This year we decided a couple months before my birthday that we wanted to take a Thursday and Friday off work and do a long weekend trip. But where do we go?? We decided to pick somewhere that we had not been before. We spent a few days searching. We looked at places that we’d…
Chattanooga, TN
If you’ve been around for awhile you know that we visit Chattanooga quite often. We hardly ever do the same things other than get ice cream at Clumpie’s LOL! There is so much to do and explore there. We did a quick weekend trip in May. We went on Friday night after work and came…
De Nada – Birmingham, AL
We recently tried a new upscale-casual Mexican restaurant on 2nd Avenue South in downtown Birmingham called De Nada. It is in what is called the Parkside District. It is a block from the Birmingham Barons baseball stadium. They just opened April 29. They have a paid parking lot on the same block and street parking…
Guntersville – Cathedral Caverns
We had a long weekend in January so we decided to head back to Guntersville. This time we rented a condo right on the lake. We drove up on Saturday morning. We got there and did some shopping around the downtown area and then had lunch at Pizza Ed before doing an early check-in at…
My Return to Oklahoma
Yes, I was born in Oklahoma, a fact I’m proud of. When people find out, it’s usually a surprise because it seems like everyone else was born in Alabama, where we live and where I’ve really always lived. I do remember in school growing up teachers would ask if everyone was born in Alabama, and…
Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Thursday we traveled to Pawhuska, OK. This is the home of Food Network’s The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond. Her intro says she lives in the middle of nowhere. It was the most rural place we visited, but it is a beautiful area. It was an hour north of Tulsa. We arrived in town a little…
Route 66 to Tulsa
Before leaving the OKC area we went west to Express Clydesdale’s in Yukon, OK. We got to see 5 of these beautiful, massive horses! They were all black and white which is a rare color as most of the ones you see are brown. Jeff had scheduled this tour ahead of time. We arrived and…
Oklahoma City, OK
We’ve talked about taking a trip to Oklahoma for YEARS! It’s always been a conversation and a trip that we’ve wanted to take. Our only regret is not doing it sooner and not being able to go with Jeff’s parents. Anytime we’ve told anyone where we were going on vacation we always got the question…
Brick & Tin
We’ve seen Brick & Tin around and on Yelp in recent searches but we had not visited. A new one recently opened in Cahaba Heights so we decided to give it a try. Unfortunatly it was not a good experience. We thought that it was a sit down type restaurant, but it is not. You…
Chattanooga in December
We ended 2025 with one last trip. Afterall, it was a year of travel. You can read about all of the adventures here: https://twomoodyjones.com/2025/12/31/2025-a-year-of-memorable-travels/ We visited some pretty cool places in 2025. If you’ve been following us for a while, you know that we like to visit Chattanooga. It is about 2 hours from where…