Best Trip Ever

I’d resigned myself to the fact that trips to France were no longer an option because my husband’s lung disease just won’t allow it anymore, but a few days ago he suggested (again) that I go by myself or with a friend. This time he struck a nerve. I thought about it for [...]

The last time we were more than a day’s drive from home was Paris in March of 2008, so we’re WAY overdue!
We’re flying to Washington, DC, next week. We’ll spend four nights at the Hotel Monaco in old town Alexandria, then pick up a car and take several days to drive through Shenandoah National [...]

A couple of weeks ago, we took a few days for a road trip south to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. It’s a quick 3 or 4 hour drive down Highway 99 from here, but we spent nearly two days getting there, all the way down Highway 49 and then down back roads [...]