Our final destination of this trip was the Grand Canyon. This was about 2 hours north from Sedona. We took the scenic route out of Sedona. This route was a 2 lane road up the mountain to Flagstaff, the further north we went the more snow we saw. We got back on the interstate around…
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30th Anniversary Trip – Part 2 – Sedona, AZ
On Friday morning we got up and headed almost 2 hours north to Sedona. Getting out of the city we were able to see the surrounding mountains and all of the cactus that grow in that region. It also got colder the more north we went. We arrived early to Uptown Sedona. The area looks…
30 Anniversary Trip – Part 1 – Phoenix
This year was a big milestone anniversary 30 years. 30 years since we walked down the aisle and said yes to forever!! We’ve been talking about taking a trip to the Grand Canyon for awhile and we finally did it and escaped reality for 8 days to go on this latest adventure!! Jeff spent about…
Beautiful and Terrifying
Planning the Trip, one of my favorite parts! Julie usually writes most of these blogs, but I wanted to give my side of the story for our recent Arizona trip. We had our 30th Annniversary coming up in April of 2023, and we had been discussing for some time what to do. We don’t usually…
Biscuit Love
A new restaurant called Biscuit Love recently opened in Cahaba Heights. We decided one Saturday to visit for brunch/lunch. We weren’t sure exactly where it was located as we had not seen it on our recent visits to the area, so we put it in the map app and head towards Cahaba Heights. We found…
Valentine’s Day
We don’t normally go out to eat on Valentine’s day, but this year we decided to stop and grab a bite to eat on the way home. We ended up going to a new restaurant in the former Olive Garden building in Irondale. It is now Baja California Cantina. Keep in mind as you read…
First Passport Stamp! ~Nassau, Bahamas
In 2022 we had the opportunity to get our first passport stamp from Nassau, Bahamas. This was our second trip out of the country, but the first time that we’d needed our passport. We went to Puerto Rico a few years back but it is a US Territory and you don’t have to have a…
Ferus Artisan Ales
We have been to all of the currently open restaurant’s in the Trussville Entertainment District. The latest one we have visited is Ferus. This is where we had dinner for Jeff’s birthday and the food did not disappoint! We saw some friends in the area a while back and they told us that Ferus had…
Street Corn Dip
Jeff loves a good street corn, whether it’s on the cob or off. We are always looking to try street corn, whether it’s in a Mexican restaurant, a barbeque restaurant, food truck, or wherever we may see one advertised or a recipe that we come across. He found this recipe on social media so we…
Waldo’s Chicken and Beer
There is restaurant that recently opened in Cahaba Heights, a suburb of Birmingham, called Waldo’s Chicken and Beer. It’s kind of like a fast food chicken place with a bar. We went for lunch on a Saturday. They were pretty crowded. After we ordered we found that every table was taken. So we started to…