A mother/son visit to the Flight 93 Memorial in Pennsylvania - Tower of Voices, Memorial Walkway and Visitor Center, as well as the Memorial Groves.  A quiet walk and a chance to share a pivotal event with my son and share my memories. 

Stop 4 of our Grand Circle trip was a 2-night stop in Moab to see Canyonlands Islands in the Sky district and Arches. In spite of a delay getting into Arches, we had 2 great days and a Nighttime boat tour!  I'll also share tips for how to know if Arches is closed to capacity and know when you can go in. 

Stop 3 on our Grand Circle Road Trip was at Torrey Utah for a stay at the Capitol Reef Resort, a morning Llama Hike and trail lunch, and visiting Capitol Reef National Park.

Capitol Reef Resort

Our second National Park of the Grand Circle road trip was at Bryce Canyon National Park. The coolest day of our entire trip at 77 degrees, it was very welcome after the hottest day of the trip at Zion! We kicked off our day with the Bristlecone Loop and worked our way north from there. 

We kicked off our tour of the Grand Circle with a visit to Zion National Park.  We stayed at the Hampton in Springdale and visited both Zion Canyon and the Kolob Canyons portions of the park.   We used a private shuttle on this visit due to COVID capacity issues and had to make some on the fly adjustments to plans due to some Search and Rescue activity in the canyon while we were there. 

We visit Hilton Head every spring to enjoy a relaxing week in the sun, sand and water.  Today I share some of our favorite activities, restaurants, and some information about Barony Beach Club where we stay. 

The Disney Magic is one of our favorite cruise ships - so much that we've done 2 sailings on it so far with another longer one planned for 2022!  On this episode, I share some of the reasons why, thoughts on our cabin location and restaurants and overall reasons we like the Magic/Wonder ships more than Dream/Fantasy (although we love them all!)

A winter break getaway to Mammoth Cave where its always 54 degrees!  We enjoyed the Frozen Niagra and Historic Tours on our trip and stayed in nearby Cave City, KY

On board for our first 7 night cruise!  We cruised on the Disney Fantasy and our cruise included a New Year's celebration at sea as well as stops at St. Martin/Sint Maarten, St. Thomas and Castaway Cay.  

My son joins me to talk about our mother-son trip to Albuquerque for USATF Cross Country Nationals.  We discuss the event, Church St. Cafe and 66 Diner, Petroglyph National Monument, Old Town and the Pueblo Cultural Center among other fun!