Smoky Mountains – Pigeon Forge & Gatlinburg

We arrived in Pigeon Forge on July 19, 2022. Just driving through Pigeon Forge was quite the experience. What a tourist mecca! You can easily get distracted by all the larger-than-life attractions block after block, and they are not cheap. We stuck with the priorities we made coming here: see the actual Smoky Mountains (National… Continue reading Smoky Mountains – Pigeon Forge & Gatlinburg

New Mexico Space History Museum -Alamogordo, NM

While in Alamogordo, New Mexico, we decided to check out the New Mexico Space History Museum. For $13 each we had admission to the five-level museum, plus a planetarium show and a large screen video of “Apollo 11″ (in a separate building and parking lot below the main museum lot.) Be aware the films available… Continue reading New Mexico Space History Museum -Alamogordo, NM

White Sands National Park

President Herbert Hoover established White Sands National Monument on January 18, 1933. Every year over 400,000 people from all over the world visit these awesome gypsum dunes! White Sands National Park did not disappoint. The vastness of this fine white gypsum sand that comprises these dunes is incredible. I loved the contrast of the dark… Continue reading White Sands National Park