The last full day of our trip was was Ari’s 14th birthday. And mostly what 14 year olds want to do for their birthdays is hike to waterfalls. So that’s what we did to start the day. I’d read that the Laurel Falls trail was a good one for kids; it’s pretty short, at around 2 1/2 miles round trip … Continue reading
When we left off, we had just had dinner in Pigeon Forge and were about to head off to the Titanic Museum, billed as “the world’s largest Titanic museum attraction,” to finish the evening. I was very curious about this place. Nearly all the blog reports I could find were from people who got comp tickets. Not that there’s anything … Continue reading
Hey, it’s hiking week here at Boxy Colonial! (Next week really should be bathroom week. We’re working hard to make it so). (So I know there have been a lot of travel posts lately. I don’t really see an end in sight for this, as we have a lot of trips planned for the next….umm, the rest of our lives? … Continue reading
Want to see more travel posts? I started a new blog just about travel: Boxy Colonial on the Road A couple of weeks ago, Dave’s friend from college/best man from our wedding, Matt, came for a visit. We tried to think of a very Atlanta thing to do while he was here (he’d never been here before, except very briefly … Continue reading
We didn’t have any big travel plans for Dave’s spring break a couple of weeks ago, but we decided sort of last minute to do a quick overnight trip to Chattanooga. The idea was that we were going to do all things we’d never done there before, which is a little tricky because we’ve been there quite a few times. … Continue reading
So last weekend was my (40th!) birthday. I had a great birthday and did many fun things and celebrated with lots of family and friends, and, in short, things were pretty crazy and our kitchen shelves STILL aren’t finished. So I’m taking a birthday blogging break sort of by default this week. Or at least a break from blogging about … Continue reading
I almost feel as if this trip was just not meant to be; at every turn something or other got in our way and tried to keep us from taking it. So here’s the story of how we cheated fate and went to Huntsville last weekend ANYWAY. Take that, fate! The trip to Huntsville was the kids’ big surprise present … Continue reading
Abe turned two on Saturday. I’d say some stuff here about how sad it is that I don’t have any babies anymore, except he is TOTALLY STILL A BABY AND ALWAYS WILL BE. I thought maybe I could get away with one Abe is two now post, but then, predictably, there were a lot of pictures. So I’m dumping all … Continue reading
Last Friday was Dave’s birthday, and we celebrated with a quick weekend trip. This trip’s itinerary changed a ridiculous number of times between when we planned it a few months ago and when it actually happened. It originally was going to include Providence Canyon State Park (in fact, going back there after Abe got sick and cut our last trip … Continue reading
So there are good things and bad things about being a teacher. And lately, for Dave, the good and the bad have been having a mighty struggle to see which comes out on top. For a couple of years, he was feeling pretty well over it. Long story short: let’s just say that resumes were sent. The parts of his … Continue reading