As a Certified Tourism Ambassador or CTA, I’m invited to participate in discovery days hosted by area conventions and visitors bureaus. These outings help us as CTAs to see what is out there and experience the area’s attractions. When we … Continued
On our way home from Nashville, we continued down Interstate 40 through Memphis. With only a couple of hours for the home of the blues and birthplace of rock and roll, we made a few quick stops. Our first stop … Continued
Rather than just driving straight back from the Carolinas to Texas, which would take just under a day of full driving, I wanted to take a couple of days and stop a couple of places, Nashville and Memphis. Our first … Continued
In addition to spending time with family, while in Columbia, South Carolina we saw some of the sites including some public art, the State House, some historic homes, the gardens at the Governor’s Mansion and of course the temple. Columbia … Continued
Six temples, two musical productions, six cities, several old houses, six stars because of six cannon balls, six cousins, four capitol cities, many friends, two president’s homes, and lots and lots of fun. That’s just a bit of the adventures … Continued
“Yea, all things which come of the earth, in the season thereof, are made for the benefit and the use of man, both to please the eye and to gladden the heart.” Over the past eight years, I have only … Continued
In a previous post, I told you about one of my happy places, the Dallas Zoo. That, however, is not the only zoological park in the DFW area, and on Monday, with my brother’s wife, my nephew and my mom, … Continued
They say everything is bigger in Texas, right? Well, on Saturday that cliché was reaffirmed to me as I helped give a tour of cowboy related stuff to a friend visiting from out of town. We saw a few things … Continued
Today we celebrate the birthday of one of America’s greatest statesmen, commanders and servants. Although some states have added their own holiday of different names to be celebrated at the same time, the federal holiday is and has been since … Continued
As you probably heard or saw, Super Bowl XLV was in Arlington, Texas at Cowboys Stadium. Well, what you may not know is that Arlington is a smaller city in between Dallas and Fort Worth. Even though it’s smaller, it … Continued