Carlsbad Caverns is another site on our bucket list.  We have heard a lot about the cave and since we have seen several on this trip we wanted to include Carlsbad.  When we drove up to the Cavern entrance we …

We arrived at the RV Park at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio late in the afternoon.  We decided to take it easy for the rest of the day and see the City the next day.  After traveling for …

Thanks to the big red double-decker HOHO (Hop-On-Hop-Off) buses, we were able to hit all the highlights of New Orleans in a single day.  Surprisingly, the city is still recovering from hurricane Katrina in 2005.  Everywhere you look there are large …

One of the thrills of visiting Florida is spending time with the Grand kids and seeing what they are doing.  Katie, the youngest, is splitting her time between soccer and horse back riding, while Brooke, the middle daughter, concentrates on …

Lots of birthdays in the month of November.  We start off with Mike’s oldest daughter Alyson who turned 15 on November 20.  As all parents of teenagers know this is the age for a permit to drive.  It doesn’t seem …

We finally arrived in Florida, having driven through Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, crossing the state border on Friday, November 7, 2014.  It was just  a short drive Saturday morning to arrive at Mike’s (Cecil’s son’s) house near Orlando.  As the …

The Great Smokey Mountain National Park in Tennessee is another place I have been looking forward to visiting.  This is the first location where we will spend three nights, giving us a little over two full days to tour.   We …

We made an early stop before starting our visit to the Petrified Forest and the Painted Desert.  That stop was a rock and gem store on the road to the National Parks.  Of course, we had a coupon for a free 1/2 pound of …

A visit to the large meteor crater near Winslow, Arizona was one of my most vivid childhood memories.  I was in awe at the huge hole that the meteor had  made in the middle of the desert and I later …