EmptyNestingIt

Sandfest 2018 in Port Aransas was a huge success and wonderful goal and shot in the arm for Port A.  The whole town of Port Aransas pulled together and got things cleaned up, sorted out and opened up for this annual event.  It must have felt so good to the local folks and you could hear it in… Continue reading Port Aransas is back in business!!! Sandfest 2018, Beautiful Beach Days and One by One Restaurants and Shops are Opening their Doors post Hurricane Harvey…

Briarcliff is one of those sleepy little Texas villages, but with a twist… current population is somewhere around 1200ish and growing every day.  Folks here a fiercely independent free thinking Texans and wannabe Texans who have a definite live and let live attitude.  It is a hidden gem and located on Lake Travis in the… Continue reading The Hippie~Dippie~Sleepy Little Village of Briarcliff Texas… Just Outside of Austin

  What do John Wayne, Buzz Aldrin and Ernest Borgnine all have in common?  They are famous Shriners… The Shriners are a Fraternal offshoot of the Masons. They were founded in 1870 by a Doctor, Walter Flemming and a famous actor of the time, William Florence who were both from New York City. They wanted… Continue reading Famous Shriners, Shrine Circus and those cute little brave Shriners Hospital kids…

From buying our rig at Camping World in Jackson Mississippi, to a midnight emergency call to Good Sam Club and our inaugural trip to Reunion Ranch RV Park in Louisiana.  We have spent the last year researching, going to RV shows and talking to folks in order to find the best RV for us.  There… Continue reading We pulled the trigger!!! Buying our rig, overcoming initial hiccups and our first RV trip to Louisiana…

Winter in Rockport Massachusetts is beautiful but not for the feint of heart.  It’s a town for salty fishermen, small town New Englanders and a thriving local artist community. In fact, Rockport’s Art Colony is one of the oldest in America and it is home to more than thirty galleries. Artistic renderings of this iconic… Continue reading Rockport, Gloucester and Good Harbor Beach on the North Shore of Massachusetts ~ The coldest cold in the winter but also magical

Round Rock, TX 1994… This is where our not so little family landed after a decade of sun and beach in Southern California and having acquired three children with another soon to arrive…  It has been a wonderful place to raise a family.  We were ahead of the wave of folks arriving from both coasts… Continue reading Little ‘Ole Round Rock Texas isn’t so little any more…

Well, we’ve gone and flown the coop! We are embarking on an adventure and road tripping from Austin to Colorado Springs, Colorado and The Garden of the Gods, with a few stops along the way. The nice thing about being an EmptyNester is that you can just pick up and go whenever you want to.… Continue reading We’ve flown the coop … The Big Texan, Strawberry Fields Dispensary and The Garden of the Gods

Three months after Hurricane Harvey made direct landfall on these sweet Texas Gulf Coast Beach towns there has been great progress but so much is still to be done… Texas is just one of those amazing places… the people here have an indominable spirit  and a determination that is unique, fiercely independent and solid in… Continue reading Corpus Christi, Port Aransas and Rockport/Fulton after Hurricane Harvey

This album by folk singer, Arlo Guthrie was originally recorded in October of 1967 by Warner Brothers and the cover song, Alice’s Restaurant Massacree has been a Thanksgiving classic for more than 50 years. It recounts the true story about a Thanksgiving Day in 1965 when then 18 year old Arlo was visiting his friends… Continue reading Alice’s Restaurant Massacree ~ A Thanksgiving Tradition

I think that Thanksgiving is my all-time favorite holiday!  I don’t have to think at all because it’s the same every year.  I know the menu and I know the guest list.  I took a picture of this handsome guy last year in Georgetown Texas. Any and all family or friends that want to come… Continue reading The Plymouth of my childhood and Pilgrims…