Travels With Stacey

Along the Hudson River are so many great places to explore and learn.  We were able to briefly touch this region on our return home from New York City.  Like so many mansions in this area, it was built to be far enough away from…

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…

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.  …

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is located in Pittsburgh USA Every now and again, you just have to get up and leave.  That is precisely what we did. I had expected to be working, but plans changed in a good way.  After a few hours…

Life. Sometimes it is great. Sometimes it is not. Whatever it is, it can get in the way of, well, life. Life has played a part in our lives recently.  So much so that it has been a while since we travelled.   Then life gave…