Today is my typical pre-trip day. The plan was to pick up Gary at SNA (John Wayne Airport) and take him to his hotel near LAX. In the middle of doing that, I was going to get the rest of…
Today is my typical pre-trip day. The plan was to pick up Gary at SNA (John Wayne Airport) and take him to his hotel near LAX. In the middle of doing that, I was going to get the rest of…
November has completely gotten the shaft from me this year. I have completely let it pass me by and here we are almost to Thanksgiving for crying out loud! You know what that means? It’s time for a bullet point…
Truly one of the greats! It was an honor to meet Huell today at the Costa Mesa AAA Travel show. We chatted about UC Davis when I told him I graduated from there and enjoyed his show. I also told…
Our last day in the South dawned in Franklin, TN at the uber-swank Residence Inn. We took it easy in the morning, despite having a lot to do today, but since we arrived at the hotel late last night due…
Today we had a lot of errands to run around Atlanta and we did not make it out of the area until after 1pm. On the list, we visited Garys sister and his childhood home, as well as his parent’s…
Up a little late today, but sort of on purpose. We did not feel like braving the morning commute in the notorious Atlanta traffic, so we delayed our departure until after 9am. We had an errand to run before we…
Day 5 started like all of the other days here in The South, with a free breakfast at our hotel. We got a little bit of an earlier start today as we headed to the Biltmore Estate here in Asheville,…
Much better sleep last night. The Residence Inn has been having WiFi issues, so I was unable to upload my travel photos – hopefully I will get caught up over the next few days or at the worst, when I…
I did not sleep very well during the night. I am not sure if it was due to the fact I was uncomfortable or that I was excited to see Dollywood. Mom and Gary woke me up at 8:30 and…
Today we were off to Knoxville, TN, gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains and also Dollywood. Before leaving Nashville, we enjoyed the complimentary continental breakfast at the Hyatt Place and then headed over to the Hermitage. Having driven by last…