~Carmen If you have been reading the blog, you know that we have been chronicling our epic road trip around the Olympic National Park in Washington State.  If you want to see a variety of biomes and landforms, this road trip is for you!  From rainforests to mountain ridges, this national park road trip has......

~ Carmen The last day of our 3-day road trip through Olympic National Park, our 120 mile itinerary covered Hoh Rain Forest, Ruby Beach, and Quinalt Rain Forest. This would be the last “touring day” of our road trip and the most relaxed!  We had started our road trip on the eastern and driest side......

~ Carmen It’s hard to see all that Washington’s Olympic National Park has to offer.  We only had four full days, three for driving around the park and one to make it back to Joe’s family’s house.  Our first day was full of seeing snow covered mountain tops and the deep blue Crescent Lake (see Hurricane......

~ Carmen About this time each year, we start planning our summer vacations.  Since Joe’s family lives in Washington state, we frequently make our way there.  It gives us not only a chance to see family, but Washington is one of the most beautiful places you could ever hope to visit.  From the Seattle Harbor......

~ Lauren Recently I traveled from Tallahassee, Florida to my mom and step-dad’s house in Memphis, Tennessee with Sammy, my eleven-year-old miniature schnauzer, and Riley, my one-and-a-half-year old black cat that I just adopted in September. Spending eight hours alone in the car with a dog and cat is enough to drive anyone crazy. But......

~ Lauren I recently moved from Memphis, TN to Tallahassee, FL, and I knew I would get bored quickly on the long drive. So what did I do? I made a road trip playlist of course!   If you are looking for a playlist that includes artists ranging from Rihanna to AC/DC to Johnny Cash......

~ Carmen As I middle school history teacher, I love old “stuff”.  I especially love towns that have maintained their architectural history, but still have a present day function.  To me, nothing is sadder than a beautiful old building that is boarded up and abandoned.  New Braunfels, Texas takes great pride in their historic downtown......

~ Carmen We  recently completed a 2,224 miles epic Texas Barbecue Road Trip  (see Texas Barbecue Road Trip)! You can’t have a complete tour of Texas hill country without spending at least a day or two in Austin, Texas.  Since Austin prides itself in its motto “Keep Austin Weird”,  we decided to spend our one allotted......

~ Carmen Could Texas compete against Memphis Barbecue? Joe and I were determined to find out.  Memphis is known for its pork barbecue, cooked low and slow with sweet, thick barbecue sauce.  Just the thought of Memphis barbecue makes my mouth start to water and gives me the urge to run down to my local......

  ~ Carmen The biggest ball of string, the tallest pine tree, a grave marker in front of a courthouse for a departed squirrel.  Any of these attractions peak your interest?  I must admit, that in the past I wouldn’t have slowed down, better yet, driven out of the way to see such sites.  The......