A travel focused life at home and away.
While we tend not to search out all the commercial attractions when we’re traveling- I have to admit, sometimes we really enjoy going with the flow and following the masses en route to the local tourist traps. But more likely, you’ll find us at totally out-of-the-way quirky roadside attractions in Alabama that are off the…
Asking a roadside attraction enthusiast to choose their favorite roadside attraction is like asking a parent to choose their favorite child. It’s an impossible feat. And once a roadside attraction junkie, always a roadside attraction junkie so that list of favorites is likely to change with each new road trip you embark on. I know…
While researching things to do in Alabama, I discovered a roadside attraction that was too good to pass up. Located a short drive from the well known cottage, Ivy Green, birthplace of Helen Keller, in the northwestern Alabama countryside is the Key Underwood Coon Dog Cemetery. The only cemetery of its kind in the world,…
Are you looking for something to do this year in the Rocket City? Here’s a list of 50 Family Friendly Staycation Ideas for Huntsville, Alabama. Find out what a rocket launch feels like at the US Space and Rocket Center to learn why Huntsville is called Rocket City USA. Hike the Stone Cuts Trail at Monte…
Welcome back to Best of the USA Blog Hop where I invite you to join me on the first Monday of each month to share all of the fun, family friendly, educational, beautiful, and just plain super cool destinations around the United States that you’ve visited! My Choice for Best of the USA Blog Hop…
I was 15 when the movie Space Camp aired on TV. I wasn’t the least bit interested in science or rockets and my knowledge of all things ‘space’ was minimal. Yet there was something so appealing about the movie that I literally dreamt of going to Space Camp for months. I’m sure the fact that…
It’s been just over a year since my family moved back to our home state of Ohio after spending two years in Alabama. I miss Alabama, especially in the fall after the sweltering, humid weather had passed. I also miss our friends who were never too busy to enjoy the outdoors with us. Fall was…
Swann Covered Bridge Blount County, Alabama Have you ever experienced one of those perfect road trips where everything just falls into place? Last spring, my parents’ traveled from Ohio to Alabama so my family could show them some of the reasons we had grown to love Alabama (and why we miss it now)- keeping in…
One thing that I’ve really missed since our move from Alabama is the hiking trails that we used to frequent. It’s not that we can’t hike in Ohio. We do and we love it, it’s just that living in Alabama allowed us the opportunity to hike nearly all year long. With the exception of the…
Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama was the first place we ever called home when we embarked on life as a full-time RV family and a place that we all think of with special fondness. Living in a mountaintop campground with over 2000 acres of land to explore, with bike trails, hiking trails and a disc golf…
I can’t believe that we’ve come to the end of 2011 already. What a year it’s been! I thought I’d take a minute to share my most popular posts from 2011. You never know, they may just inspire you to plan something fun for 2012 and hopefully give you a few tips to save a…
My family recently discovered what could possibly be the best kept secret in Huntsville; the Harmony Park Safari. I have to admit, my teenagers were not excited to be pulled away from their electronic devices when my husband and I announced a family outing, but by the time we’d arrived at Harmony Park Safari, they…
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