Author: mama

All the places we stayed were well advertised and we researched them as well as we could. However, they were vastly different. Hotel 1 (the names are withheld to protect the guilty) was in a questionable part of town. We knew this because they kept everything locked up and the single on-duty clerk at 5pm… Continue reading Hotels and Advertising

Today, I did laundry for the first (and , hopefully, last) time on this trip. For the first time I can remember all the socks matched! Some of you can appreciate how miraculous that is.

Day 1: After a wonderful send-off by Riley and Julie complete with gifts, we began our journey…only 15 minutes later than we planned. Our first stop was Nostalgiaville. We.. loved it!!! We would have bought everything in the store, if our pocketbooks allowed, but instead we looked at (and touched) everything. It contained all the… Continue reading Finally my turn on the computer

While Darren was doing last minute packing, I seized the opportunity to grab the drivers seat. This left him the ”enviable” position of shotgun. Which means he is Dispute Manager, Snack and Drink Distributer, Electronics Guru, Toy Fixer, Lost Item Finder, and Car Entertainer. All the other times, he can do whatever he wants. I… Continue reading seat assignments

It’s hard to believe that the time has come and we really are taking this vacation that we have been talking about, planning and anxiously awaiting.  Ready or not, here we go….