Before I started writing here I had already gone on twelve Big Trips! Over time I will be adding the daily overviews of past trips, and today I’m giving you Big Trip 12. We’ve been to so many great places that I hope to inspire your future itineraries with our report. At the end of…
Appropriately located in a small town in Kansas (Wamego to be exact!) is the Oz Museum. Follow the yellow brick road past movie memorabilia, memories of L. Frank Baum, and more. Full of Oz History The OZ Museum is dedicated to all things Oz, from the very beginning through today – over 100 years of…
Did you know that the World’s Largest Pistachio is in New Mexico? Did you know that visiting this pistachio has been on my travel wish list for several years now? We had originally planned to stop at the pistachio farm during Big Trip 3 but the road over the mountain from El Paso was closed…
Every year my family takes an epic cross-country road trip. We started calling it “Big Trip” and the name stuck. This year is Big Trip Lucky 13. (I’m not too superstitious but it just seemed like a good idea to hedge our bets and add “Lucky” to the name for this year.) We’ve been driving…
This summer saw us hit the road in our trusty minivan (it’s the same one we started with back in 2006!) for Big Trip Lucky 13. Here’s a quick rundown of the points of interest along the way. As I get any corresponding posts written for various locations, a link will be added to this…
We live about 15 miles from Manassas National Battlefield Park and have been there several times over the past 17 years. My most recent visit was in March. I took a few pictures to share with you. (I should mention that Felisa asked me why I was taking so many pictures when I had already…