As we neared the end of our summer college road trip, we decided literally at the last minute to stop in the Atlanta area and take see an Atlanta Braves Baseball game. A few years ago, the Braves announced they were moving from Turner Field in Atlanta proper to a new stadium just outside of
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NASCAR Hall of Fame Charlotte North Carolina
The NASAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte North Carolina is home to the history of stock car racing in the United States. The NASCAR Hall of Fame honors drivers who have shown exceptional skill at NASCAR driving, all-time great crew chiefs and owners, broadcasters and other major contributors to competition within the sanctioning body. ” (Wikipedia)
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New River Gorge – A Quick Stop
The New River Gorge in West Virginia is a National River, a part of the U.S. National Park System. Established in 1978, New River Gorge National River encompasses over 70,000 acres of land along 53 miles of the New River from Bluestone Dam to Hawk’s Nest Lake. A rugged, whitewater river flowing northward through deep
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Triple XXX a Review
Have you ever had peanut butter on a burger? If not take a trip to West Lafayette Indiana and eat at Tripple XXX. The Duane Purvis All American is a 1/4lb. chop steak, thick, creamy peanut butter (I think it is JIF), American cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle & onion on a toasty sesame bun. This is
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A Great Wolf Lodge Birthday
What do you do when you are on a college road trip for your oldest son and your youngest son has a birthday right in the middle of the trip? We faced this problem on the trip this summer. My wife and I tackled this head-on with a stay at the Great Wolf lodge in
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Metro Diner Review
When we were visiting my mother in Huntsville Alabama as a part of our college road trip, she was excited to take us to the Metro Diner. My mom discovered the location on Airport Road by accident one afternoon when they were in their pre-opening and serving free food. She was so impressed, this was
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U.S. Space and Rocket Center – The Place to Celebrate Space
The city of Huntsville has used the moniker “The Rocket City” for as long as I can remember. This little city in North Alabama has led the way in the United States space program since before the launch of Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958. That rocket the Jupiter “C” was developed at Redstone
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Huntsville Botanical Garden, and Butterflies in the Shadow of Rockets
The Huntsville Botantical Garden is simply amazing. As we continued our college road trip we had to stop in Huntsville Alabama to visit my mother. One of our favorite things to do when we are in my hometown is to visit the botanical gardens. The people responsible for creating the gardens in Huntsville have worked over
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Dreamland BBQ – An Alabama Original
In 1958 two legends began growing in Tuscaloosa Alabama. That year Coach Paul William”Bear” Bryant came to the football program at UA. The other legend that started that year is Dreamland BBQ. Tuscaloosa was the first stop on our College Roadtrip for the summer. My son wanted to tour the University of Alabama. This gave
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A family day at Six Flags Over Texas
As we started our family road trip this summer we made our way to Dallas Texas. Since we had time, we spent a checking a few rollercoasters off of my oldest sons to do list at Six Flags Over Texas. Six Flags over Texas is the first park in the Six Flags family. Opened in 1961, Six themed sections,
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