Lighting up the coast on Tybee Island, Georgia

A little over four hour’s drive north from the east coast of Central Florida, is Tybee Island, Georgia. Tybee Island is home to the beach that Savannah, Georgia residents use. Just across the Intracoastal Waterway, it’s a world apart from Savannah’s crowded, tourist-packed River Street district. The drive over from Savannah takes you past the…

Going to the dogs

When we’re not in a particular hurry, we find that traveling the back roads can be infinitely more intriguing than charging down the black topped congested interstate. Driving west from Huntsville, Alabama, heading to Iuka, Mississippi, we were getting tired and a little bored after spending the previous day on the road. Along US Highway…

South-not just a direction

Sights to see on southern byways

Road tripping with Mom

Have you ever taken a spur-of-the-moment trip? That’s what I’m doing later this month; traveling with my elderly (89-years old) mother on a journey down memory lane.  We’re going to visit some of the places she lived while growing up in the southeast. No more armchair travel for her! My mother is determined to make…

Sweet and bitter times at New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins

There’s a little dirt and gravel one-lane path that winds off the asphalt paved surface of Mission Road, southwest of the New Smyrna Beach Post Office. Look for a narrow entrance between cedar and palm trees just west of the intersection of Mission Drive and Old Mission Road. Don’t blink or glance down to check…

Trekking across the dunes at New Smyrna Dunes Park

Not far from the New Smyrna Beach Coast Guard Station in Volusia County, Florida, is the entrance to the New Smyrna Dunes Park. The park consists of about 73 acres and encompasses five ecosystems (dunes, scrub zone, saltwater marsh, ocean, and river). The dunes are the primary ecosystem on display. The park supports a variety…

So much to see, so little time

Somehow, I never imagined that in the twilight of her life, I would be traveling the world with my mother, pictured above. In 11 years, she will be 100 years old. Unbelievable. After nine kids, and one husband, she has finally got the time to do something for herself. She likes to travel. However, glaucoma and limited funds are slowing her down a bit.

That’s where I come in. Not that I have a pile of money because I don’t. However, I do have a driver’s license and passport. Both have come in handy in recent years. We’ve managed to hit Hawaii several times, as well as Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

The longer trips are becoming somewhat of an issue of late. Mom does not have the energy she used to, and osteoarthritis makes it difficult to sit in the cheap seat sections on an airplane for long periods of time. As she likes to remind me frequently, “aging sucks”.

So, we’re taking trips closer to home. Whenever I’m not working we take short road trips, heading to places not far from our Florida home. We like to visit gardens, check out unusual museums, sight see at historic sites and go to lotsa different locations to eat.

We both realize that her traveling days are numbered, but we will go as long as we can, because as Elvis Presley once sang, “There is so much world to see”.