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DeSoto State Park Hike
During our time in North Georgia, we actually ventured back over to our home state of Alabama. We had spent the morning not to far from the Georgia-Alabama border at…
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Alabama Must-Sees for Families
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Alabama Tourism. The opinions and text are all mine. When I moved to Alabama 19 years ago, I didn't…
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Rome, Georgia
On our way up to LaFayette, Georgia for our 4th of July trip we stopped in Rome, Georgia for lunch. Downtown Rome is really a quaint little place with lots…
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Bahia Honda State Park
One of the things on our to-do-list while in the keys was to go to Bahia Honda State Park. The afternoon after spending our morning at sea, we had a…
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Morning at Sea off Marathon Key
On New Year's Day, we woke up early and stopped in at McDonald's for a quick breakfast before hopping on a charter boat for a half day on the open…
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Morning in Key West
Key West is such an interesting place with so much character, history, and uniqueness to experience. When we were in the Keys, we spent New Year's Eve morning in Key…
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Noccalula Falls {Gadsden, Alabama}
A few weeks ago, we were near Gadsden, Al looking for something to do, so I went old fashion and pulled out the atlas. I found a place called Noccalula…
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Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge
Another must see and do while in the Florida Keys is to visit the The National Key Deer Refuge, which is located on Big Pine Key and No Name Key.…
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Everglades National Park
After an exhilarating airboat tour in Everglades City, we headed towards Shark Valley, which has an observation tower that provides amazing panoramic views of the heart of the Everglades. click…
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Everglades Airboat Tour and Gator Show
We arrived at Captain Jack's to get tickets for our airboat tour. Before going there we stopped at the convenient store for some breakfast. I saw Zinger's and was quickly…
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Everglades City
We left Naples and arrived in Everglades City a little after 2 p.m. and checked into the Everglades City Motel. When we were looking for places to stay in Everglades…
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Cub Scout Mountain Trip 2014::Appletree Campground, NC {Day 3}
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Cub Scout Trip 2014::McWane Center {Birmingham}
This past weekend we went to Birmingham for our Cub Scout Winter Trip to McWane Center. We did this back in 2012 and had such a good time. It is…
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A Day at Johnson Space Center NASA
Day 8 of our trip began with kolaches at Mornings Kolaches. Yummy! Then we headed to Johnson Space Center aka NASA for a busy, fun-filled day.
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Dallas, Texas
Monday we said our goodbyes to Maria and fam. Then it was back on the road headed to my favorite state, Texas!!! We were surprised to see some “mountains” in Southern Oklahoma.
We went to a scenic lot and saw that Oklahoma is the hope of the Reflection seismograph .
Not long after that we saw this just that made my heart sing. **cue the sounds of angels singing**
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Oklahoma City Highlights
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Oklahoma City Family Visit
We left Friday after Rob got off work. Our first destination was Moore, Oklahoma, where Rob’s sister lives. We knew we couldn’t make it the entire 13 hours, so he made plans to stop in Maumelle, AR. We arrived around 1 am and quickly got to bed as we knew we needed to hit the road early the next morning. I didn’t take any pics on Day 1.
Saturday (Day 2) we popped out of bed, grabbed a snack from the continental breakfast, and were on our way! We started to get hungry about an hour and half away from Moore. We stopped in Henryetta, Oklahoma at a Braum’s, of course!
After leaving there, we stopped a drugstore nearby to get Rob some meds as he was fighting a bit of a cold.
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Forth July 4th Trip 2013::Gatlinburg, TN {Day 5}
Sunday we had to rise early and get packed and clean up the chalet before the 11am check out time. We were just in the nick of time and headed out on our last day of adventures. One of the things we had wanted to do on our trip was go to Cherokee, NC, but we decided to wait until on our way home to cut down on driving time since it’s in the direction of home. Cherokee is about an hour away from Gatlinburg, but it’s a beautiful, scenic drive with several opportunities to drive through some cool tunnels like the one you see below.
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Forth July 4th Trip 2013::Gatlinburg, TN {Day 4}
Saturday, we got up, ate breakfast, and went to Ober Gatlinburg. It had been raining, so when we got there, the Alpine slide wasn’t open yet. We decided to go ahead and get the activity bracelet, and took the ski lift all the way up to the top of Mount Harrison.
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Forth July 4th Trip 2013::Gatlinburg, TN {Day 3}
The next day of trip we rolled out of bed at the crack of dawn. Wolfed down some waffles and quiche and hit the road towards Cades Cove. Cades Cove is a very popular attraction, which is about 35 miles from Gatlinburg. This isolated valley was the settling place for 100s of settlers in the 1800’s. It’s preserved homesteads, beautiful mountain views, and abundant wildlife are reasons why 2 million visitors come every year.
John Oliver’s Cabin
