Early on in our marriage we have attempted to make it down to Miami. We never got there do to a major storm I was battering Miami at the time. Many years later, we moved to Tampa and even after 10 years we still had not gone down to Miami. Read more
This year we decided to explored the great Smoky mountains. We looked around and found a decent flight into Knoxville, a smaller regional Airport. We thought it would be nice to rent a cabin in the woods, and there are a lot of options in both Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. Buyer Read more
Looking to save some money? Try this. Don’t rent a car. Find a city that is walkable, with good public transportation. There are many cities both in the US and abroad that are “walkable”. Another savings tip? Check out “City Pass” or some other savings card for the city you Read more
I got to show Teresa some of my childhood memories in Colorado and now it was her turn to show my Galveston, Texas Galveston, Texas We live on the gulf coast. The gulf on this side is different, more arid. Of course, there is more oil production in this area. Read more
Welcome to Daytona Florida and Daytona Beach. It is home to the Daytona 500, which has it’s history linked to the historic beach you can drive still drive on. We had traveled around and walked on many beaches, but none that would let passenger cars and trucks on it. We Read more
Getting to Bucharest, Romania We planned to take our annual/anniversary trip a little early this year for a couple of reasons. First, Teresa was already going to Romania for a business trip, so why not extend it into our “anniversary” vacation. Secondly, she normally plans then with my help, but Read more
When it comes to planning trips, we look for the unusual. We have our criteria of picturesque, culturalistic, adventurous and more. In this case, we looked around and found a “Rails West” trip. It included the canyon lands and monuments (both of which we wanted to shoot), river rafting, and Read more
Teresa and will sometimes want to do things rather spontaneously and this upcoming trip was one of those. We wanted some mystery and our plan was to go to the airport, bags packed for hot and cold, walk up to the ticket counter and lay down cash on the counter and Read more
Our nation’s capitol, where the power of our free nation resides. It is where history has been made, where some of our national treasures reside and a photographer’s dream. Our trip this year was going to take us to Washington, DC. Washington DC, a walking tour Trip Planning When planning Read more
Sometimes an event can inspire a trip. This year, Jim’s parents celebrated 50 years, their golden anniversary. We asked them how they wanted to celebrate and they said they wanted to try a cruise. It would not be their first time on a ship. They traveled transatlantic via a navy Read more