Month: May 2021

Mission Nombre de Dios St Augustine Fl - 7-23-2015 - 1

Mission Nombre de Dios St Augustine FL

Mission Nombre de Dios St Augustine FL Our second stop on the Washington DC road trip was Mission of Nombre de Dios in St. Augustine.  It’s about 2 and a half hours away from home. If we would have left when I planned, we would have arrived right after opening time.  But we didn’t, nope…

Fort Matanzas National Monument, St. Augustine, FL - 7-23-15 - 0

Fort Matanzas National Park

Fort Matanzas National Park Fort Matanzas National Park was the first stop on our Washington DC trip.  It’s about 2 and a half hours away from home. If we would have left when I planned, we would have arrived right at opening time.  But we didn’t, nay… we left home at 3am and arrived here

Fort Matanzas Beach Florida

Fort Matanzas Beach Florida

Fort Matanzas Beach Florida Fort Matanzas Beach Florida was another stop that we hadn’t planned to make when we left home.  But since we left so early, it became another place to stop and kill some time while our schedule caught up with us. Fort Matanzas National Monument is literally right across the street from

Crescent Beach Park, St. Augustine, FL - 7-23-15 - 0

Crescent Beach Park FL – At Sunrise

Crescent Beach Park FL Crescent Beach Park FL was not a stop that we planned to make when we left home.  But the places we planned to visit weren’t open yet since we left so early. I saw the sign for Crescent Beach Park on the way to our first stop and I thought it

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Expedia Travel Deals Product Review

Expedia Travel Deals Expedia travel deals are a great way to plan a vacation.  The great thing about this avenue is that Expedia does all of the work for you!  You don’t have to do much research to find coupons and sales for various hotels in the area you’re travelling to.  With Expedia, the deals

USS Alabama Battleship

USS Alabama Battleship

USS Alabama Battleship This was the big surprise that my bestie and I planned for my son.  My son is a history buff and a military brat.  He loves military vehicles, museums, anything World War II (WWII), etc.  This ship was used in WWII and now sits in the Gulf of Mexico in Mobile, Alabama…

Pass Christian Beach Mississippi History

Pass Christian Beach Mississippi

Pass Christian Beach Mississippi We got to see Pass Christian Beach Mississippi when my bestie and I took my second trip to NOLA.  On the way, we talked about how neither of us really liked taking the interstates on road trips because you don’t see as much.  I mean, sure, you get to where you’re

Canal Street Inn NOLA

Canal Street Inn NOLA

Canal Street Inn NOLA When I returned to New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA) a second time to pick up my son, I spent the night at the Canal Street Inn.  This was another one nighter where we didn’t get to see a whole lot since it wasn’t a vacation.  But we definitely tried to make the

Sweet Home Alabama - Visit 1 - June 18 2015

Alabama Welcome Station

Alabama Welcome Station The Alabama Welcome Station was not one that we had planned out with Roadtrippers either.  Actually, we saw it as we were on the highway and my bestie suggested we stop there, so we did.  It was a great pit stop to stretch our legs and use the restroom after having been