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…
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Looking Back: Weekend in Maryville
We went to Maryville, TN in March of 2025 for the wedding shower for our nephew and new niece. We searched VRBO for a place to stay around the area. We looked at all kinds of accommodations. We looked at homes and apartments looking for what appealed to us. We ended up choosing Blue Bella…
Sweet Caroline’s and Primo Grill: Leeds’ New Italian Gems
We had a weekend of Italian food at a couple of new restaurants in Leeds, AL. We started on Saturday with pizza and ice cream at Sweet Caroline’s Pizzeria and Creamery in downtown Leeds. This was their opening weekend. They were busy and we had a wait for food which was understandable. They serve Ice…
Chasing Fall!! Part 2
On rainy Wednesday we packed up and headed north about an hour and a half to Stowe, Vermont. But driving I had no sense of direction, it felt like we were going East not North. We were able to see more colors by going North. There were some red in the mix. We arrived in…
Watermelon Festival
We stopped by the Watermelon Festival on July 19 at the Howard Family Holiday Farm in Moody, AL. There were several vendors set up. They had activities planned for the day and were having an ice cream eating contest at 2:00 but we just had a few minutes in our day to stop in. I’ve…
Dahlonega, GA
I have heard that Dahlonega, GA is a really cool place to see around Christmas and that some of the Hallmark Christmas movies have been filmed there. I had mentioned to Jeff that I’d like to visit there at Christmas. He got to researching and found that there were several things to do and decides…
Cullman Christkindlmarkt
We had been seeing posts about the Cullman Christkindlmarkt and knew we wanted to go, but we had to find time. We decided to go today and of course we hear that last weekend they had their biggest crowd. There was rain in the forecast last night when we went to bed, but we got…
Birthday Weekend at Redbud Treehouse
We’ve looked at treehouses in various areas and thought about staying in one. We’ve looked at some near where our nephew lives in Tennessee, but the ones we came across while scrolling on social media were never really, really convenient. We’ve looked at some that are kind of local to our area for sort of…
Little Betty Steak Bar
This year for my birthday, Jeff made reservations several weeks in advance on my actual birthday at Little Betty Steak Bar, which is a new steak and Italian fusion restaurant open in the Lane Park area of Birmingham. They use local farm fresh ingredients. It is named after the owners dog and originally started in…
The Rocket City – Huntsville, AL
For Jeff’s birthday this year, we decided to plan a quick weekend getaway. It was a milestone birthday and needed to be celebrated! So we looked at our usual go-to Chattanooga, but just wasn’t feeling it for this trip. We looked at a local B&B but they didn’t have availability for the dates. Did I…