When we first started planning our visit to Big Bend National Park, I felt completely overwhelmed. To be fair, I suppose planning a first visit to most anywhere is overwhelming, but this…
My Song of the Open Road
by Grant Sinclair April 18, 2018For this post, I am taking a bit of a different direction and I hope you will indulge me. In my American Literature class, I assign students to read “Song of the…
Books to Inspire the Traveler in All of Us
by Grant Sinclair March 25, 2018Long before travel blogs existed, outstanding writers told tales of faraway places for the general populace who could not afford travel on their own. These books continue to inspire travelers to seek…
Visiting Northeast Florida National Parks
by Grant Sinclair March 14, 2018Northeast Florida is not just the home of favorite beach destinations, like Daytona Beach and Amelia Island, but is also home to several National Parks sites exploring the varied history and natural…
Road Tripping With Our 2017 F-150
by Grant Sinclair February 22, 2018When you spend as much time in your vehicle as we do, what you drive and how comfortable it is on a long trip is pretty important. We are not car people. We…
Exploring Virginia’s History Through Its Parks
by Grant Sinclair February 6, 2018If there is one thing you simply cannot ignore about Virginia, it is the state’s history. From the first permanent settlement by British colonists to the Revolutionary War to the Civil War…
Seven National Parks of Maryland and Delaware
by Bonnie Sinclair January 17, 2018This portion of our Winter 2017 visit to the Mid-Atlantic took us through seven national park units in Delaware and Maryland. We still have many more to go in this area, especially…
New Jersey’s National Historical Parks
by Bonnie Sinclair January 8, 2018Our quest to visit all 50 states (and all the units of the National Park Service) finally took us to the New Jersey National Historical Parks. Like many people, we do not…
2017 Year in Review
by Bonnie Sinclair January 1, 2018Writing this year in review article feels a bit cliché, but it also feels good! It is fun for us to look back on the new places we visited and relive the…
Southwest Georgia National Historic Sites
by Grant Sinclair December 5, 2017Nestled along the back roads of southwest Georgia are two very different pieces of US history: the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site and the Andersonville National Historic Site. Both are located about…
Traveler’s Holiday Gift Guide
by Bonnie Sinclair November 7, 2017It is that time of year again…time for holiday gift shopping! The time when your family and friends start asking you what you want for Christmas (or Hanukkah, or whatever you might…
Revolutionary Carolina – Cowpens & Kings Mountain Battlefields
by Grant Sinclair October 17, 2017We needed a break from work, so we took a day off and headed to Gaffney, SC to visit National Parks sites #151 and #152: Cowpens National Battlefield and Kings Mountain National…
