Hot Boiled Peanuts
As you drive through Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, you’ll see signs along the road offering HOT BOILED PEANUTS. Apparently, this is a Southern delicacy and one we felt compelled […]
Category Archives: Good Ole USA
To Bee or Not To Bee?
During our trip to Savannah/Tybee Island, I got the unexpected treat of realizing one of the two items on my bucket list. (I am horrible about making bucket lists.) We […]
Behind-the-Scene Butler’s Tour at the Biltmore
This is the part of the Biltmore Estate that most people don’t get to see: the service entrance in the back. We started here on our Butler’s Tour of the […]
Pure Opulence – The Biltmore Estate
With 178,000 sq. ft. of living space, 250 rooms, and 8,000 acres of property, you’d hardly consider the Biltmore Estate to be a “little mountain escape,” but that’s exactly what […]
Scrambling for Easter Egg Roll Tickets
I’m not sure our German exchange student, Thomas, ever fully appreciated our excitement concerning the 2007 Easter Egg Roll at the White House. He certainly couldn’t understand why we would […]
Lessons Learned at the Tybee Lighthouse
I used to dream about living in a lighthouse. I imagined the sound of the surf crashing against rocks as I stood alone, looking out at sea with the blinking […]
Jellyfish Jonestown
I’ve been to a lot of beaches and have seen plenty of jellyfish before, but usually they’re small gelatinous blobs that people accidentally step on because they’re covered with sand. […]
Tybee Island – “Savannah’s Beach”
If you visit Tybee Island, you’re probably looking for a beach retreat. The island (20 minutes east of Savannah) is a throwback to the 1950’s with unspoiled beaches and little […]
Blow It Out Your Wazoo!
On the way to the Kazoobie Kazoo Factory in Beaufort, South Carolina, my mother said, “I don’t think it’s a good idea to give Michael a kazoo.” Michael is my […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways
I’m diverting from travel for a minute. I saw the WordPress weekly photo challenge theme and immediately knew which pictures I wanted to share. We’re prompted to share two pictures […]
Browsing The Atlas 