Sixtysomething-year-old newlyweds travelling the world together – Adventure Awaits!
John often remarks that one of the downsides of living in the deep South is that one can drive for an entire day in any direction and still find grits on the menu. Arriving in Santa Fe, just over 1,000 miles from home, everything immediately feels exotic. The glorious desert-loving flowers, Pueblo adobe buildings everywhere … Continue reading Out of the Grits Belt and into New Mexico, Land of Enchantment
To be honest, I was a little unsure of whether booking the tiny house in Floyd, Virginia was a good plan. I hesitated because we knew so little about Floyd and also because we were unsure as to whether we would enjoy staying in a tiny house after weeks of cramped hotel rooms. Our trip … Continue reading Tiny house living in Floyd, Virginia
We checked in to the Skyland Resort at Shenandoah National Park and headed down the hill to our assigned lodge. A room in the resort lodge was a splurge, as compared to the comparably appointed cabins, and we selected the lodge over the cabins for the balcony with its sweeping view of the valley below. … Continue reading A Room With A View in Shenandoah National Park
We broke our pandemic travel fast by embarking upon a journey to travel the entire Blue Ridge Parkway and Virginia Skyline Drive in just over three weeks. The Blue Ridge Parkway, of course, is a scenic highway, built in the 1930s, that stretches from Cherokee, North Carolina (milepost 469.1) to Rockfish Gap, VA (milepost 0), … Continue reading Travelling the Blue Ridge Parkway: Waterfalls and Mount Pisgah
Two weeks past our second Covid vaccinations and immediately following a week of gray days of below freezing weather and an ice storm, we headed for Florida. As we reached sunnier and warmer weather, we felt like crocuses lifting our little heads out of the snow and ice and turning our faces toward the sun. … Continue reading Unforgettable days on Florida’s Forgotten Coast
A Tale of Two Accidents For so many, 2020 was a year of COVID illnesses and deaths. For us, it was a year of devastating accidents: two bicycling accidents, neither involving a car, but resulting in very different outcomes due to a single, inexpensive piece of equipment: a helmet. Accident #1 On October 23, 2020, … Continue reading An Avoidable Tragedy
Back in April, when most of the world was in shutdown mode, John and I dreamed of getting out on the road again. Realizing that COVID-19 could not possibly disappear anytime soon, we set our sights on an August retreat that would offer cooler temps and a change of scenery in a safe environment. Our … Continue reading A welcome mid-pandemic retreat in the mountains of North Carolina
John and I were ready for a change of scenery and so we scheduled a week in Atlanta. I lived in Atlanta for decades and my three grown children are here, in addition to a number of friends. Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlanta is still a vibrant city with lots to offer. Skyline of … Continue reading A week in the ATL
John and I left the U.S. on April 2, 2019 and visited 26 countries over 344 days of travel, landing in Houston on March 11, 2020. We later learned that Wired Magazine published an article called An Oral History of the Day Everything Changed – and that day was March 11, 2020 – the exact … Continue reading The Day Everything Changed
Important Note: We were on New Zealand's South Island February 11 through February 25, way before the Coronavirus was declared a pandemic. Since then, we have arrived back in the United States and are sheltering in place, as are millions of others. We started our time in New Zealand’s South Island by flying to Christchurch. … Continue reading New Zealand’s spectacular South Island
