After dinner I had a stomach ache/headache combination so I only wanted to lie down. I wasn\’t sure if it was from over eating or from a drink that I had earlier but I was in no shape to go dancing. We
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Settling in on the ship… wait, did we we just feel the earthquake in Haiti?
The reason we chose this cruise was because we were able to book an aft room which looks out of the rear of the ship and has a larger balcony. (roughly 12\’X12\’) We decided to spend some time watching
Breaking in the breakfast buffet and stealing seats at the pool
We woke up early and not just because the room was moving with the waves but because we had a huge breakfast buffet waiting for us. It was nearly endless, there is no way you could go hungry at this buffet
Boarding the ship and the swine flu? You’ve got to be kidding me!
We woke up at 5:30 am to finish packing and get ready for our four hour drive to Miami where our ship was waiting. Goblin has little interest in moving at all at 5:xx am and I am the same way. We both
Jewel of the Seas
Almost a year ago we booked a cruise on the Jewel of the Seas. Teresa, our cruise agent, sent us a list of cruises and deals she had found and out of the few that she told us about we chose this one because
Hope you enjoyed the Road Trip (comments welcome)
I hope you enjoyed reading about our summer road trip. We had a great time on the trip as well as putting together all of the posts for the blog. I am currently working on posts from our recent South America/Caribbean
Home Sweet Home… 7000 miles later
On our way out of Jacksonville we stopped at a yogurt shop and Duke and Goblin got their own plain yogurt.
They dug in and would only stop when the brain freeze set in. You could see the pain in their
A pit stop in Jacksonville
We caught I-75 in Albany and headed South, in all of the years I can remember driving this stretch of highway I can\’t remember a single time that it wasn\’t under construction. Either the State of Georgia
Driving through South Georgia
We all woke up hungry and ready to get moving. The showers at the campground were all under construction so no showers for us. We also discovered our tent was covered in sugar ants, they were inside and
Eufaula Campground, Alabama
We arrived at the campground around 7:45 pm so the store was closed. We registered at the drop box and headed through the broken gate toward the campground. As we drove in we saw a field of RVs all looking
The small town of Auburn, Alabama
Our Tom Tom was putting us in Auburn, Alabama around 5:30 pm but because all of us on the highway were going about 80 mph (shhh…) I got the time down to around 4:50 pm before stopping for gas near Birmingham.
Sheraton Music City (very dog friendly)
We all slept very well being in a hotel for the night. The Sheraton Music City is dog friendly and there were a ton of dogs staying at the hotel. last night. Only one dog was barking and it was one of
Honkey Tonks and The Parthenon? It’s Nashville, Tennessee!
We pulled into Nashville before dark and called our friend Summer and her fiance Matt to meet them and their dogs at the dog park. We were excited to finally find a dog park for the pups since they hadn\’t
Speed Day! Churchill Downs and the Corvette Museum
We continued South toward Louisville, Kentucky where we planned on stopping to see Churchill Downs. They had just had a massive amount of rain in Louisville which caused a lot of water damage to the Museum
Cafe Camille in Madison, Indiana
On our way out of the park we stopped in Madison, Indiana and found Cafe Camille for breakfast.
It was a local restaurant with a great atmosphere and a very simple breakfast menu. I had the hungry
The campground showers
We woke to the sounds of raccoons chattering all around us. (Good thing our dogs don\’t know what raccoons sound like, to them it was just noise outside the tent.) Warren had already hit the showers and
A night in Clifty Falls… more raccoons!
It was a very quiet campground, we had maybe 5 other people on our loop and nobody within 5 campsites of us.
We started our fire using almost all of our remaining lighter fluid. For some reason
An Alternate Route to Clifty Falls State Park
We drove along the Ohio River as we headed toward Indiana, across the river from us was Kentucky and from the Ohio side of the river the grass did appear much greener on the other side. Eventually we picked
Driving through Cincinnati
We started our day by repacking the car again. It changes things a bit when you add someone and their stuff to your already established packing scheme, but we were starting to develop a new plan for the
Camping and Late Night TV
A few hours later we woke up. Time to go explore the state park a bit then get some firewood. We walked along the red bird trail where many campers were fishing. None of them were very optimistic about