United States

March 2023 (and earlier trips) I first went to South Carolina about twenty-five years ago and then again about ten years ago.  On the first trip, it was a drive down with a friend who lived in Wilmington. We went to Myrtle Beach for a day trip.  I didn’t particularly love it there.  On my […]

March 2023 (with some January 2013 thrown in) I first traveled through Georgia a bit over ten years ago, hitting Atlanta, Macon and Savannah.  This time I wanted to try somewhere new so started with the south barrier islands and then headed northwest for the mountains with a quick stop in Savannah again.  My travels

December 2022 and March 2023 I made two separate visits to Florida.  The first was when I tired of the cold in Texas so boarded a flight for Miami to head down to the keys and explore some national parks.  The second was in March, again to avoid the cold weather permeating everywhere north of

March 2023 (with a bit of November 2018 thrown in) I first went to Tennessee in October 2018 to visit Nashville.  It was a short weekend trip with my sister and her then boyfriend, and although it was fun, I did not have a burning desire to return.  My 2023 travels would be not much

March 2023 Alabama is a picturesque state with rolling hills and lots of trees – the hills are California like, though the gas prices are not.  And unlike California, the price you pay at the pump is mostly uniform throughout the State.  I found prices to hover between $2.19 and $2.29 whereas I am used

March 2023 Admittedly I did not give Mississippi a fair shot, spending only a couple of days albeit a lot of miles so did see a lot from my car.  Perhaps I should have taken a day to recoup having flown overnight with a layover which meant only an hour or two of sleep with

March 2023 I returned home for both the holidays and to wait out the worst of the winter weather.  Since I had at least two months of down time, I decided to explore whether I could make money in the low barrier to entry sector (if you have a pulse, you qualify – not the

December 2022 By the time I hit Louisiana, the day to day traveling and my trying to maximize each hour was catching up.  I arrived in Louisiana before intended as my last stop at a nature preserve south of Houston was inundated with mosquitos, quashing my camping plans.  So, I drove east and thought perhaps

November/December 2022 I hadn’t planned to go to Texas, going with my having been to Dallas in my 20’s and to Austin several years ago, as sufficient to count that toward my travels.  Part of my apprehension was contributing to the current government’s state tax base.  I felt the same way about Florida (having explored

November, 2022 My original entry into Oklahoma was through the Cherokee Nation.  The first thing I noticed, after the casinos and the pawn shops, was that in a 30-minute time span, two separate police SUVs made a U-turn when I passed and followed me for several minutes.  I am guessing my California plates were the