In all of mine and Julie’s travels, we had never left the U.S. mainland. Until this trip. As a result of my work, we were given the opportunity to attend a work function, held this year in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We had known the trip was upcoming for a couple of years, but only…
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We are empty-nesters enjoying life's adventures.
Savannah Finally!!!
For YEARS we have been wanting to go to Savannah Georgia. We’ve watched television shows and seen pictures that make it look so beautiful. I’ve seen Facebook memories recently where I’ve asked for suggestions on where to stay for several years. So we finally decided this is it, this is the year that we were…
No Adulting Today!!!
On Monday we met Tyler and Amy for breakfast before they had to go adult for the day and we took the long way home. We took time to put our toes in the sand. We took a trip over to the Gulf Shores/Orange beach area. We did some shopping at some our favorite souvenir…
Antiquing and Worshiping!
On Sunday we attended the first weekend antique sale at Olde Mobile Antiques. We have been several times, but this was by far the most items that we’ve seen left on Sunday. The sales start on Friday and by Sunday the percentage off is the highest of the weekend. This time we all walked away…
Balloons? What balloons??
We went for a visit with Tyler and Amy and we decided that on Saturday we’d go to the Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival. So we talked up the balloons to Amy. We had been to one in north Alabama twice but she had never been to one, so she was excited. We started…
Rodney Scott’s BBQ
You know by now that we are always looking for new places to try. One our our recent places has been Rodney Scott’s BBQ, this is new to the area but they have another restaurant in Charleston, SC. This may be the newest restaurant in the Avondale area. They were smoking all kinds of meats…
Future Beauty Queens
A few weeks ago I spent the day with the family in Jasper for the Little Miss. & Mr. Walker County Beauty Pageant. Both of the girls did really well and scored high 9’s. Lori’s pageant was early in the day, but she was ready for a nap by pageant time. On her score sheet…
Dogwood Blooms
The Legend of the Dogwood According to legend, Jesus cursed the dogwood tree so that never again shall the dogwood tree grow large enough to be used as a cross. Henceforth, it shall be slender, bent and twisted and its blooms shall be in the form of a cross, two long and two short petals….
Day date!!
We recently checked out the new Premiere Cinema at Pell City. It is nice to have in the area. There is a small bowling alley, arcade, ropes course and pretty awesome food area and like 7 theaters. There is self-serve popcorn, cheese for the nachos and drink fountains. This is the first time that we…
A Spot of Tea and Mardi Gras Parade
We finally made a trip to Mobile to see a Mardi Gras parade! It was a rainy day, but thankfully the rain held off during the parade. We parked in an all day parking lot in downtown Mobile and then started our day on foot. Our first stop was for breakfast at A Spot of…