I learned so much today!!!!! I left Nashville and headed about 90 minutes south to see my friend Scott's company, Musgrave Pencil (see...

I never thought going to venues listening to live music could be such a blast! There are so many amazing artists performing in Nashville...

What a fun day in Nashville! Had my first "on the road visitor"! Randy is here until Sunday afternoon - and it was way more fun to check...

Today I ventured 90 minutes north to Mammoth Cave Kentucky to check out another National Park. Here are some cool facts I learned today:...

I decided to take one of those touristy trolley tours today so I could get a feel for what Nashville has to offer. It had 13 stops around...

My day started with an awesome latte in Knoxville and then I hit the highway for the 3 hour drive to Nashville. Was surprised to see a...

BEARS! So I'll start at the beginning. I started the day with a beautiful 2.5 mile hike up to lovely Laurel Falls. Oddly it's a paved...

So the mountains here DO look smoky - like there is a blue haze over them. Beautiful! I was surprised to learn that the Great Smoky...

If I just showed you the picture above you would likely think I am at the Grand Canyon but I'm not – it's from New River Gorge National...

What a difference a day makes! Yesterday temperatures were in the low 70s and I was hiking in a T-shirt – even when a few sun showers...

So it's about a 2 Hour Dr. from Alexandria VA to the northern entrance of Shenandoah national park. Shenandoah is known for its "Skyline...

My final day in DC was another busy one. Biked back in to the city center and spent a couple of hours at the spy museum in the morning....

What a super fun and active day today was - over 20 miles on the bike and 20,000+ steps! It's about 8.5 miles from T&K's place along a...

Today was Monday - so nice to not wake to an alarm and have to go to work! I slept in and caught up on some emails and midday took a...

On Sunday morning we had a treat – we got so busy playing cards the night before that we did not have the delicious peach cobbler that...

Saturday I left CT and stopped in NY and NJ to walk a mile in each of those states on my way to PA to visit with my college friend Amy...

The day has come .... I must admit I did not pull away from 9K with a dry eye! Although I'm really looking forward to my adventure it's a...

This is the pic from a card I received and I absolutely love it! Just need to change her hair to be more blonde and it's me! And a couple...

Because of a positive Covid test I had to delay my departure from 01-November to 03-November. Thankfully I was asymptomatic and could...

I didn't think I had that much stuff .... but I do! A huge THANK YOU to so many friends who came by to help me sort and pack and haul my...