Considering the weather, drizzly and cloudy, and the age of my grandson, five rambunctious years old, the dreaded “what do we do today?” hung heavy in the moist and dismal air the morning we sat bored, on the well-worn couch in the living room of my working daughter, as we contemplated the long day ahead. …
Category: Travel
Fall Visitors at the Beach
Family visitors in the cooler autumn season require creative entertainment options such as the historic Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum, built in 1891 and one of the of the oldest Ocean City buildings. With dual missions to prevent ship disasters on the shoals and rescue the ship-wrecked during the foul weather from November to April…
Restaurant Soft Openings
Traveling is often filled with the unexpected and the hope for the extraordinary experience. Visiting in Los Angeles lends itself to both, the lovely moments and the overrated. Tonight we went to a “soft opening” of a restaurant. For those who may not know, this is when a restaurant is still putting the finishing touches…
When is Spanish Moss NOT Moss?
Driving through the southern route to the west coast, one of the more interesting sights is the furry, gray, and sometimes elegant web dangling from many of the trees overhanging the road. Known as Spanish Moss it looks more like a spider web and parasitic growth rather than green moss. It is neither. Spanish Moss…
Catfish and Crocodile
You know you are in the south…. traveling Route 41, west of Charleston, in a little town of Johnsonville, SC. The store, called The Skinning Shed, was so interesting I stopped. A friendly lady came up to me with a menu and an invitation to come on in and hold the rattlesnake, which I declined.…
On the Road Again
January 2nd: We have packed up the necessaries and the dog and are departing on our Winter 2017 cross country trip to see the Grandson who will be one January 17th. Much has happened in the past year with lots of travel but these are my favorite trips. Camping types in the RV sites are…
St. Augustine and the Lighthouse
Sometimes when traveling, a little treasure presents itself. Standing like a mighty beacon, the St. Augustine Lighthouse was there as we entered the Anastasia State Park in. St. Augustine, Florida. St. Augustine is considered the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement within the borders of the United States. Saint Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565.…
The Blue Highway
You learn more about an area by traveling the roads through it than by reading the map about it. Traveling down to South Carolina we decided to take the “Blue Highway” through some small towns. Route 501S/301S to 14 to 41S led to a town named Johnsonville where the main trades appear to be Deer,…
What Are Boiled Peanuts?
As we continue on our way south from Maryland, passing through Virginia, and then into North Carolina, signs boasting of the availability of boiled peanuts appear. Hmmm? What are these? Boiled peanuts are a traditional southern snack. These are apparently available in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. In checking the recipes online,…
The Use of Traveling
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” Samuel Johnson The morning air is crisp, 32 degrees, and the skies are clear with the first of the Snow Geese flying across the Assawoman Bay in Ocean City. We are packed…
Life Gets Better 