Choo Choo Cherries!

We have another short weekend trip planned. Sadly, it seems that Bob Garner is out of the NC trips business since his website hasn't been updated since maybe prior to August when he canceled the vineyard trip. Happily though, we have managed to get ourselves on the NC Transportation Museum's email list and they do quick trips. We enjoyed our first trip to Toccoa, GA so much that we immediately signed up for one to Washington, DC to see the cherry blossoms. It is on Mom's birthday, so we invited her to come along, but she decided it wasn't worth the time and bother to get up here. I completely understand and we'll be celebrating her birthday for her. Check back later for a full report. In the meantime, I have started a separate blog for Antarctica next month.

Bonita Springs, FL

We had enough time in Florida this year to do some touristy things. Here they are...

First, if you are a reader you may have read Randy Wayne White. We love the Doc Ford novels! So, when we learned that he has 2 restaurants in the area, we put that first on our to do list. On our way to the Ft. Myer's Beach location, I spotted a sign for an archaeological site. On our way home, we stopped in at The Mound House. It was closed. But, what we saw looked beautiful and interesting. We will have to try again next year. Lastly, we finally visited the Koreshan State Historic Site. It was the home of a weird religious sect. I mean really weird. They believed that the Earth was a hollow sphere and that we live on the inside surface. They even had some measurement devices remaining on display to prove it!

Happy New Year!

Long time, no post!

So, I guess it seems like we've had nothing going on since I haven't posted here in a while. Nothing could be further from the truth. But, we have stayed pretty close to home. In the past 3 months or so, we have replaced all the HVAC and ductwork in our house. We also replaced the roof, all the siding and exterior trim, 8 windows, the porch floor and ceiling. All that work going on, we didn't even make it out to a movie in over 2 months. But, with all that we still managed Thanksgiving dinner in Durham, we delivered Parker's BBQ to the family in Grifton for a Christmas gift exchange and we finished up with a week in Bonita Springs, FL with Mom. So, we've actually been pretty busy.

We have 2 big trips coming up soon and I will plan to post here links to separate blogs for those trips.

Happy 2012!