Travels With Stacey

We finally did it! We have now seen all the Great Lakes. It was a brisk February afternoon, and the wind was chilly coming off the lake.  We missed the ice storm that covered the lighthouse in a dress of frozen water, but that did…

This place was so amazing; I only wish that it was bigger. The Midwest Miniature Museum has been on my “Top Priority List” since I first learned of it.  It features some of the most amazing, incredibly detailed miniature versions of life.  When Charlene tagged…

“WHAT?!” I exclaimed in bewilderment.  “Why wasn’t I told this before?” The poor girl at the cash register was wide-eyed and surprised but did very well in her response that she was telling me about this now. I took my wife to see Frogs at…

We were on our first ever mega-trip to West Virginia. We popped into the state museum for West Virginia and was so very impressed. It was the best museum we had ever traveled to, at the time, and above all, it was entirely free. I…

I like art and I like free. Now combine them together to see free art, that is the best. The more I have travelled, the more I have discovered that universities are great places to see free things. Be these geology museums, or science places,…

There is a unique roadside attraction on the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The sculptures and mosaics are made from discarded road signs, and each is crafted to create a scene or flower.  A truly creative way to express art and have it themed on the…

We made a spontaneous trip down to New York City.  My work had shut down for the Christmas holiday, and my wife could also get some time off.  We wanted to visit the Big Apple, and we grabbed this opportunity when it was at hand.…

New York Botanical Gardens Holiday Train Show Sometimes you just need to leave. Sometimes life is just too much to handle and an escape is absolutely necessary. Sometimes that escape is a ten-hour drive to New York City. Things and events that were happening lead…

In my travels around Ontario and now into Quebec and the States, I have been to thousands of places over the past years.  The one thing that I have learned in all of this is that there are so many places to visit and see.…

Meadow Brook Hall is located on the grounds of Oakland University in Michigan. There is nothing sadder than losing a husband early in a marriage.  Understandably, the widow would travel to Europe for a while and eventually return to America and get a new husband.  …