by Steve | Mar 25, 2019 | Destinations, Feature The Midwest, Food and Drink, The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
Sitting in the blind you’re amazed at the noise coming from the river. The cranes get louder and more frenzied, reaching a crescendo you simply weren’t expecting. Suddenly, tens of thousands of huge birds take to the air, wings flapping, the squeaking even...
by Steve | Mar 16, 2019 | Destinations, Experiences, Feature Experiences, Holidays, Travel, USA
When Ann heard about an event in Orange Beach, Alabama, called the Flora-Bama Polar Bear Dip, she thought it sounded like a great idea. Knowing full well which one of us would get to run headlong into the Gulf of Mexico on New Year’s Day, (and who would stay dry...
by Steve | Mar 4, 2019 | Travel, USA, Where we've been
I called Greenville, Mississippi, home for six years, spending the formative years of my adult life in that historic city on the banks of the Mississippi River. My path there was simple. I had just graduated college with degrees in Spanish and anthropology and had no...
by Steve | Mar 2, 2019 | Feature Food & Drink, Food and Drink, Travel, USA, Where we've been
Truth be told, I hadn’t planned to do any day drinking when we rolled into Little Rock, Arkansas. But the federal government shutdown had shuttered the Clinton Library that we’d intended to visit so what’s a boy to do? We needed a backup plan fast...
by Steve | Feb 23, 2019 | Blogging, Destinations, Family, Feature USA, Travel, USA
When we returned from our 5,000 mile road trip through the Southeast, we told you that we’d be locking ourselves into our house in Nebraska so we could write all about it. And, with the exception of a seven course whole-hog Valentine’s Day dinner at The...