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Diversions are unplanned, unexpected and, with any luck, a delightful surprise. The one thing I’ve noticed is, they often end up teaching you something, too. You don’t necessarily plan on a diversion being educational, but when you find yourself diverting to something on a university campus, you have to expect to learn something. That was… Continue reading The Wave Pool
Sometimes plans change and you stumble on a little miracle that you didn’t expect. That’s just what happened recently on a hot and sultry midweek evening. We were headed out of town for a long weekend and had pretty much eaten everything in the fridge, so we planned dinner out. I recommended a pizza place… Continue reading Weather Diversion Reveals Little Miracle
We recently had a need to go to the University of Alabama campus for an event. When we started planning, we remembered I have friends near there (alumni, of course), who have been asking us to come and visit for years. Perfect! A diversion to visit friends and let them show off their little piece… Continue reading The Big Booty
A beautiful, sun-filled day near the Chesapeake Bay calls you to the water. That’s how we ended up on Solomons Island, Maryland on a Saturday in May instead of touring embassies in downtown Washington, DC or even at the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, Delaware, both considered top options until the sun and wind… Continue reading Solomons Island
I guess I should start by saying telling a snow story as the temps climb into the 80s is a little weird, but we realized we never posted the story of our unplanned vacation diversion from a year ago, so why not share it now? The plan was to fly to Los Angeles for a… Continue reading Snowed In
Anyone who thinks billboards don’t work must not travel the roads we do. Whether it’s across the country or north to south, we, like most people, tend to hop on the Interstates when we want to get somewhere quickly. Unlike most, however, we get off regularly onto local roads. What determines when and where we… Continue reading Nostalgia
Diversions come in all shapes and sizes. The key is to expect the unexpected and roll with it. This is a story about the best laid plans going awry and the fantastic result. Last year, I gathered a group together to celebrate Judy's birthday at Bobby McKey's, a dueling piano bar in National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Knowing that… Continue reading A Mid-Summer’s Night Stroll
Traveling off the beaten path sometimes means that you'll end up staying somewhere unexpected. In the last 12 months, Judy and I have spent about four or five unplanned nights in hotels. In one case, it was because we encountered ice covered roadways. It didn't make sense to put our lives in danger just to… Continue reading Expect the Unexpected
One of the things we have discovered (as you have read in previous posts), is staying off the beaten track and taking the road less traveled leads to unexpected delights. We recently hopped in the car and headed for a visit with family in the tiny town of Hillsville, Virginia. While much of the trip… Continue reading Scenic Overlook: Worth the Stop
By Judy This scale model of the Eiffel Tower is a tourist draw for Paris, Tennessee If you know me, you know about Paris. It's one of those things Greg and I love to say to mess with people. We talk about going to Paris ... (long pause) ... Tennessee. It's a little town on… Continue reading Paris is where my friends meet
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