I seem to be most interested in blogging when I travel, I think that for me traveling evokes memories and emotions. Surprisingly that is true of the most mundane of travel, it does not have to be exotic or exciting. In my view, every trip seems to have its own special merit.
Our upcoming trip starts with visits to family, first Dad and Ann then Jovito's sister and mother along with assorted family in that area. Fortunately for us, the two families live only about 100 miles apart, making it easy to do a combined visit. Since Dad is 91 and Josefina (Jovito's mother) is 89, we decided not to let any more time pass before visiting.
I am hoping to visit Bok Tower and Gardens while we are in Lake Wales, but it is in the 90's and humid with rain most days so when we get there we may decide that a visit to a botanic garden is not that appealing.
After a week of family visits, to break up the trip home, we will drive up the east coast and visit Jekyll Island, GA for a couple of days and Savannah, GA for a few days. Both of these places take me back to my Southern upbringing. Jekyll Island was a popular vacation spot for Tennesseans, but we never made it quite that far, so this will be the first time for me. And we haven't been to the beach in years, I think the last time was 2001, so that will be fun.
Savannah is billed as one of the 10 prettiest towns in the USA, lots of history, site of 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil', home to Paula Deen's 'Lady and Sons' restaurant, place where the Wesleys spent most of their short time in America, filled with Civil War history.
Then the route home takes us through both Carolina's, Tennessee and Kentucky, which all feels kind of like home to me. Then we hit the flat, far less scenic mid-West that also feels like home.
So stay tuned, more to come.
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