We were pretty excited about crossing into California. It’s one of the states that none of us had ever been to. So it’s pretty cool for all of us to see it together for the first time. Our first stop was for lunch and we chose Jack in the Box. Okay, so we don’t normally... Continue Reading →

Before we went hugging cacti, we saw billboards for The Thing. You can’t drive out I-10 without seeing their billboards. I had seen information about this roadside stop before we left home but it was information and pictures before the new museum opened. We were blown away with the professional look of this quirky “museum”... Continue Reading →

New Mexico is called the Land of Enchantment. I have to say, it didn’t start out looking so enchanting when we crossed over the state line but there was plenty of enchanting once we arrived at our first stop. I wasn’t sure what to expect at Carlsbad. We have been to several caverns around the... Continue Reading →

It was a looooonnnnggg drive from San Antiono. Big Bend National Park is in Southwest Texas and it’s not close to anything! It is a very large park and very spread out. If you’re looking for solitude, trust me, you can find it here. So I took lots of scenery pictures. The sun felt so... Continue Reading →

You got to love Texas. They just have an attitude of I’ll do it my way. For example, where other states would use a stop light, they have lots of stop signs. We also drove down several highways with 70 mph and some 80 mph speed limits; not interstates or other limited access roads, but... Continue Reading →

As they say down here, laissez les bon temps rouler, or let the good times roll. Although, we’re about a month early for Mardi Gras, there is still good times to be had without yelling, “Hey mister, throw me something!” We spent our first night in Baton Rouge after eating our tried and true Cracker... Continue Reading →

We booked a cruise to Mexico leaving from the Port of New Orleans. This had to be the easiest ship we’ve embarked and disembarked from...ever. So smooth. Much faster than any Florida port and we’ve sailed out of Tampa, Port Canaveral, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami. All our clothes had to be repacked to fit our... Continue Reading →

Or how us rednecks learned to spell it - M-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-humpback-humpback-I. Don’t ask me. That’s just how Trev and I were both taught to remember how to spell it (and we grew up in different counties). I shared that little fun fact with the boys and they looked at me like I... Continue Reading →

Just like that, we were home, got the A/C fixed at the house, winterized the camper, got haircuts, packed up the car, and headed out again. Picture it- a quiet cold morning, nestled snug in your bed, awake but just enjoying the rest and then you hear it. Footsteps of a little human steeping lively... Continue Reading →

We are headed home to store the camper and head out west. This will be the last time we will be home until the trip’s over. But we can’t not stop somewhere, right? Where’s the adventure in that? After another long travel day, we stayed at FDR State Park in Pine Mountain. It was raining... Continue Reading →