Scenic Highway 89a

On our trek from sea to shining sea, we’ve driven past some beautiful scenery and changing landscapes. We’ve passed through the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, seen the outskirts of the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, experienced the Ozarks in Missouri,...

Grand Canyon: Isn’t Life Grand!

Whenever I hear someone mention the Grand Canyon one thing always comes to mind: Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?! I hope you know the game I’m referring to because it was the sole reason I had any interest in geography as a child. It’s the one where Carmen is...

New Mexico: How America Does Mexico

We adored New Mexico. Maybe it was because the desert landscape is completely different from the East Coast. Maybe it was because of the huge diversity of the state, with large Native American and Hispanic populations. Or maybe we had no power against ‘the Land of...

Texas: Everything’s Bigger

This blog post is going to be just like our time in Texas: short and sweet :-) Although we only had time to drive through the northernmost part of Texas, we made certain to drive a little bit of historic Route 66. This meant only one thing: Cadillac Ranch. You’ve seen...

Oklahoma City: A Memorial to Remember

Oklahoma City is a fine little city. Although it is most often used as a stopover for other places, there is one thing that anyone passing through absolutely needs to see: the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The memorial is absolutely breathtaking, and commemorates...

Little Rock and Rollin’ Through

The past couple of days have been relatively uneventful. We made a brief stop in Little Rock, Arkansas on our way to Branson, Missouri. Little Rock was a nice city, and it happened to be hosting a Riverside Festival while we were there. This would have been really...