The Outer Banks! There's a first time for everything!
When you decide to travel, one thing you always hope for is good weather. When visiting Scotland years ago we were caught in what was pr...Read More
Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts
The American Revolution in the South! The Liberty Trail, Quarantine travel, and some Outlander stuff too!
After a long delay, and a worldwide pandemic, we're finally back with some local trips you can take as it looks like the world may no...Read More
Get the Most Out of Your Museum Membership
One of the true blessings of our modern world is the opportunity for everyone to learn. As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I...Read More
Newport, Rhode Island - The Heart of the Gilded Age
Leaving Boston we set out for the wide open plains of Rhode Island. Wait, Rhode Island is smaller than several counties in Texas, and i...Read More
Philadelphia - Where Have You Been All My Life?
Our last stop on this trip was the other bookend of democracy that we set out to explore, Philadelphia. After spending two nights in Ne...Read More
Lexington & Concord (Where It All Began)
For those of you who are history buffs, you probably know the story well. As tensions rose in Boston in 1775, the British army learned ...Read More
Boston & the Road to Revolution
I'm a United States history teacher, and for years I have been teaching about our forefathers, and mothers, and the fight for freedo...Read More
A Southern Music & Ribs Road Trip! (Part II)
By this point we were thoroughly stuffed with ribs, macaroni and cheese, and an unexpected amount of banana pudding. We didn't get ...Read More
A Southern Music & Ribs Road Trip! (Part I)
For years we have been talking about visiting Memphis together. While we had both been there separately, we had never been there togeth...Read More
Tuscon, Saguaro National Park, & the Surface of the Sun (Part II)!
After spending three days down in southern Arizona, we made our way north to the warmer climates of central Arizona. In case the 110 de...Read More
Atlanta Botanical Gardens - A Midtown Oasis
You can live in a city your entire life and never see everything it has to offer. One of the gems of Atlanta that we've missed for ...Read More
Yellowstone National Park (First Among Equals)
There are places you want to see, but there are only a few places in life that you have to go see. Well, if there is one park in this c...Read More
Bozeman, Montana
In the previous post, I mentioned that a man named John Bozeman created a path through the Sioux lands in the 1860's that led miners...Read More
The Road to Montana - The Bozeman Trail
After spending three days in South Dakota, we set out to explore a new corner of the country we've never traveled through together. ...Read More
South Dakota - The Land of Mammoths, Monuments, and Nice People
Wendy and I have gotten into the habit of taking a western vacation every year. We've been to Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado in ...Read More
Tombstone, Southern Arizona, and the Surface of the Sun!
When you are looking for somewhere to go over the 4th of July week, I know what you are thinking. Where can we go that will be as hot a...Read More
The Grand Canyon (Have you guys heard about this giant hole?)
There are few naturally occurring sites in the world the draw the same number of tourists each year as a Disney World, but the Grand Can...Read More
Wupatki National Monument & Sunset Crater National Monument
Setting out from Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, we hit the road and headed south towards Arizona, weaving our way through the rug...Read More
Mesa Verde National Park
After our trip through New Mexico, Wendy and I made a brief stop in Colorado to visit a park that has been recommended to me by countles...Read More
Santa Fe and the surrounding sites
Wendy and I decided to take a tour of the West for sites that lie a little further off the beaten path than most. For years we have hea...Read More
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