300 Years of History

Our stay in New Bern, North Carolina continues. As much as I hated history in high school, it’s a whole nother thing to see it in person – to hear the stories, see the casemates and cannons, and to imagine a life during that time period – when the fate of our country was at hand. […]

A Visit to Tryon Palace

Our stay in New Bern, North Carolina continues with a trip back in time – to one of our country’s first colonial capitals and the home of William Tryon – a royal governor of New Bern. President George Washington visited this lavish palace for dinner and a ball in 1791. Click on the first photo […]

Seeking the Sun 2023

It’s that time again. The holidays have passed and as winter sets in, Jim and I have the urge to migrate like the birds. We have a great line-up of accommodations that will offer warmer locations to hang our hats for a couple of months and give us the opportunity to see new places, visit family, […]

Bay State Getaway Recap

Blogposts from our Bay State Getaway are finally complete. This post provides an outline of where we went, what we saw and links to posts associated with each stop.  If you haven’t seen any of the posts, you may want to start at the beginning. Near the bottom of each post, there is a green […]

Wow-Worthy Waterfalls

Months before our trip, a friend shared a Facebook post that included Taughannock Falls as one of many beautiful waterfalls to see in New York. Right away we tried to figure out how we could incorporate this stop (and one other from the same site) into this road trip. We definitely took the back roads […]

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