Category Archives: Trips

We were driving from Alabama to Texas and decided to break up the drive and spend the night in Arkansas. We visited its first state park, Petit Jean, located in Morrilton. Petit Jean is the nickname given to a young woman named Adrienne Dumont. We enjoyed learning about her interesting story. We didn’t really haveContinue reading “Petit Jean State Park – Morrilton, Arkansas”

Tuesday, June 23 We flew from Nashville to Calgary at 7:00 pm. We landed at 10:15 pm local time (11:15 Central time) and took the hotel shuttle to a nearby hotel to spend the night. Wednesday, June 24 This morning, we had breakfast at the hotel and then went back to the airport to getContinue reading “Canadian Rockies – June 2026”

We arrived in Aruba on Friday afternoon, March 22 and left on Thursday afternoon, March 28. Our travel agent arranged bus transportation for us that picked us up at the airport and took us to the resort. The temperatures when we were there were between 78 & 85 degrees every day with no rain. WeContinue reading “Aruba – Spring Break 2024”

The Friday before Memorial Day, we flew from Atlanta to Phoenix (landed around 8 pm). We picked up our rental car at the airport and headed north to Sedona. We had submitted a Walmart pickup order at Anthem Way, so we stopped to get it (breakfast & lunch items, snacks, bottled water). A few smallContinue reading “Arizona – Utah trip”

If you’re planning a trip to Yellowstone National Park and/or Grand Teton National Park, I hope this will help you! I did a lot of research before our trip, so I’m sharing our plans. (A quick overview – we flew in & out of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We were gone from Saturday to Saturday. WeContinue reading “A week in Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Cody, and Jackson, Wyoming”