Some places don’t let you rush. They slow your steps, quiet your voice, and remind you—without ever saying a word—that history is heavy. Steel-heavy. Memory-heavy. The kind of heavy you feel in your bones before you ever feel it in your feet. Our final stop on NOLA Road Trip #2 was Battleship Memorial Park, home … Read more
Gravestones, Ghost Towns, and the Long Way Toward What Matters Some road trips begin with wanderlust.This one began with unfinished business. On Alabama Road Trip #1, Dusty and I did what we thought was right at Bethlehem Cemetery—but “right” didn’t quite stick. Time, weather, and the quiet cruelty of neglect had already erased almost everything … Read more
A four-day journey through history, heart, and the unexpected Some road trips are planned down to the minute.Others leave room for detours, discoveries, and the quiet moments that stay with you long after the bags are unpacked. This was one of those. Our first Alabama road trip began in Orlando and unfolded over four days … Read more
The long goodbye. The final day of a road trip always has its own personality. There’s less talking. More staring out the window. A soft, shared understanding that something good is ending and reality is waiting patiently down the road. Day Four of our first Alabama road trip was exactly that—simple, meaningful, and intentionally slow. … Read more
Promises kept. Curiosities followed. Hearts lightened. Day Two of our first Alabama road trip was a careful balance of wandering and personal business. Day Three leaned into that rhythm even harder—finishing what needed to be done first, so the rest of the day could belong to curiosity, color, and the open road. We had two … Read more
The first day of our first Alabama road trip was all about getting to Dothan with a few cool stops along the way. The second day of our Alabama Road Trip was part explore Enterprise, Alabama and part business. Dusty’s mom passed away a year before this trip and Dusty made a promise to her … Read more
In 1905, the people of Dothan, Alabama gathered beneath a brand-new bell tower to celebrate what they proudly called a Temple of Justice. The original Houston County Courthouse stood as a symbol of progress—brick, mortar, and law rising together in Alabama’s newest county. But while the bell rang and the courthouse doors swung open, another … Read more
Holy Trinity Church, New Orleans Some places don’t ask for attention.They wait for it. I wasn’t searching for abandoned buildings when I first saw Holy Trinity Church. I wasn’t researching forgotten history or chasing lost places yet. We had just left St. Patrick Cemetery, on our way to the 9th Ward. We were just in … Read more
It started with a name on a map. I was planning a road trip to Washington, D.C.—nothing spooky, nothing intentional. Just a long drive, a ten-year-old history buff in the passenger seat, and a tired driver trying to avoid highway hypnosis. To break up the drive, I used Roadtrippers to plot a few stops along … Read more
We didn’t plan to stop at Pass Christian Beach. We were already on the road, leaving New Orleans behind under darkening skies. Thunder had followed us through the cemeteries and whispered along the edges of the Lower Ninth Ward. Maggie—the GPS with opinions—kept insisting we return to the interstate, but traffic had other ideas. So … Read more