I’m going to Graceland! I milked the amenities of The Graduate in Oxford, MS – extending my stay to the last minute before checkout so that I’d be rested for my adventure. Then I downloaded every version and cover of the Paul Simon classic Graceland so I could listen to them on my 1.5 hour … Read more
Charlotte and I got up early, I ate a granola bar washed down with hotel coffee and we headed out. Our final stop in Florida – the Panama City Dog Beach for a little walk, photos and shell gathering. It was time to head North and escape the peopled pleasure palace of the Gulf of … Read more
Most of my experience with Florida has been the Southern East Coast on the Atlantic side. Southern Florida is beaches filled with high rise hotels, flocks of tourists, strip malls and development all the way up to the beach itself. A place where no signs of the nature that existed before Flagler’s railroad, steamships, A1A … Read more
In fact it is known as America’s largest private residence. It is a 250 room French Renaissance chateau/ summer home/retreat center for the George Vanderbilt family – built over 6 years and completed in 1895. I am going to admit that I had no idea what we were going to see when Jeremy booked our … Read more
The call came in from Jeremy. You want to eat at this new best restaurant with us in Minneapolis before vacation? I said “the Souix chef? I’m there. And booked my flight. Easier to fly through Minneapolis to get to Asheville anyway, and why not experience a 2022 James Beard Award Winner, and visit friends … Read more
I don’t know about you, but when I think of Alabama the first thing that comes to mind is white sandy beaches and pina coladas. Wait, what? No. Exactly – to the outsider when one thinks of Alabama the first things that come to mind are football, former racist governors and exploding petroleum platforms. White … Read more
Another state on my list of unvisited, Vermont. The home of Bernie Sanders. The home of that other guy who once ran for President (Howard Dean) but social media took out because he showed enthusiasm. The home of Grade A Maple Syrup. The home of of rural farmland, sheep and goats, and some very socially … Read more
If you want to step directly into the pages of the novel Moby Dick, go to the New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park. This area is preserved as best as it can be to showcase the history of whaling industry that once brought thousands to the area, and made New Bedford one of the richest … Read more
Being so busy with work prior to this vacation in Fall of 2021 to New England I barely looked at what would be where we were going. I knew I wanted to see Rhode Island and Vermont because I had never been there before, and I’m really into getting all 50 states checked off the … Read more
After many adventures across the United States, one of the few states I hadn’t yet visited was Rhode Island. I’d been close, but never across its watery border to see what its New England charm. Due to flight costs and other logistics we did not fly to Rhode Island, we flew into Hartford, Connecticut. As … Read more
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