Fulton Around

It’s time to leave the comforts and luxurious quantity of space in our Air BnB and head back out on the road. We had some things delivered to the house while we were here, so one of my challenges was getting a few new items into the “Garage”. It all fit, so we’re locking the door and heading to the airport to drop off Jen’s mom who we had a great time with here in Charlotte.

After the airport drop off we made a stop at Ikea for some new silverware. At our last stop in a hotel, we brought in some items to eat our dinner with and they never made it back out into the van. When we only carry (4) of each item, it’s sorely missed when they aren’t there. Have you ever tried to eat salad with a spoon? 😉

We also ate lunch while we were at Ikea, salmon with a side of chocolate, yes please. A quick stop at Goodwill to drop off our old utensils and some clothing that the kids have grown out of and then we drove on down to South Carolina where we found a boat launch with a park attached that we settled into for the evening. It’s Tuesday, so TACOS for dinner!! 🙂

We made a reservation (I know, I’m really proud of myself, usually I just show up and ask if there’s availability) for two nights at Mammoth Cave National Park. We were going to get in late and figured we’d get down into the cave the next day.

Continue reading “May 4 – checking into Mammoth Cave NP”

We woke up and wanted to spend another night at the same spot with our friends, but upon checking with the park rangers, were sad to find out that they didn’t have any sites available for us. So we prepared ourselves to travel further along our path to see my cousin near Tampa and a colleague near Palm Harbor Florida. I was walking to the restroom when my phone rung (it doesn’t do this often, but being my Mom, I did answer). She was calling to inform me that my Grandma, her mom, had just passed away and gone to be with Jesus in heaven. It wasn’t unexpected, but losing a loved one is never without pain no matter how long you’ve been blessed by them on this world. So that sealed it, we’re heading North. My grandma lived and both my parents were born and raised in International Falls, MN. It’s also known as the “icebox” of North America, which sounded quite enticing as we packed up in the humid SouthEast.

Continue reading “May 3 – Changing Direction”

We landed at a state park near Destin Florida, it was hot, we were a little uncomfortable with the humidity and this park was the only one we could find that was reasonably priced and had an available spot, we grabbed the last one. The kids caught a cool caterpillar that they named Caddy and took great care of while we were there.

Continue reading “May 1&2 – Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park”

Disclaimer: short post as I’m racing to catchup

On the way to the bathroom from our campsite, you walk past this little micro ecosystem which I had previously thought, that looks like a snakes domain. Sure enough, one time I walk by and a snake lifts it’s head and shows me its nice white cottony mouth, well that’s a fitting name and a snake I’m not getting close to.

Continue reading “April 30 – Snakes and Swimming”

I probably haven’t expressed the duties and routines of our daly lives on the road enough and maybe once I get caught up I’ll do a better job of that, but let me just quickly say that of all the things that have changed and are crazy in our new found adventure, the one thing that has stayed pretty much the same is our food consumption. Jen plans, shops, and fixes almost every meal. And they’re good too! So when she mentioned going to Cracker Barrel for breakfast, we were all on board, for her sake and ours!

Continue reading “April 29 – Cracker Barrel”

With the civil rights topics still fresh on our minds we drive to the USS Alabama which has seen war and has plaques aboard to remember some of the soldiers that lost their lives while fighting for our freedom and independence.

Continue reading “April 28 – USS Alabama”

Our goal was to drive into Montgomery and learn more about civil rights. There was a couple ways we could have driven, one faster than the other, but The Edmund Pettus Bridge is an image that will forever be in my head and having the opportunity to bring our kids to it and talk to them about the right to vote was a big opportunity that we couldn’t pass up. So we pulled into Selma and as the bridge drew nearer, though we intended to just drive over it, the van practically pulled itself into a parking spot and we knew we had to walk across it.

Continue reading “April 27 – Selma to Montgomery”

This was more of a travel and resupply day, so I’ll caption the photos and let them speak for the day.

Continue reading “April 26 – Paul M Grist State Park”

I’m a new believer that Puffles deserve to be a new food craze or maybe just an every (other?) morning meal. They’re delicious and topped with nutella, chocolate, peanut butter, and/or syrup, how can they not be.

Continue reading “April 25 – McWane Science Center”