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Month: November 2018

Florence – Alabama’s Renaissance City

Florence – Alabama’s Renaissance City

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Nestled on the bank of the Tennessee River, the town of Florence in the northwest corner of Alabama plays host to music festivals, seasonal celebrations, a Renaissance faire, and the NCAA Division II Championship Football Game every year. Florence is also the birthplace of W.C. Handy – a composer and musician credited as the “Father of the Blues” – and the town holds a festival every year in his honor, drawing visitors and musicians in droves. A Frank Lloyd Wright…

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Making Miles through America’s Mid-South

Making Miles through America’s Mid-South

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In the time that’s passed since our last update, we’ve traveled nearly 1,800 miles and traded out chilly fall nights for balmy tropical evenings. As our friends and relatives in the northeast are currently in the midst of a winter storm, we’ve abandoned cold weather and the threat of ice and snow for the season. While we’re glad to be out of freezing temperatures, we both enjoy the changing seasons and the coziness inherent in autumn as the leaves drop…

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Sidling Down San Antonio Way

Sidling Down San Antonio Way

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For those of you following along on our rail adventure, we recently left you from a delayed train on our return ride back to the RV parked in Texas. Fear not – we eventually arrived at McGregor Station only seven hours behind schedule thanks to a debilitated freight train blocking the tracks overnight, followed by a potentially damaged bridge that required inspection before we could safely cross. The bridge, which was maybe six feet long over a ditch about four…

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