The morning of Sunday, November 24, 2024, I woke up at about 5:30 to get ready for my flight to Charlotte for my first football game at Bank of America Stadium. I've been a Panthers fan since the inception of the team in 1995. After 30 years of the team being around it was about … Continue reading Chiefs at Panthers-NFL Week 12 2024
Patriots at Bears-NFL Week 10 2024
On Sunday, November 10, 2024, I woke up really early (about 5:30) to get ready to drive up to Chicago for the Bears and New England Patriots game at Soldier Field. It had been raining all night and continued to rain until I was past Indianapolis driving up I-65. After about five hours of driving … Continue reading Patriots at Bears-NFL Week 10 2024
East Coast Summer Trip Day 4
States Visited: North Carolina-Virginia-Maryland On the morning of Monday, June 21, 2021, we went to Duck Donuts in Nags Head for breakfast. They make made-to-order donuts using many different toppings that can be chosen from. It was tasty and I highly recommend giving them a try if you get the chance. After that we decided … Continue reading East Coast Summer Trip Day 4
East Coast Summer Trip Days 1-3
States Visited: West Virginia-Virginia-North Carolina On Friday, June 18, 2021, we set out on our summer road trip after my work day ended. We left at about 5pm and headed towards I-64 in Louisville, KY. We decided to have dinner at the Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelby County, KY. It is named after the … Continue reading East Coast Summer Trip Days 1-3
Joshua Tree National Park-Day 2
We woke up from what was an erratic sleeping night not exactly refreshed but ready to go for the day. Our upstairs neighbor walked around constantly. Sometime at around 4 AM some other jerk decided to start playing bass heavy music that thumped every few seconds. And Andrea mentioned someone else that woke her up … Continue reading Joshua Tree National Park-Day 2
Joshua Tree National Park-Day 1
On the morning of Friday, February 26, 2021, we woke up really early to catch our flight to Las Vegas. After arriving at the airport here in Louisville, Kentucky we like to walk around the terminals for a bit until our flight gets ready to leave. We flew Southwest and had to go to Denver, … Continue reading Joshua Tree National Park-Day 1
Halloween Weekend 2020-Day 3
On Sunday, November 1, 2020, we had enough time before our flight out of the BWI airport to do some sightseeing around Baltimore. We started our day at a used bookstore that we found out about online called Protean Books & Records. It was a neat little place that had lots of old used books, … Continue reading Halloween Weekend 2020-Day 3
Halloween Weekend 2020-Day 2
The morning of Saturday, October 31, 2020 started off quite well. We woke up early and walked out to the beach, in the cold, to watch the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean. https://videopress.com/v/X99Z9Jdr?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true After checking out of the hotel we found some breakfast at one of the many Fractured Prune donut shops in the area. … Continue reading Halloween Weekend 2020-Day 2
Halloween Weekend 2020-Day 1
For Halloween Weekend of 2020 we originally planned to go to Salem, Massachusetts for a spooky-good time. As everyone knows, covid/coronavirus hit the world in 2020 as well. So, instead of flying to Boston and having to take a covid test just to get into the state, we cut our flight in half and stopped … Continue reading Halloween Weekend 2020-Day 1
Wild West Adventures-Day 16
States Visited Today In case you can't tell, we visited Minnesota on Saturday, July 11th, 2020. We had a short drive from Mitchell, South Dakota to the Pipestone National Monument. The land was designated a National Monument by Congress in 1937. The land contains a quarry of a soft stone called pipestone since the stone … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 16
Wild West Adventures-Day 15
States Visited Today Today, Friday, July 10, 2020, there was no free breakfast at the hotel despite their claims. Oh well! After that disappointment we were quickly off to our first destination of the day: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site. The villages are in Stanton, North Dakota near where the Knife River meets … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 15
Wild West Adventures-Day 14
States Visited Today On the morning of Thursday, July 9, 2020, we woke up quite early, 6 am, to get an early start. It almost didn't work out as planned, but I will get to that later. I had a bowl of Raisin Bran for breakfast (I'm old!) and we were off on the road … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 14
Wild West Adventures-Day 13
States Visited Today This morning, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, we had a free breakfast, provided by the hotel, at Front Porch in Keystone, South Dakota. It was two pancakes for each of us. I ordered a side of bacon. The waitress was new and eager to please so we gave her a good tip. About … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 13
Wild West Adventures-Day 12
States Visited Today This day, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, would end up going a lot smoother than the previous day. We woke up at our hotel in Billings, Montana when we wanted to, no alarm needed. We then had a quick breakfast and was back on the road. The first stop of the day was … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 12
