Blogs from Georgia, United States, North America - page 7

Hi Friends and Family: It has been a couple of years since our last travel blog. Jackie and I are preparing now for our next adventure. I have a new vehicle (2018 Acura RDX) which seems to trigger our travel interest. We plan to depart early Sunday, May 6th. I'll try to post blog updates daily if I can stay awake. In 2016 we did a road trip to Massachusetts, which took us through many East coast states to our destination. You can take a look at that blog while on this travelblog site. This new trip is a North-South beauty. We plan to go due North to Canada with stops in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. Once we enter Canada, we reverse out then head West in UP territory...Upper Peninsula, Michigan. From there we ... read more

March 28, 2018 States: West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina City: Beckley, WV Miles: 460 miles Hours: 7 hours 43 minutes Hotel: Fairfield Suites Marriott Food: free Marriott breakfast, sandwiches in the car, The Shrimp Factory Sites: Big Walker Landing Books: To Catch a Thief (Elizabeth) Jurassic Park (Matthew) Gas: 1 Toenail clippings: 10 While driving on Tuesday night, I happened to talk to my sister-in-love, Missy, and she said she was only two hours from Savannah. They live in Jacksonville. Jokingly, but hopeful, I said, “why don‘t you meet us?” She said yes! I was so excited. I did not tell anyone else in the car that she and my brother were coming. Paul had been saying I should ask them but I felt bad because we were only staying one night and we ... read more

Up and at ‘em. Time to keep moving. We have places to go and things to do. Grab your stuff and let’s go. NOPE....not going anywhere fast. A car has blocked us in at the Microtel in Statesville, N.C. where we spent the night. Oh, dear. I put a post on Facebook last night announcing our arrival here. I included a photo of Lulu drooling over our delivered pizza and wings. What were we thinking? I guess we ordered so much because we knew you all would be starving. It was tasty but way too much for even you so Cory took a pizza and a half down to the desk staff. They were appreciative. We struggled a little here at this Microtel. The heat was not on in our room upon our arrival AND you ... read more

It's the day after Christmas, and we leave for a round-trip road trip to the Rose Bowl today! Normally, I would expect a trip of this length and audacity to take a few month of planning, but that simply is not the case this time. Mostly out of necessity. You see, it was barely 3 weeks ago when the world of college football made its decisions about bowl games, and most importantly about the national championship playoff. My alma mater and hometown team, the Georgia Bulldogs, won the SEC championship and earned a berth in the playoff against Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl, the so-called “Granddaddy of them all.” Naturally, I decided to go because (1) I have been to every bowl game for Georgia this decade, (2) this is a big deal of a game, ... read more

It’s 6 AM and I feel this sharp pressure in my back, I’m opening my eyes and I hear “get up lazy boy”. We’re on vacation and we have flights to catch. As I’m falling or being pushed out of bed, I catch myself just before I do a face plant on the floor. I hear Kirsten say from our bed, Good Morning Sunshine, the shower is waiting. I crawl into the bathroom and pull myself up on the vanity. I’m thinking “This is going to be a long day”. We’re all up showered and fresh, well at least Kirsten is. Drew and I are still half asleep, as we make our way into Kirsten’s car. Kirsten has already picked up Omi and they are both ready to go. I drive to the Orlando airport, there ... read more