How awesome it was to wake up this morning on the 4th of July camping at a National Park. We are so lucky to be afforded this opportunity to travel the country and see all of these amazing things.  In true American fashion we slept in today. No alarms set, no plans made. We … More America: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave!

We have gone on 3 Ranger guided tours of Mesa Verde, all of which citing the main reason that the Ancient Pueblos moved into the cliffs was to free up space for farming on the Mesa tops for the ever expanding population. Well, we think we know the real reason… They were sick of hail … More Hailstorm in July (plus some more cliff dwellings)

This morning we woke up for our first full day at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. It has also been a week now since we left on our journey. We woke up with the intentions of cooking our first breakfast at camp, however no sooner did we set up the stove and all the … More Mesa Verde- Day 1

Woke up this morning ready to leave Carlsbad and drive up New Mexico. Our first stop along the way was Roswell, NM. We literally drove right through the town and since we were there we felt we had to stop. Neither of us believe hat we have been visited by aliens, but we do enjoy … More Aliens, Petroglyphs, and Camp fires… oh my!!

After a day like yesterday, we are hoping that today will be better! We woke up, John’s finger was still bandaged and not bled through so we were good to go.  Today we drove about 4.5 hours north west across Texas into New Mexico and the Mountain time zone. Along the way we saw a … More Carlsbad Caverns, our first National Park of the trip!

Let us start with talking about all of the awesome things we did and saw today. We saw the Alamo and 2 other Missions that make up the San Antonio Missions National Park (there were 2 others we didn’t get to). We had the best Mexican food we have had in a long time. Sounds … More Mishaps and Adventures in San Antonio.

This morning we woke up and headed out of Arkansas. We had a lot of driving ahead of us so we hit the road pretty early. No sooner did John said “I have to pee”, did we see a sign for Hope, Arkansas. Oh you don’t know what’s in Hope, Arkansas?! Well as of yesterday … More Little Rock to Austin, by way of Dallas. 

This morning we woke up in Nashville, enjoyed our free breakfast, and drove about 3.5 hours to Memphis. The land of the Delta Blues, que “Walking In Memphis” by Marc Cohn. We rolled in around 11:00 am, a perfect time for lunch. We chose Corky’s, a place that promised the best ribs in Memphis. Memphis … More Memphis to Little Rock: Meats and History Lessons.

After 8.5 hours and, unbenounced to us, crossing into Central time zone, we arrived in Nashville, TN!! We stayed at the Homewood Suites near the airport. Again, it was 100% free since I booked with my Hilton Honors points. Nice thing about Homewood Suites is they have a nightly reception Mon-Thurs. which included free beer.  … More First stop: Nashville!