Travel Category

The Travel Channel has a series called “Food Paradise” and one of their episodes featured the Top Ten Factory Tours in the country (open and free to the public which included Hersheys PA and Krispy Kreme).   I did not see the complete episode but I happened to catch the tail end of the segment […]

Winter Driving- Not So Exciting

In: NaBloPoMo, Travel

I alluded to some “exciting” winter driving on a previous post while we were driving home from our Thanksgiving trip.
Was it truly exciting? You be the judge.
Here is what happened.
We left Des Moines, Iowa at 6:30 am, it was cold, there was snow on the ground, but the roads were dry as we headed out. […]

Not Such a Wee (Wii) Boxer

In: NaBloPoMo, Travel

One of the things we enjoyed at our visit in Iowa was the Wii Gaming System that Jack’s sister had purchased for her grandkids to use when they visit her.  Mary enjoyed playing it so much that this has gone on top of her Christmas Wish List. 
No matter how many Santas hear of her wish,

unfortunately, it […]

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Mary is my "I'm Not a Baby!" daughter and this is my blog about her and our life in suburban America. Parenting tales, our travels and travails, forays into great and not-so-great restaurants, kitchen adventures--- all chronicled with as much photos as you can stand. Comments are very much appreciated --- let me know you dropped by! Thank you.


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