Wild West Adventures-Day 11
States Visited Today On Monday, July 6, 2020, we woke up fairly early and had some normal breakfast provided by the hotel today--eggs, sausage links, and a biscuit for me and just biscuits for Andrea. From there it was about a 30 mile drive to get to Glacier National Park. When we reached the visitor … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 11
Wild West Adventures-Day 10
States Visited Today Tent sleeping did not end up being the best experience for either of us. Despite going to sleep on July 4th, 2020, in Yellowstone National Park, the night was still quite chilly, with the temperature hovering around 40 degrees Fahrenheit. I kept waking up due to my cold feet and colder nose … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 10
Wild West Adventures-Day 9
States Visited Today Saturday, July 4th, 2020, started really early in the morning, 5 am to be exact. We needed to get up super early as we had a long drive and a long day ahead of us. We headed straight for Lamar Valley in the north-central area of Yellowstone National Park, which was about … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 9
Wild West Adventures-Day 8 (part 2)
States Visited Today After our half day of hiking and adventure in Cascade Canyon of the Grand Teton National Park we were ready for our next great adventure just up the road. If you know the area, then you may have guessed that our next stop was Yellowstone National Park! Since both parks are so … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 8 (part 2)
Wild West Adventures-Day 8 (part 1)
States Visited Today On the morning of Friday, July 3, 2020, we woke up quite early, 5 AM. We left the motel in Jackson, Wyoming as soon as we could and headed to the Jenny Lake area of Grand Teton National Park. Upon arriving we took the trail around the lake, with a slight detour … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 8 (part 1)
Wild West Adventures-Day 7
States Visited Today Today (July 2, 2020) started off great. We woke up really early to be able to watch the sunrise over the Tetons. The drive around the south of the Tetons was quite nice. Our destination for the day was Grand Teton National Park. The park was originally established in 1929. The name … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 7
My First Game Review!
This review is over one of my favorite game, Brass: Lancashire. Now, if you are new to board gaming, this game will seem like it has a lot going on. To be truthful, it does, though I have played more complex games than this one. I still love it though. If you like this review … Continue reading My First Game Review!
Wild West Adventures-Day 6
States Visited Today The morning of July 1st, 2020 started with a random assortment of foods for me. Then we were on the road again after sleeping in for a bit. On the way to Idaho Andrea had a thought regarding giant potatoes and started to do some research on her phone. She found that … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 6
Wild West Adventures-Day 5
States Visited Today On the morning of June 30, 2020, we woke up bright and early. I had the leftover pizza and showered really quickly. After packing up we were off to see the Canyonlands National Park. The first stop, after climbing the road onto the plateau, was the Island in the Sky Visitor Center. … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 5
Wild West Adventures-Day 4
States Visited Today Today started with us following along the Colorado River again. Google Maps took us down an extremely long county road that was more dirt and gravel than the normal road we are accustomed to driving on. I was not happy about it. I slowly got over my anger at a silly app … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Day 4
Wild West Adventures-Days 1-3
Overview Just to warn you, this will the first in a long line of posts about our most recent trip. But that's a good thing, right?! Originally we were going to take another cruise with the kids back during spring break. That, of course, was canceled for obvious reasons (i.e. the pandemic). We rescheduled the … Continue reading Wild West Adventures-Days 1-3
Florida Trip-December 2019-Day 4 to the end
Today's action, which was Saturday, December 28th, started off with a nice, leisurely drive down the Florida Keys. It was a beautiful day and the views from the bridges in between the Keys was quite striking with the blue ocean rolling around below and around us. Our destination was the last island that can be … Continue reading Florida Trip-December 2019-Day 4 to the end
Florida Trip-December 2019-Day 3
Friday, December 27th started off with a nice breakfast at our hotel then a drive to the Biscayne National Park. If you like water you will love this park as 95% of it is covered in water. Inside the park are also the northernmost islands that make up the Florida Keys. They are much harder … Continue reading Florida Trip-December 2019-Day 3
Florida Trip 2019-Days 1 and 2
The past few years we have made a habit of having Christmas day at our house here in Louisville, Ky, going to my parents house, and then heading straight for Florida. It may surprise you, but the drive down has been quite easy each time as there are very few people traveling on Christmas day. … Continue reading Florida Trip 2019-Days 1 and 2
Our First Cruise!
