I put a lot of effort into researching a vacation. I want to utilize our time to the best of our ability and see and experience as much as possible. When we first started travelling, we did what I suspect most people do: hotels and…
This summer, we visited Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah as part of our America the Beautiful summer vacation. There are two reasons why I chose this name for our trip. First, the annual pass to all the National Parks in America is called the…
A couple of years ago, we took our biggest trip to date. It was a trip to Alaska and back, with hundreds of stops in between. One of the places that we visited was Devil’s Tower. This iconic rock monument in Wyoming was impressive. It…
Many people like to take souvenirs when they visit a place—a little memento of where they have been to help preserve the memory. On occasion, we want to take an interesting rock to bring home. However, a movie made this trend popular, and I have…
It has been a while since we have gone on a trip with Mom. We decided to show her Algonquin Provincial Park. This will be our second trip here, but her first, and it will also be the beginning of summer. The trip is designed…
There was a time when I thought anything more than a two-hour drive was just too far, meaning I would never visit Algonquin Provincial Park. Algonquin is an enormous park that is impossible to miss on the map. It is actually larger than some countries.…
Planning a trip takes a lot of time and effort. My general rule is that it takes as much time to plan a trip as it does to take it. For a six-week journey, like when we travelled to Alaska and back, it took six…
This is a really nice picture of my wife as she sits on a stone wall with Chatanooga in the background. But this is also a picture of when I thought she had only seconds to live. As with every pic, there is a story…
There is a story behind every picture, and here is one for this picture of Charlene clearly forcing a smile and getting wet. Being here was a physically intense experience. Charlene and I have often visited Niagara Falls. There is a remarkable amount to do…
Behind every picture, there is a story. This one is both about fear and intrigue. Charlene and I were on our epic lifetime trip to Alaska in the summer of 2023. The main focus of what we would do in Alaska was a small boat…
