If you're a regular reader, you'll know that each month we publish our road trip stats. We'd mentioned in our stats for December 2022 that we'd be combining our January and February 2023 stats because we were going to be overseas for a month during that time (see the first post … [Read more...] about Road Trip Stats: Months 61-63 – January-March 2023
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Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From North Carolina
The 31st state we visited on our road trip was North Carolina from mid-February to early March. Normally we'd have spent 5 weeks or so in a state the size of NC, but with us speeding things up on the road trip (see here for more about that), we reduced our time there to 3.5 … [Read more...] about Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From North Carolina
Wilmington Coup In North Carolina – Home Of The Only Successful Coup In US History (125th Anniversary)
Juneteenth and The Tulsa Race Massacre (historically incorrectly known as the Tulsa Race Riot) are just two historical events that have only recently come into wider societal consciousness as the understanding and acknowledgement of systemic racism grows with the white … [Read more...] about Wilmington Coup In North Carolina – Home Of The Only Successful Coup In US History (125th Anniversary)
The Ultimate Road Trip: Marriage Edition – When Dreams Change
I've been working on this post in my head for months and avoiding writing it for just as long. Everything and everyone is fine. We're not getting divorced, having a baby, dying Truffles' hair hot pink or anything else revolutionary. It's just taken a lot to process all of the … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Road Trip: Marriage Edition – When Dreams Change
It’s Personal On The Battleship North Carolina In Wilmington, NC
The Battleship North Carolina is the 5th of 6 with the name. Just like when families have a Sr., Jr., I, II, III, etc. to carry on a legacy, the navy does something similar for vessels with an important or illustrious military history. The first USS North Carolina was a "ship … [Read more...] about It’s Personal On The Battleship North Carolina In Wilmington, NC