A chilly, yet lovely, weekend camping on the West Rim of Cloudland Canyon. Hiking, resting, geocaching.
Category: Staying
photo friday: brooklyn apartment
When Camille and I made a quick decision to head to NYC in June to see “Hadestown”, I began to search for a place to stay. The previous VRBO we stayed in was not available (I texted the owner directly …), so I looked for another in Brooklyn. Only a couple fit my intersection of…
photo friday: seattle houseboat
As we sat down to plan our family/college tour trip to the Pacific Northwest, I had it in my mind that I really wanted to stay on a houseboat during our time in Seattle. While it took a little searching and was certainly not the cheapest option, we found a very conveniently located houseboat for…
home away from home.
On our latest trip to NYC, Camille and I stayed in a nice brownstone apartment in Brooklyn. Staying in an apartment when we travel always makes us feel at home. We find our bagel place, our grocery store, our metro stop, and other local “favorites”. After only one day, we are “home”. We adjust to…
photo friday: st simons
This fall has been a stressful one in terms of work. Always behind, can’t seem to catch up. And, unfortunately, this made our first trip to Saint Simons not nearly as fun as it should have been. Lovely place, and I look forward to returning someday.
photo friday: kenmare
As a base for our Ring of Kerry explorations, we chose Kenmare after a number of people had recommend it. We found a nice room online, but ended up being upgraded to a full apartment – what luxury! The town was compact, but included nice shops and a stone ring. We found our way around…
when is too much too much?
As a rule, I try to be understanding. But as some point, too much is too much. As I sat in the hotel room working on Tuesday evening, I could hear a commotion out in the hall. I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on, but already knew that there was a bit of renovation…
photo friday: high falls state park
As with MLK weekend 2014, we headed to a yurt at High Falls State Park. Not far from Atlanta, the park makes a perfect weekend getaway. The yurts are a comfortable home-away-from-home for a weekend. With heat, lights and electricity, we were comfortable (I remembered to bring my coffee pot….no going out in the cold…
photo friday: universal’s cabana bay
While planning our September break trip to Diagon Alley, I went back and forth about staying at the off-property hotel that we’ve stayed at twice in the past and an on-property hotel. While the benefits of staying on property are many, the cost is significant. Was it worth it to pay that much more? I’m…
photo friday: holiday inn panama city beach
Looking at photos from trip that we took almost four months ago brings some warmth into this chilly day. This past summer, I wanted to get to the beach at least once, so I took the easy route – returning to the Holiday Inn Resort at Panama City Beach, a place we had visited a…
Living the hotel life
“Where’s the lobby?” “I don’t know.” “But you WORK here!” As I was sitting in the “food court” at the hotel enjoying my coconut tofu and veggies, an older couple asked a hotel employee where the lobby was. He had no clue – “Only worked here two days!”. They got a little testy. I jumped…
photo friday: hotel matina on santorini
One of my “big” wishes – bucket list and all that – for our trip to Greece (other than Knosssos) was to get to Santorini. From all I had seen and heard, it is a magical place and not to be missed. After much juggling of our schedule, we managed to make a trip to…
Greece Trip: Day 7
Our alarm went off early this morning so we could get up, dressed, packed and down to breakfast before 6am. The taxi had already arrived when I went down to check out. The trip to the port was quick; a little too quick for Chloe, though. We made our way onto the ferry and found…
photo friday: edisto island aka The Beach
My final photo Friday from winter break at Edisto Island. I guess it is now time for us to head back to the beach!
photo friday: lovely light at edisto beach state park
One of my favorite things to do while at the beach is to get up early and watch the sun rise. While it was a bit too chilly for me to want to spen too much time on the beach so early in the morning, I did manage to get oout of my warm sleeping…
photo friday: high falls friends
Rarely do we travel with friends, but when we do, the girls love it! Scheduling and planning is a bit more difficult, but well worth it.
photo friday: high falls yurts
For the long weekend in January, I was finally able to do something I had been wanting to do for a long time…stay in one of the Georgia State Park yurts! We had been warned that they don’t hold heat well, so we stocked up on blankets and sleeping bags. However, the yurts at High…
photo friday: black rock mountain state park
Back in November, I packed up Evie, and Phelix and I headed up to Black Rock Mountain State Park for the weekend. The drive up was beautiful – fall colors all around. The final mile of driving was twisty and curvy – wouldn’t want to do that in less than ideal conditions! The staff were…
photo friday: My girls at LEAF
The girls and I had a lovely weekend at LEAF, now almost four months ago. I don’t know if and when we’ll return to LEAF, but we sure did make good friends and memories on our many weekends there. photo friday: LEAF fun – (oct 2013) photo friday: LEAF food (oct 2013) photo friday: lake…
photo friday: LEAF food
For our first trip to LEAF, I brought along all our camping cooking equipment and food. Through the years, I’ve brought less and less with me each time. Why? The food at LEAF is amazing. Even the coffee is good. Plenty of vegetarian friendly options. Good ones. GREAT ones. So good that I could eat…