September 3, 2025
This day was a travel day from Moab, UT to Cuba, NM. The scenery along the route has been both spectacular and minimalistic.
Author Archives: Bob Kelly
Moab Touring and Camping Overview
September 3, 2025
Moab at Sunset from Sunset Point
We recently spend a couple of nights in Moab, UT after coming from Bryce Canyon NP. It is the week after Labor Day, but frankly, I was surprised by the availably of campsites in several parks and wanted to pass on some information. Continue reading
Mt Lassen Volcanic National Park
August 19, 2025
Lassen Volcanic National Park was on my bucket list and Mary Ellen and I found an opportunity to squeak it in. We found it to be an absolute delight.
Fourth of July
Today, July 4, 2024, is the Fiftieth Anniversary of my first Fourth of July with the Florham Park Police Department.
I had the choice to be in Florham Park and do something memorable for the Fiftieth Anniversary, but I’ve moved on in the last twenty four years and decided to go to Oklahoma and have a quiet day, removed from the past.
Things were different back then. Honestly, if you asked me where the time went, I would be hard pressed to tell. Many wonderful things have happened in that interval. I certainly am not the person I was then, but it seems like a flash of lightning and here we are, fifty years later. My first day on the department was July 1, a Monday. I don’t recall having a uniform issued to me that day, but I do recall Lt Frank Einloth attempting to educate Bob Hauptman, Bernie Wysocki and me on what it was to be a Florham Park Policeman. Continue reading
The Road to Albuquerque and Independence
I’m not sure where the summer went. It was challenging on a number of levels, but good things happened. When I left New Jersey to head out to the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, (scheduled for October 1), on Friday, September 16, I wasn’t really prepared either mentally or organizationally. When I left NJ, the RV had been cleaned (floors cabinets polished, carpet shampooed) and most of the cabinets had been examined and those things I haven’t used in a while were removed. The vibe at leaving was that not everything was as organized as I wanted, or that there wasn’t a state of being that I was comfortable with. Continue reading