We were coming around the mountain, and up the mountain and down the mountain. But mainly we were going 45 miles up the mountain. From Durango to Silverton we traveled from an elevation of 6500 feet to over 9700 feet on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. It was an experience traveling through the […]
Colorado – 2012 We are on a road trip with dear friends Betty and Robert (Bob). They have been my friends since before I can remember. Hometown friends are some of the best friends, and Betty and Robert are great friends! We are on an excursion to Colorado, and I am so excited. I have […]
Dear Friend Ann has so much enthusiasm for life. She is like a walking and talking travel agent who knows good places to visit and eat in almost any place in the world. Recently Ann asked, “Have you ever eaten breakfast at Ballard Street Cafe in downtown Wylie?” “No-o-o. Never heard of it.” “Oh-h-h, You […]
For years and years, dining at The Mansion on Turtle Creek has been on my bucket list. I remember friend BB celebrating an anniversary there many years ago, and I dreamed about how wonderful it must have been to eat at this Dallas icon. Fast forward to Restaurant Week 2012, and guess who got to go […]
Have you heard about Restaurant Week? A local radio station, KRLD, sponsors Restaurant Week each year. You can choose from over 125 fabulous restaurant for a $35.00 fixed price meal. The restaurant then donates $7.00 of that price to the North Texas Food Bank or the Lena Pope Home. It is a win/win situation. We […]
Just as we walked out of the parking lot of the Fort Worth Stockyards, low and behold, this is what we saw – the four o’clock cattle drive of The Fort Worth Herd. Loved it, loved it, loved it! Makes one really feel they are “Where the West Begins.” FYI: This is the world’s only […]
Trust me. There is little to blog about on an interstate highway. Miles and miles of highway with semi-trucks in front of you, semi-trucks behind you, and even semi-trucks beside you. (BUT, there are no stop signs, traffic lights, or reduce speed signs either.) Still I find the interstate boring, and I am easily lulled […]
Billboards do work. That big 14 X 48 foot sign (I Googled- How big is a billboard? – Aren’t you impressed?) promoting the Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur, Oklahoma got our attention. I was so-o-o-o pleased when Ever-Lovin’ was interested in going to the center and suggested we visit it on our way home from […]
We went to visit Andrews, Texas over the weekend for the city-wide reunion. It really wasn’t one of “my years” for a reunion, but I like to go home each year. It is hard for me to explain, but I yearn to return to Andrews. Perhaps it is because I have such fond memories of […]
Sometimes good things come from little places. Consider – Groom, Texas. Forty miles east of Amarillo in Groom, Texas is a 19 story (that would be 190 feet) free-standing Cross that can be seen twenty miles away on a very clear day. It is called The Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, and it was […]
