Fun Stuff Along the Way

Today we turned toward home in two ways. First, we are half way through our first trip so we are heading toward home. Second, our agenda for today was to visit Marlene’s home town, Lynn Haven Florida. Our first stop on today’s agenda was a Florida Visitor Center. We got some brochures for the Florida […]

Plans are great until they do not work. Today was one of those days. The troubles actually began the night before. Yesterday was laundry day. We had picked a hotel with laundry available. Except the dryer was very slow. The laundry was not complete until after 1 am, and it was not folded and put

We spent several hours at the Vicksburg National Military Park today. We learned about the heights and depths that humans can reach. We saw a place where over 20,000 were killed, wounded, or were missing in just three months. It was a sad day and an enlightening day all at the same time. The park

Today we visited the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. We selected this place because it takes an unusual approach to its displays. Inside the dioramas, aquariums, and other displays trace the history of nature in Mississippi. On the outside, the trails demonstrate some of the variations in environments. On the inside, the displays were detailed

We started our day in Franklin Tennessee. The city of Franklin has set aside an older part of the city as a living testament to the history of the city. You can tour the area, see the streets as they used to be, while they are still in use today. It was a neat experience

We spent today at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. As you would expect, most of the museum is dedicated to US Space travel. There is still a great deal about the history of rockets from the beginning of history, including both exploration and military uses of rockets. In addition to the

Today was our last day for waterfalls on this trip. It was a great day to visit the waterfalls. We enjoyed being able to drive to these falls rather than having long steep climbs. Our first stop was a challenge. Have you ever been where there was no cell signal, Garmin did not know the

Today was another park and waterfall day. We toured Cloudland Canyon State Park in Rising Fawn, GA. While we traveled over 45 miles from Chattanooga, TN to get to this park we were still driving up Lookout Mountain to see this park. Lookout Mountain is only about 2300 feet tall, but it covers a lot