Travel Posts
View all of our travel posts in sequential order (newest to oldest)
New Orleans – Day 2
Thursday 19th December 2019 5C – 13C and sunny This morning was spent exploring and shopping. The afternoon we boarded the Creole Queen Paddle Steamer for a trip up the Missi
New Orleans – Day 1
Wednesday 18th December 2019 3C – 12C and fine NOLA, the abbreviation for New Orleans Louisiana. We drove out of town today to the bayou at Barataria. Bayou means an extremel
Memphis to New Orleans, Louisiana
Tuesday 17th December 2019 0C – 5C and snowing. Driving to New Orleans where it is 9C. Memphis is on the Mississippi River in the south west corner of Tennessee. We stopped b
Memphis, Tennessee
Monday 16th December, 2019 1C – 5C Thunderstorms Welcome to Elvis country. We went to Graceland today. It doesn’t disappoint. They have continued to develop the site since
Nashville to Memphis, Tennessee
Sunday 15th December 2019 8C – 13C Foggy morning. Partly cloudy. In the words of Johnny Cash “I’m going to Memphis, Memphis Tennessee.” We drove out of a foggy Nashvill
Nashville, Tennessee
Saturday 14th December 2019 Today was all about country music. We visited the Country Music Hall of Fame to hear the stories of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Waylon Je
Asheville to Nashville via Knoxville
Friday 13th December 2019 6C – 8C and rainy We have arrived in Tennessee. Yee Ha!!! Today we hit the road to travel over the Great Smokey Mountains to Nashville via ‘the Wo
Asheville, North Carolina
Thursday 12th December 2019 -4C to 7C Carmel and I spent the day at the Biltmore Estate. Biltmore House is the former home of George Washington Vanderbilt, his wife Edith and daugh
Charleston to Asheville
Wednesday 11th December 2019 These next two days were always going to be subject to prevailing weather conditions. We have the Great Smokey Mountains to cross and if we encounte