For the week of Labor Day 2019, we decided to take a cruise. This would be our first (and hopefully not our last) cruise. My parents have been on many a cruise so far and had been trying to get us to go on one too. We finally caved in though and it did not … Continue reading Our First Cruise!
Cincinnati Masters Tennis Tournament
On Wednesday, August 14th, 2019, we woke up early in the morning to make our way up to the Cincinnati, Ohio area for the annual Western & Southern Open. It is a professional tennis tournament that draws the top tennis players in the world. In fact, the top 30 or so professional tennis players in … Continue reading Cincinnati Masters Tennis Tournament
Louisville Zoo
As you may have already read, the next adventure myself and Andrea took was to the Smoky Mountains National Park back in June of 2019. The next small trip we took was to the nearby Louisville Zoo here in Kentucky the following month, at the end of July. We had threatened (or promised) to take … Continue reading Louisville Zoo
California trip-Day 8-the last day
Our last day in California would end up being the prettiest, as you will soon see. The sun was out and shining, there were not many clouds in the sky, the wind was negligible, and the temperature was quite nicely warm and bearable. After packing everything up we made our way back across the Golden … Continue reading California trip-Day 8-the last day
California trip-Day 7
After our refreshing night sleep for our first nights stay in the Bay area, we had a decent amount planned. First on the chopping block was a short drive to the Muir Woods National Monument. Muir Woods is an area just north of San Francisco that is home to one of the few redwood tree … Continue reading California trip-Day 7
California trip-Day 6
This day started a bit differently than the past few. We woke up from our slumber in San Luis Obispo and found a small local donut shop for breakfast. It was called Twisted & Glazed and was actually pretty good. From there it was a short hop to the highway and to make our way … Continue reading California trip-Day 6
California day 5
For the weekend we had a few stops planned while making our way back north to San Francisco. Our first stop for this day, Saturday, April 6th, 2019 was what should normally be a short drive back into Los Angeles...we were going to Hollywood. We found a parking garage near Hollywood Boulevard and immediately came … Continue reading California day 5
California Day 4-Disneyland
On our fourth day of our amazing Spring Break trip we woke up in Anaheim, not far from Disneyland. It was Friday, April 5th, 2019, and it looked like it was going to be a beautiful day in southern California. After breakfast we took the short walk, maybe 10-15 minutes, to the front entrance of … Continue reading California Day 4-Disneyland
California day 3
On the morning of Thursday, April 4th, 2019, we woke up in Victorville, California rested and refreshed and ready for another day. The previous day we started in Oakland and ended up here, at a hotel in Victorville, more than 400 miles to the south. Of course, we drove a lot more than that the … Continue reading California day 3
Memphis trip-November 2019
Andrea recently took a new position at her workplace. She calls it a job change, but I call it a promotion. It came with a slight raise, so, to me, that is a promotion. Semantics. To celebrate we decided to take a short weekend trip. We were originally looking at flying up to New York … Continue reading Memphis trip-November 2019
Green Bay vs. Carolina NFL Football game 11/10/2019
I know this is coming before the ending to our trip to California, but I thought it might be better to squeeze in things as close as I can to when they actually happened. With that in mind, here are the tales from our crazy weekend. On Saturday, November 9th, I picked up my friend … Continue reading Green Bay vs. Carolina NFL Football game 11/10/2019
California Day 2
After our much needed rest at our hotel in Oakland, we woke up to enjoy our free continental breakfast. I'm not sure where the "continental" part of breakfast comes from for so many hotels, but I doubt it was supposed to mean what we had waiting for us. If I remember correctly, it was lot … Continue reading California Day 2
California Day 1
For Andrea's kids spring break we decided to take a week long trip to California. The impetus for this idea came from an email I received from a subscription site that I am a part of called Next Vacay. The email was an alert on flights from Cincinnati to San Francisco for $150 round trip … Continue reading California Day 1
Hollar if you see Us 