my journey, destination unknown
Our anual tradition of heading to the cabin on Columbus Day weekend with my mom for visiting a corn maze was disrupted this year by our trip to Texas for Austin City Limits. Luckily, we were able to fit it in this weekend instead. I had been planning to make my Photo Friday post about…
At last! With all the traveling we did in September and October, I had been feeling terribly behind on everything. Everything. This past weekend, I managed to conquer my to-do list and wrestle it into a manageable size. Feeling less frenetically anxious, I decided that we could try to fit in a few outings this…
We returned from our trip to Texas for Austin City Limits on Wednesday evening, spent a day of absolute craziness on Thursday (work, 4+ hours of homeschool classes, grocery shopping, library, gymnastics, unpacking, laundry, packing), and headed out again on Friday. While it made for an extremely stressful turnover, it was well worth it. Friday…
We returned from our trip to Texas on a week ago Wednesday evening and spent a day of absolute craziness on Thursday (work, 4+ hours of homeschool classes, grocery shopping, library, gymnastics, unpacking, laundry, packing). Friday morning, as early as we could, we headed out with a fully packed car to Black Mountain, NC, for…
A few weeks ago, I requested tickets to the “VIP Preview” of the new exhibit WATER at Fernbank Museum of Natural History from Atlanta: 365 Days, 365 Things To Do….and we got them! Not only did we get to see a preview of the new exhibit, we also were able to see the IMAX film…
While just about every fall we head up to north Georgia for a weekend of fall fun, we had not been apple picking for years. Ironic, since our cabin is in Blue Ridge, just about twenty minutes from Ellijay, the Apple Capital of Georgia. Doubly ironic since my girls each eat about two apples a…
Two weeks ago, the girls and I headed down to Orlando with friends to see Harry Potter World. When planning the trip, I spent some time looking at various hotels near Universal Studios. I checked out quite a number of them on TripAdvisor and in the end decided the best place for us to stay…
Soon, I’ll be adding my review of our stay at The Point Orlando Resort. In the meantime, where do you stay when you visit Orlando? What books or websites do you visit before you go? What do you not like? What tips do you have for friends planning to go? Camille says: “I liked that…
Photo taken on 13 Sep 2010 at Islands of Adventure in Orlando, FL.
While we couldn’t get to “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” when it opened back in June, we knew we wanted to get there as soon as possible. Jim Dale has accompanied us on so many road trips, we felt like we’d been to journeying to Hogwarts and Hogsmeade for years. Our plan was to…
Soon, I’ll be adding my review of our trip to Universal Orlando’s Theme Parks. In the meantime, have you been there? If so …. What are your favorite things to do at Universal Orlando? What books or websites do you visit before you go? What do you not like? What tips do you have for…
Photos from our trip to Universal Orlando:
Earlier this week, the girls and I drove down to Orlando with friends to spend two days at Universal Orlando’s Theme Parks. Our main goal was to visit Hogsmeade and Hogwarts and have a taste of frozen butterbeer in the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter”! We had a wonderful time … short lines, no rain,…
I bet once we are back home, I’ll have a lot more to say about our visit to Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando, but for now, we are happy, tired people who need to rest up for tomorrow’s adventure!
Photos from the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, GA:
On a Friday a couple of weeks ago, I was tired of being home and tired of the heat. If it has to be hot, then let’s head to the beach. Instead of looking for a place on the Atlantic coast as we’ve often done, I decided to try to find somewhere on the Florida…
Soon, I’ll be adding my review of our trip to Holiday Inn Resort: Panama City Beach. In the meantime, have you been there or to the Panama City Beach area in general? If so …. What are your favorite things to do in Panama City Beach? What books or websites do you visit before you…
I think I’ve been non-sequential in my recording of days, but who’s counting, right? On Wednesday, we continued with our “hometown touring” by heading down to the Fox Theatre to see “The Sound of Music”. I put on a skirt for the first time in two years and was please to see that it has…
School is back in session, even in our homeschool household. Despite this, many of our other activities have not started up, leaving us with a little bit of free time. We’ve been taking advantage of these extra hours to explore local attractions and museums. Yesterday, as we had errands to run in Decatur anyway, we…
I can’t remember the first time we went to Fernbank….I have vague memories of my mom, Camille and I trying to meet up with a mom’s group, but not finding them. Moreover, we were confused by the map (Lavista and Briarcliff do, in fact, cross twice on our side of town). We have been members…