So now that I\’m finally back to posting about our Alaska Cruise I want to introduce you to our tablemates because by this point in the cruise we started to see them more and more and they are probably
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Gatlinburg Skylift
I am cleaning out my pile of videos and photos and found more stuff from Gatlinburg to show you. (The rest of the Alaska trip will follow in the next few days).
This is the sky lift in downtown Gatlinburg,
PetsMart reads OurBigAdventure!
For those of you that watch Animal Planet you may have seen the PetSmart commercial with the dog in the bed sleeping, then his owner comes home and calls his name but before he can get caught in the bed
iPod Touch… my review, and a twist!
I didn\’t want any bells and whistles in my FJ Cruiser but the choice of radio stations in Orlando is not good, and the one killer feature of my FJ is that it has an input plug for an MP3 player for the
Sandra’s laptop is back! and improved!
So it\’s been a while since we posted, mainly because we\’ve been busy and also because Sandra usually posts from her laptop which had a bad hard drive, and I have set a deadline for myself on a project
Leaving Gatlinburg
On our way out of Gatlinburg we decided to drive through the National Park again. But this time we went through a less traveled part of the park on Highway 32 which goes through the North part of the park
Having a fireplace
Since we live in Orlando we never really have a need for a fireplace, in fact we only run our heat about two days a year, but on our trip to Gatlinburg we had a fireplace in our cabin and it was awesome!
Cades Cove – Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On our way back from Knoxville we decided to take a detour through Cades Cove in the National Park. It turned out to be a several hour detour but well worth the drive. We were hoping to see at least one
Visiting Knoxville
Since we were so close to Knoxville, we had to stop over and see Jason and Marcia and of course their two boys Ryan and Cooper. We even brought the dogs because it was their first trip out of the state
Gatlinburg vs. Orlando
When most people think about going on vacation they think of Orlando and somewhere around 17 million people a year visit the Magic Kingdom alone. Tourism is a massive industry in Orlando because we also
Great Smoky Mountains Dog Hike
In the Great Smoky Mountains National Park there are two trails that allow dogs, both start at the main welcome centers on either side of the park and go toward the nearest town. We took the Gatlinburg
Valentines Day!
So yesterday was Valentine\’s Day and we hope everyone had a great one! We took it easy and ordered in a pizza so we could avoid the crowds at the local restaurants. Actually we outsmarted everyone by
Jason’s got a brand new blog…
You may have seen my friend Jason\’s comments from time to time on our blog, and although I\’ve known Jason for ever, many of you may not know who he is but now you have a chance. Jason finally put together
Plane on a Conveyor Belt?
This is the funniest myth that has appeared on Mythbusters so far, funny because I have heard about it on the radio for a week before and a week after they show aired. How did this become such a hot topic?
So
Learning to throw stuff away
I was thinking about this today and I thought I\’d let everyone know that I learned something funny from my Dad, although it did take me a few years to get it right.
Recently we decided to clean out
Dogs and Pills
A few days ago, Sandra posted about how to give a dog a pill. Well, just because we could, we made a video showing Sandra\’s method. And out of all of the sites I found telling you how to give a dog a
Damon in the Mall?
Just before Christmas we were up in Jacksonville and had a chance to stop by and see our friend Damon for a surprise visit to his new photo studio in the mall. Unfortunately Damon and Robin had already
“Last Day On Earth” – History Channel
I was watching a show tonight on the History Channel and they are counting down the ways that Scientists think that humans will go extinct. #4 – asteroids, #3 – Nuclear Holocaust, #2 – Disease and although
Bad or Good?
Sometimes things happen that we think are bad, but if we look at them another way they actually seem like good things. For example, my hard drive crashed last week and I didn\’t have some of it backed
Making Connections
This past weekend we were in Tampa for a convention, an entire hour from home. We got to see some of our old friends and we also made some new ones from Florida, Canada, Tennessee, North Carolina and even