October 21, 2011
When you’re looking for a vacation spot, do you consider the ecological consequences? Are you looking for an environmentally friendly hotel as well as a family friendly accommodation? If you’re buying organic apples and BPA-free canned soup at the grocery store, are you also concerned with whether or not that hotel duvet your child is ...
October 3, 2011
Wilmington, North Carolina is an off-the-beaten-path destination about two hours from Raleigh, North Carolina. It’s a worthwhile stop for families on a road trip through the south, or families who simply enjoy the beauty of a sunset over a beautiful river, a historic and slightly off-beat downtown area, or who want to tour a battleship. ...
September 30, 2011
My family and I were at the mid-way point on a vacation slash music tour for my singer songwriter daughter (www.nicolelexidavis.com). We’d traveled through the northeast from city to city via train, rented a car outside of Washington, D.C., and began the road trip portion of our tour heading south. We were heading for Raleigh, ...
June 14, 2011
The beautiful Southeast Coast of the United States has a fantastic array of beach resorts. 10 top resorts are listed here (alphabetically), each possessing the local charm of its region, making these exclusive resorts a haven of relaxation and excitement for the whole family. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida are included in this ...
January 9, 2011
This is my year-end post chronicling all the places I visited in 2010 – The list of memorable places where I left my footprints in 2010: 1. Callaway Gardens, GA 2. Niagara Falls Family Trip 3. Disney World Orlando Florida 4. Amicalola Falls State Park, GA A beautiful, sunny July Saturday found us on a drive ...
January 9, 2011
Kerr Scott Reservoir Wilkesboro, NC Wilkesboro and N.Wilkesboro are twin towns on the foothills of the Appalachians in North Carolina, about 30 miles south of Boone. The thought of this place warms my heart and energizes me because it’s where I spent the first few years of my life in the USA. It’s a lovely, ...
December 13, 2010
Dad and I took an RV trip up the East Coast last summer. With no particular schedule, we had plenty of time to explore small towns as well as bigger cities. Halifax, North Carolina had never been on our radar, but when we ended up camped close by, I went online to see what was ...
November 11, 2010
The 1950s were the decade of car culture, when gas was cheap and families took to the open road, many for the very first time. The interstate highway system was authorized in 1956 and construction began immediately in many states, but the first statewide segment (Nebraska’s Interstate 80) was not completed until 1974. Instead, ...
November 8, 2010
Welcome to America’s largest home Biltmore Estate, spread over 8000 acres, is a national, man-made wonder nestled among the gorgeous Blue Ridge mountains in the town of Asheville, North Carolina. As you drive through the estate’s winding, tree-lined roads you will pass lawns, gardens and water features along the way and feel warmly welcomed ...
October 12, 2010
Experience Thrill Without a Ride World renowned tourist attractions such as the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, Hawaiian beaches, historic Boston, romantic Rome and others become household names thanks to TV documentaries, movies, books and magazine cover stories devoted to each and every aspect associated with them. That doesn’t mean that places less written or talked ...
