM local time outbound to Fresno, California. We arrived in Fresno at 6:30PM local time. It works out to 13 hours becuase we had a shift in time from the Central time zone (CST) to Pacific (PST).

We covered 783 miles or 1260 kilometers. I’m happy to be out of the car.

I’ve had trouble sleeping on this trip for some reason. Last night I slept like a baby. I woke up at 5:30AM on my own, no alarm needed, which was nice.

While we’re here I’m trying to stay as close to Eastern time as possible so I can work with my co-workers on their time.

The nice thing about that is I’m off earlier because of the three hour time difference.

Today is a long one.

Gallop, New Mexico to Fresno, California.

Estimated 11 hours, 775 miles or 1,247 kilometers.

Day two in the books.

We arrived in Elk City, Oklahoma at 5PM local time, Saturday. It was a much shorter drive, we only covered 532 miles or 856 kilometers.

Being tired is kind of the norm on roadtrips for us but it feels really great to have a shorter day.

Today’s leg of the trip takes us from Forrest City, Arkansas, to Elk City, Oklahoma.

Short jaunt.

Day one in the books.

We pulled into Forrest City, Arkansas, at 8:30PM CST, so it was 9:30 in Charlottesville.

That comes to 14.5 hours of driving, including breaks for gas, food, and other things. Approximately 718 miles, or 1,155 kilometers.

We’re both pooped out. This is the longest day of the trip. Tomorrow will be quite a bit shorter but still productive.

Good night.

Kim made this for me in 2002.

Our Magnolia is very happy. My Mom had a Magnolia and when I see one I think of her.

No Saturday Morning Coffee today. We’re still at the beach!

Here’s a picture of my Perfect Coffee.

Day four at the beach is in the books. The kids are tired, Kim and I are tired, everybody’s tired.

We’re having lunch at the trailer then I bet everyone takes a nap. 🤣

No beach tomorrow. Tomorrow we go inland a bit to a boardwalk of sorts and have a chill day. Some food, ice cream, whatever. Then we’ll pack up a bit and have a quiet evening.

Sunday we travel home. 🏡

Our grandson has started building his kingdom.

Love these kiddos and the ocean.

Kolby Jack

(Yes, that’s his name)

Ms. Gracie, living her best life.

In an email today from RetroSnap. (This site for this link may disappear soon.)

Alex here, founder at RetroSnap and the geekiest geek of retro gadgets. You may be receiving this message as part of a store-wide notification. If you have already received your order, please disregard this email.

We’re writing to share an important update regarding our store.

Due to recent increases in international import tariffs and related cross-border compliance costs, we’ve been forced to make the difficult decision to close our store and discontinue operations. These tariff changes are outside of our control and have made it impossible for us to continue operating sustainably. Please note that our business email will also be deactivated shortly.

So, I ordered one of these for Kim in early December, for Christmas. It still hasn’t arrived and I was really worried it wouldn’t get here, but I just checked and it’s due in Richmond, VA today. That’s a relief.

Also, thanks you damned Jackass in the White House whose last name rhymes with Dump. Those tariffs have been a real boon to the economy, right? 🤬

Jackass.

Our grandkids love putting “makeup” on our happy garden monk. 😃

Our granddaughter found herself a friend. A little firefly. Her name is Sparkles.

Ms. Gracie loves the sun.

Gracie is enjoying all the sniffs and Kolby is chillin on the front door mat. It’s a gorgeous day here, suns out, blue sky.

Sitting out on the deck this afternoon with the pups enjoying a beautiful day.

See what I did with that title? I’m here all week.

It’s been snowing overnight and when we got up this morning Kolby was like “Oh, it’s that cold white stuff. Guess I’d better do my business so I can go back inside.” That’s just what he did. No sniffing about. Get ‘er done.

Gracie on the other hand was like “OMG! I love this stuff it’s cold and fluffy and I should lick it! Now I should lose my brain and do zoomies around the yard for the next five minutes!”

Keep in mind that Ms. Gracie is a 110 pound Great Pyrenees. She doesn’t usually move that much or that fast.

She did her zoomies, tried to coax brother into playing, then decided to take a break in the snow by lying down.

She loves it so much. 🐶

Now they’re both passed out in the floor. Busy morning.