In June of last year, my Dad, KK, and my daughter, Mallory, began restoring a 1966 Chevrolet C10 pickup. This truck belonged to my grandparents and I grew up riding around in it. These two have worked on the…
2014.07.19 Jewelry, Pie, and the Road Home
There was some discussion among the adults about visiting the Ralph Foster Museum at the College of the Ozarks before we began our trek home today. The Captain on our Duck tour Monday referred to the museum as the…
2014.07.18 Shopping and Old Town Branson
Marissa: Come snuggle with me. Me: Okay. Mallory: I’m outta here. Every morning on this trip, Marissa has asked me to snuggle with her in bed before she gets up. Today was no exception and the above conversation was…
2014.07.17 Silver Dollar City and Presleys’ Country Jubilee
A quintet of young singers serenaded us at the hotel breakfast this morning, promoting their local show. Stephanie referred to it as an awkward moment. Sometimes you just want to eat your scrambled eggs in peace. Today’s agenda involved…
2014.07.16 Silver Dollar City
With an 8:30 scheduled departure time this morning from the hotel, our travel party began arriving at the deluxe continental breakfast by ones and twos between 7:30 and 8:00. Everybody needed to get a nutritious well-balanced sugar-filled breakfast to…
2014.07.15 Ride The Ducks
This trip started out a little different than most. A visit to the local animal shelter to return a possum trap. Among the good reasons to check out a trap from the shelter is when a wild animal eats…
2013.12.01 Natural History Museum
Our last full day in New York City means we have to divide and conquer. Mallory had been wanting to do some serious shopping the entire trip and this was her last chance. Mallory & Stephanie went shopping while…
2013.11.30 Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building
We booked our tickets to the Statue of Liberty over three months ago with a 9am ferry ride departure from Battery Park. Since our hotel shuttle only leaves on the hour, we made the decision to be downstairs at…
2013.11.29 Brooklyn
With such a long day under our belt yesterday, we decided it would be best to sleep in today. I drove Scott, Erin and Grandma Mary to the train station around 10:30 and brought back a bag of Dunkin’…
2013.11.28 Macy’s Parade
Happy Thanksgiving! With a splash of confetti! Most every trip has a highlight moment, and today was ours. It was finally time for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and a chance to see Miles and the Union High School Band,…