Friends and Family Tour: Louisville, KY & Morgantown, WV The main goal of the road trip was not the Natchez Trace – it was just a very cool and fairly convenient route to go forth and visit friends and family. Just under 5 hours from Nashville is Louisville, KY, home …
Natchez Trace Day 2 After leaving the Elvis Birthplace Museum, I returned to the Natchez Trace Parkway -200 miles to Nashville! The weather was not as cooperative day 2 – intermittent showers, occasionally accompanied by thunder, chased me along the route. I enjoyed a few breaks to get out, stretch …
Natchez Trace Day 1 Just a couple of miles from the Grand Village of the Natchez, I drove over an overpass and “Welcome to the Natchez Trace Parkway” marked the beginning of the historic drive that covers 444 miles from Natchez, MS to just outside of Nashville, TN. The “road” …
Galveston- Natchez There are 3 ways to get off of Galveston Island – a bridge on the Southwestern most portion that takes you to Freeport, the main causeway bridge which becomes I45 or the Bolivar Ferry. For this trip, I chose the ferry. The Bolivar Ferry is free and runs …
Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas Ports of Call: Roatan, Costa Maya and Cozumel Our first port of call (officially – we made an emergency stop at Cozumel to unload a passenger with a medical emergency) was Roatan. The beautiful island off the coast of Honduras is our favorite place …
Sea Days John and I took advantage of my gap in contracts and grabbed a last-minute deal on Royal Caribbean – a 7-night cruise out of Galveston in a porthole room. Over the years, we’ve cruised a lot on Royal Caribbean and its sister line, Celebrity, so have earned our …
El Valle (A side note – We were in El Valle from Dec. 16-23. We returned home on Christmas Day, and it took a while to get sorted, Christmas stuff done, et.) A $40 cab ride from Nueva Gorgona brought us into the mountain town of El Valle. If you …
The book in question is entitled “Cold Comfort Farm” by Stella Gibson. It was published in the 1930’s, and I had never heard of it or the author (who was quite popular in her day) before my friend Liam handed me his copy during our visit to his home in …
Nueva Gorgona/ Coronado Its only $5 per person to take the bus from Panama City to Coronado (and then a $5-7 cab ride to the hotel) – or a $55 taxi. We chose the more convenient and less environmentally friendly transport. Nueva Gorgona was resettled from Gorgona, a town that …
Panama City Panama City sits on the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, the engineering feat that allows for modern commerce. But long before the canal, it was the coordinating point for Spain’s forays into South America, bringing back gold silver and precious gems plundered from the Incas and shipped …