Adventures – Page 3 – Might As Well Laugh

Beach Food

Omg I love seafood. I can eat seafood anywhere of course but eating seafood at the beach feels oh so right. While food is not the focus of our vacations, it is always fun to try new places. Some are a hit and some are not so much. No matter what though – I getContinue reading “Beach Food”

Throw in a round of golf

We live about 1/2 a mile from a KOA campground, so we wandered up there and discovered they have a 9 hole mini golf course – for $1!!! Of course, it’s old, and has been sadly neglected. But we just considered the holes in the turf to be “the rough” and some of the lumpsContinue reading “Throw in a round of golf”

Not what we had planned…

We had made arrangements to visit my friends in Hendersonville, and we were going to visit a pinball museum (where you pay a flat fee and play as much as you want) and then Bobby was going to have a chance to ride his mountain bike up to a waterfall. It was all part ofContinue reading “Not what we had planned…”

Not mom’s birthday party

Mom’s birthday is in October. My siblings wanted to visit for her birthday, but she said it was too cold then, and she’d rather have them come in September. So we went ahead planning the trip, based around the idea that we were celebrating her birthday a month earlier. I started planning a picnic withContinue reading “Not mom’s birthday party”

The Land of Oz

Back in the ’70s, there was a theme park on top of Beech Mt, NC based on the Wizard of Oz movie and Land of Oz books. We went there many times as kids. Unfortunately, they had a run of bad luck – the owners used the profits from the park to support other interests,Continue reading “The Land of Oz”

First OVERNIGHT School Trip

OMG it has been almost two years since my 15 year old has been on any sort of school trip. I have enjoyed not having to get up at some insane hour to put her on a cramped bus so she can have a hurried and usually poorly planned field trip. I do not missContinue reading “First OVERNIGHT School Trip”

Traveling and families

We started planning a family trip before covid. Then we delayed it a year. This spring, things were starting to look promising, so we went ahead with our planning. Of course, then Delta came along. But by that time, we really had put a little too much effort into this trip to cancel. Plus weContinue reading “Traveling and families”

The Karen Haircut

Menopause marches on even though my periods have stopped for over a year. Apparently you can have these damn hot flashes FOREVAH! First a woman is premenopausal, perimenopausal and then finally in menopause. According to my not so thorough research on THE INTERNET, during the menopause transition women often have changing menstrual cycles, vaginal dryness,Continue reading “The Karen Haircut”

Student Drivers

Do you remember getting your Learner’s Permit? I do not. I am sure I had one but because we lived on a mountain I was driving up and down our country road since I was old enough to see over the steering wheel. So by the time I got my license I was very goodContinue reading “Student Drivers”

Carpool Hell

When Californians say carpool they may think about having to ride with colleagues or friends to be kinder to the Earth and to save money . When Carolineans say carpool they are most likely referring to the hell that only parents of school aged children have to endure — that dreaded early morning, mid afternoonContinue reading “Carpool Hell”